Service 241
Kilmeny Cresent
To allow for road resurfacing on Monday 16th January until Friday 20th January Kilmeny Cresent will be closed.
Work has started on North Kilmeny Crescent so buses will have to operate direct via Coltness Road.
From Monday 16th of January until Wednesday 18th of January, Chard Road, Axminster will be closed for BT Openreach Works.
This will affect service 30.
Al buses will divert as follows:
Towards Taunton
Due to BT Openreach Works, NO services will be able to serve Burnshill, Norton Fitzwarren on Monday 17th of January.
All passengers for service 25 will be picked up and dropped off in Collett Road.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
From Monday 09th of January to Wednesday 11th of January, Wembdon Hill, Wembdon will be closed for Jurassic Fibre Works.
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Join us
We are always interested to hear from people who are keen to be apart of the team at the beginning of a new era in bus services in Rochdale, Bury and the surrounding area.
We offer excellent pay and benefits and access to a choice of other rewards. For further details visit First Bus Careers
First Manchester operate services in Rochdale and Bury as part of the phase two rollout of franchised bus services by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
We’ll also be delivering services to six schools in the region. These are: St Monica’s High School in Prestwich, Co-op Academy and Co-op Academy North in Blackley, St Cuthbert’s School in Rochdale, Waterhead Academy in Oldham and St Matthew RC High School in Moston. There will be no changes to the service numbers of buses used on the routes.
Our absolute priority will be to deliver a reliable service in partnership with TfGM with a best-in-class, customer-first approach to support journeys.
Our depot operations
Buses in the distinctive Bee Network yellow livery will operate from our Rochdale depot on Corporation Road, where we are investing £750,000 with a focus on enhanced engineering facilities, including a new double height workshop bay for vehicle repair and maintenance. The yard area will also be improved to provide better space for operations.
The depot will manage more than 30 routes in the Rochdale and Bury area together with six school services using a fleet of over 60 buses and capacity to expand this to 90 vehicles.
Service 590 Halifax – Todmorden – Rochdale
Please note this service into Greater Manchester will not be part of the Bee Network as it is operated from the First Bus depot in Halifax and will continue as normal. The timetable can be viewed here
From Saturday 07th January until Monday 16th January, 0700 to 1900, Puriton Hill will operate as a one-way system, with OUTBOUND traffic only using Puriton Hill.
This will affect service 75
All buses will be diverting as follows:
INBOUND
Clevedon Road in Failand will be closed to service X6 between 09:30 and 15:30 on Tuesday 21st May (one day) to facilitate carriageway works.
Service X6 heading towards Clevedon will operate normal route as far as Ashton Road, then divert through Long Ashton Village, Clevedon Road, Bristol Road to Nailsea High Street then turn right into Clevedon Road to resume normal route at the bottom of Tickenham Hill.
Service X6 heading towards Bristol will operate the reverse of the above.
Service 83/83A/83B
Fiddlers Hill closure 4th – 5th January 09:30hrs – 15:30hrs
From Monday 03/01/23 > Friday 13/01/23 the inbound stop (opposite Aldi), on Mercery Road in Weymouth
will be temporarily closed due to essential roadworks taking place by SSE.
It will not be possible to place a temporary bus stop in the vicinity, therefore customers are advised to
either use the Mount Pleasant Park & Ride stop, or the stop opposite The Old Spa Pub on Dorchester Road.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused to your travel arrangements.