First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester
42 will extend to North Manchester General Hospital. Details mentioned in TfGM Committee meeting documents. There will be an increased service of every 10 mins, while evening, Sunday and nightbus journeys will be introduced.

Another extended route could see the 408 extended from Stalybridge to Droylsden via Dukinfield

The changes mentioned:

*12 (Leigh-Mcr) - Some weekday morning journeys will start from Roe Green. Leigh-Walkden section replaced by new morning peak journeys on service 39.
*16 - Evening and Sunday service to be reviewed in conjunction with Arriva's withdrawal of Monday-Saturday daytime service
*36/37 - Sunday daytime services increased to every 20 mins each. Some weekday morning journeys on service 36 replaced by service 39.
*39 (Leigh-Mcr) - New weekday morning journeys from Leigh to Manchester, running at 0625, 0640 and 0655. These journeys provide a faster journey into Manchester
*42 - Monday-Saturday daytime increased to every 10 mins and extended to North Manchester General Hospital via Cheetham Hill. Evening and Sunday service introduced, running every 30 mins. Extra journeys between East Didsbury and Manchester including late night bus until 0330 Mon-Sat nights.
*68 - Service re-routed to serve Roe Green
*406 - Sunday service to be proposed to be curtailed between Oldham and Mills Hill. Re-timed and will interwork at Oldham with service 64.
*408 - Service proposed to be extended from Stalybridge to Droylsden via Dukinfield and Audenshaw, replacing services 217 and 218.
*451/452 - Monday-Saturday daytime services proposed to be withdrawn from 26 July 2014. No changes to evening/Sunday service.
*462 - Proposed to be re-routed via Kiln Lane, partly replacing services 451/452 from 26 July 2014.
*X34 - 0625 weekday journey from Leigh is re-routed via Boothstown. New weekdays journeys at 0646 from Pendleton to Leigh and 0842 from Manchester to Leigh. New Saturday journeys at 0758 and 0858 from Pendleton to Leigh and 1745 from Leigh to Manchester.

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