Manchester bus franchising

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RE: Manchester bus franchising
Most of the services coming under the Bee Network later this month now have timetables available on the TfGM website, under the Bus Service Changes page.

The notable changes:

• 3/4: Monday-Saturday evening and Sunday daytime journeys increased with the last journey departing Wigan after midnight on service 4 (0040 Mon-Sat, 0015 Sun)
• 7 Wigan: Additional early morning and evening journeys with last departures after midnight (0015 Mon-Sat, 0017 Sun from Bolton; 0015 Sun, 0035 to Westhoughton Mon-Sat from Wigan)
• 8 Bolton: Monday-Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 12 minutes. Manchester terminus reverts back to Shudehill Interchange.
• 8 Wigan: Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 30 minutes. Additional early morning and evening journeys with last departure from Wigan after midnight (0035 Mon-Sat, 0010 to Hindley on Sundays)
• 9: Monday-Saturday evening frequency increased to every 30 minutes. Additional early morning and evening journeys with last departure from Wigan after midnight (0038 Mon-Sat, 0038 Sun)
• 10 Manchester: Additional early morning and evening journeys with last departure from Manchester at 2350.
• 10/10A Wigan: Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 12 minutes. Additional early morning and evening journeys with last departure from Wigan after midnight (Midnight to Leigh and 0035 to Ashton-in-Makerfield Mon-Sat, 0025 to Leigh on Sundays)
• 34/34A Manchester: All journeys re-numbered 35 (avoids confusion with Arriva Merseyside service 34 between Leigh and St Helens)
• 36/37: Both services increased to every 12 minutes weekday daytime (6 minutes combined) and every 20 minutes Sunday daytime (10 minutes combined).
• 163: Monday-Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 12 minutes.
• 362: Early morning journeys from Standish to Wigan introduced. Last departure from Wigan now after midnight (0035 to Standish Mon-Sat, 0015 to Standish Sundays)
• 471: Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 20 minutes. Additional late evening journeys with last departure from Bolton to Rochdale at midnight and last departure from Rochdale at 0100 Mon-Sat (midnight Sundays).
• 472/474: Additional early morning and evening journeys introduced with last departure from Bury after midnight (midnight 474 full route, 0020 472 full route, 0040 474 Bury-Ramsbottom only)
• 501: Monday-Saturday evening frequency increased to half-hourly.
• 524: Monday-Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 12 minutes. Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 20 minutes. Evening journeys increased to every 30 minutes. Last departure from Bolton is now 2345 and from Bury at midnight.
• 534: Additional early morning journeys introduced. Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 30 minutes.
• 561/562: Additional early morning and evening journeys introduced with last departure from Bolton after midnight (0001 full circular)
• 575/576: Bolton-Wigan (575) and Bolton-Horwich (576) re-timed to run an balanced frequency between Bolton and Horwich (every 10 minutes Mon-Sat daytime, every 15 minutes Sunday daytime, every 30 minutes evenings). Last departure from Bolton now after midnight (0005 to Horwich)
• 582: Monday-Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 12 minutes. Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 20 minutes. Last departure from Bolton now at midnight.
• V1/V2/V4: Services V1/V2 are re-timed to every 15 minutes each Monday-Saturday daytime (7/8 minutes combined), every 30 minutes each Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime (every 15 minutes combined). Sunday evening journeys will run every 30 minutes between Leigh and MRI (V1) and Atherton and Tyldesley (V2). Service V4 is restored at peak times between Newearth and Manchester/MRI.
  

https://tfgm.com/public-transport/bus/service-changes