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RE: First Manchester

(05/12/2013 17:55)M60lad Wrote:  Regarding the 180/184 changes in the new year, I hope the following helps to explain everything:

Service 184 Uppermill: changes in departure times of service 184 to/from Uppermill - First will still provide 3 buses per hour but at more evenly spaced intervals;

Service 184 Uppermill Sundays: Increase in frequency of Sunday buses to Uppermill. During shopping hours First will provide 3 buses per hour from Uppermill to Oldham and Manchester rather than 1. This will mean a bus every 15 minutes from Greenfield Railway Station through Grotton and Lees to Oldham and Manchester;

Services 180/184: Additional journeys mid-evening to cater for evening Shoppers; additional early journeys on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Faster timetable as roadworks related to Metrolink construction end;

Service 425 Holts and Fitton Hill: Increase in frequency at off peak times from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes;

Service 83 Sholver: revised times with faster journeys on route 83 (Monday to Saturday) and additional early Sunday morning journey introduced;

Service 408 Buckstones to Stalybridge - retimed at peak times to improve timekeeping.

Thanks for the update.

As someone who lives on the 180/184 route, that's good news to hear that they'll be making more improvements. Speeding up the journeys should get rid of the situation of buses having to wait up to 5 minutes at Garden Suburb. Also, I've often thought there should be a more frequent Sunday service on the east side of Oldham along Lees Road to/from Saddleworth.

Hopefully, having 4 buses per hour (a case of extending the Manchester-Oldham Mumps buses to Uppermill) rather than 2 will see the 180/184 run on time more than it currently does, as the buses from Uppermill or Greenfield are often 5 minutes late when they're heading through Hollinwood and Failsworth.