Service 182 (Rochdale – Milnrow – Shaw – Manchester) – First Manchester (hourly)
Curtailed to run between between Shaw Wrens Nest and Manchester. Replaced by service 408 between Shaw, Milnrow and Rochdale. This change is introduced to improve punctuality of the service.
Service 408 (Oldham – Royton – Shaw – Buckstones) – First Manchester (hourly)
Extended beyond Buckstones to Milnrow and Rochdale (replacing service 182).
This change is introduced to improve punctuality of the service (increased recovery time at each end of the route) and provides a new daytime link from Milnrow to Royal Oldham Hospital as well as reintroducing the bus link from Milnrow to Oldham which was removed when service 58 was replaced by service 182 in Summer 2020.
A section of Milnrow Road (520 metres end to end) becomes unserved. We continue to work to address this. I have also asked officers to ask First if it is possible to include a diversion via Grains Road and Hannerton Road (see map).
MAP BELOW SHOW CHANGES
No change to the following services:
57 Oldham – Shaw – Rushcroft
403 Oldham – Shaw – Rushcroft & High Crompton
435 Rochdale – Shaw – Buckstones
181 Shaw Wrens Nest – Royton – Manchester (peak only)
But why leave a section of Milnrow rd unserved?
Best of a bad job and as stated I am fighting for that to be addresseD. These are commercial services so the bus operators can make changes as they wish.
Will the 408 still run from wrens nest in particularly the first bus to crompton house school?
408 new route is shown in green on map on my web post and no longer does via Wren’s Nest I am afraid.
The 182 bus would take me virtually door to door from Rochdale to Shaw surgery stop which is yards away from my front door. Now thanks to this stupid 408 replacement service I have to get off at Rochdale Rd. and walk up Crompton way and I have severe arthritis. Would they consider running through Market St and High St. as before?
Did make these and other points when it was proposed however is was a commercial service of which First control I am afraid.