Manchester bus franchising

[Michael]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(19/01/2023 06:28)M60lad Wrote:  Isn't the problem with 163 the route it actually takes I mean who really want's to travel from Middleton-Bury via both Langley and Darn Hill Estates?

If I remember rightly 163 is 2 routes that First combined together many years ago to make one route as 163 only used to run as far as Darn Hill Highlander (Terminus) and I think there was a 164 that ran straight to Heywood from Middleton missing out Langley.

The 164 operated via Langley..163 operated direct via Hollin lane to Heywood & terminated at Darn Hill....until they extended it to Bury..then they changed the 164 to run via Dam Head...then they merged the 2 routes & it all became the 163