| The 430 appeared in 1985 as a Summer Sunday service from Rochdale to Greenfield. It was marketed as the "Saddleworth Link”. The route taken was from Rochdale to Newhey, using Buckstones Road to get to Grains Bar, then Denshaw, Delph, Uppermill and Greenfield.
For 1986 the service was revised and extended. It now started in Bury and continued from Greenfield to Holmfirth. The route was also changed so that it went directly from Newhey to Denshaw. In its new guise it was marketed as “Pennine Edge”. It brought unfamiliar vehicles into Saddleworth as it was operated by the garages at Rochdale and Bury, The service ran in the 1987 season, but I am not aware of it continuing after that. |
During the Rochdale holidays in September 1985 the 430 ran every day of the week. 7498 is climbing Buckstones Road in Shaw which was only used by this route for this one summer. 799x533 430010_12514.jpg |
7289 descends Buckstones Road with 7498 continuing its climb in the background. 799x533 430011_12484.jpg |
8485 was an Atlantean working from Bury depot in very unfamiliar surroundings on Chew Valley Road in Greenfield. Despite being a Bury depot bus it is only working as far as Rochdale - the timetable was complicated and it is not easy to follow what each bus did. 533x798 430050_12557.jpg |
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5306 was later to become a regular visitor to Greenfield as it was transferred to Oldham garage, but at this time it was allocated to Rochdale garage and is probably working the first through journey to Holmfirth of the day. 800x532 430080_12442.jpg |
