Greater Manchester bus route 59

Bus route in Manchester, England

59
Stagecoach Manchester Alexander Dennis Enviro400 EV in Piccadilly Gardens in September 2024
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach Manchester
Garage	Oldham
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC Alexander Dennis Enviro400 EV
Route
Start	Piccadilly Gardens
Via	Victoria Strangeways Cheetham Hill Crumpsall Green Bowker Vale Higher Blackley Rhodes Middleton Mills Hill Chadderton Westwood
End	Oldham Mumps Interchange
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	every 10-30 minutes

Greater Manchester bus route 59 is a Bee Network bus route operating between Piccadilly Gardens and Oldham Mumps Interchange. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester on contract from Transport for Greater Manchester.

History

Route 59 was originally operated by GM Buses and operated on almost the same route as today. It used to have a sister route 58, operating between Rochdale Interchange and Middleton bus station until 2020.

When the 59 began operation by GM Buses in the 1980s, it used to operate into Shaw and Rushcroft from Piccadilly Gardens.^[1] In the 2000s, the route was handed over to First Manchester.

In September 2017, the route was shortened to Oldham Mumps. Routes 181 and 182 will serve Shaw and Rushcroft.^[2]

In March 2020, the 59 along with its sister 58 was temporarily withdrawn during the UK-wide lockdown, but route 58 was not re-instated with route 182 running between Rochdale and Shaw and new route 57 running between Shaw and Oldham,^[3] resulting this route losing its sister route.

In 2024,The route was again handed over to Stagecoach Manchester upon commencement of Tranche 2 of Bee Network bus franchising.

Current route

The 59 serves the following locations:^[4]

Victoria
Strangeways
Cheetham Hill
Crumpsall Green
Bowker Vale
Higher Blackley
Rhodes
Middleton
Mills Hill
Chadderton
Westwood

Services

Full route

The full route operates at weekdays and Saturdays morning to evening, and 00:10 from Piccadilly Gardens for Sundays.

Part Route

Outside the full route operational hours, part route is provided:

Between Piccadilly Gardens and Oldham bus station: Operates throughout the day on Sundays and bank holidays, and on evenings on weekdays and Saturdays. Additional operations will be provided on rush hours between Middleton bus station and Piccadilly Gardens.

Between Oldham bus station and Middleton bus station: Operates 00:10 on Sundays and bank holidays and 00:17 on weekdays and Saturdays from Oldham bus station.

References

^ "Greater Manchester D-Day 26/10/86 | Routes 50 – 99 – We started to go in circles and playing tennis with our buses". 29 November 2018.
^ "Official notice of bus changes (58, 59 and 408) in Oldham to take effect from 3rd September 2017". Howard Sykes. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Coronavirus - COVID19: Service information". First Group. FirstGroup. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Piccadilly Gardens - Middleton - Chadderton - Oldham Mumps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

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