“First Manchester’s 409 service will be improved from 26th October with extra early morning journeys introduced following customer feedback,” Lib Dem Councillor Howard Sykes MBE and Member of Transport for Greater Manchester is pleased to report.
Details of the extra 409’s are as follows:
- 0439 & 0555 (Mon – Fri) Oldham to Ashton
- 0500 & 0630 (Mon – Fri) Ashton to Rochdale
- 0529 & 0554 (Sat Only) Oldham to Ashton
- 0519 (Sat Only) Oldham to Rochdale
“The service will also be revised to finish later, by approximately 20-30 minutes from the same date,” he added, see below:
Ashton towards Oldham: Monday to Saturday extra journey at 23:55 (terminates in Oldham at 00:10). Current last departure is at 23:35 (terminates in Oldham at 23:54).
Rochdale towards Oldham: Monday to Saturday extra journey 23:45 (terminates in Oldham at 00:08). Current last departure is at 23:25 (terminates in Ashton at 00:08, via Oldham at 23:52).
Sunday/Bank Holiday extra journey 23:25 (terminates in Oldham at 23:48). Current last departure is at 22:55 (terminates in Oldham at 23:20).
The changes will be formally reported to TfGM Bus Network on Friday 9 October 2015.
The 409’s are every 10 minutes already. How about improving the 181 and especially the 182 service that fails to turn up more than it does going from either Manchester or Rochdale.
If people give me specific details of which bus on which days/times happy to pursue with the operators.