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First Greater ManchesterWright Eclipse bodiedVolvo B7RLE inMilnrow in March 2009
Overview
Operator	First Greater Manchester
Garage	Oldham
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL
Route
Start	Rochdale Interchange
Via	Milnrow Newhey Shaw & Crompton Oldham Chadderton
End	Middleton bus station
Service
Frequency	Monday-Saturday daytime: 15 minutes (until 2017) 30 minutes (2017-2019) 60 minutes (2019-2020)
Journey time	68 minutes
Operates	06:00 until 19:00
Route map Legend Rochdale bus station Kingsway Retail Park Firgrove Milnrow Newhey Dunwood Park Shaw Wren's Nest Shaw Centre Shaw Side Heyside Salmon Fields Higginshaw Oldham Mumps Oldham bus station Oldham College Westwood Chadderton Town Hall Chadderton Precinct Firwood Park Mills Hill railway station Middleton bus station This diagram: view talk edit ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

Greater Manchester Bus route 58 was operated byFirst Greater Manchester betweenRochdale andMiddleton bus stations viaMilnrow,Newhey,Shaw & Crompton,Oldham andChadderton. It had a sister route 59 which operated on the same route between Middleton and Shaw, and also servedRushcroft, operated byStagecoach Manchester on contract fromTransport for Greater Manchester prior to Tranche 2 ofBee Network.^[1] The route was curtailed to run between Rochdale and Oldham in 2017 and was withdrawn in 2020 during the Coronavirus pandemic. The route is now covered by services 57 and 182.^[2]

Route 58 was originally operated byGM Buses and operated on almost the same route as today. Evening services previously operated betweenRochdale andNewhey, provided byRossendalebus andBu-Val Buses, although these journeys are now covered by routes 181, 182 and 451.

The route has had some variations in the past. The service previously ran to theTrafford Centre via theM60 motorway until August 2008,^[3][4] where it was replaced by route 57 between Oldham and Trafford Centre (57 was withdrawn in January 2010)^[5]). The service was extended from Middleton toBury Interchange on behalf ofTransport for Greater Manchester in October 2009,^[6] but this was withdrawn in July 2011.^[7]

In September 2017, First decided to curtail the route to run between Rochdale and Oldham only, with the Oldham-Middleton section covered by an enhanced service 59.^[8] Buses had been reduced to every 30 minutes at this time and were reduced again to an hourly service in April 2019.^[9]

In March 2020, the route was temporarily withdrawn during the UK-wide lockdown with the route covered by service 59 between Shaw and Oldham and services 181 and 182 between Rochdale and Shaw/Heyside. In September 2020, the 58 route was not re-instated with service 182 running between Rochdale and Shaw and new service 57 running between Shaw and Oldham.^[10]

Buses left from stand J atRochdale Interchange^[11] before heading along Milnrow Road (A640) towards Firgrove, where the road changes name to Rochdale Road. Buses turned off the A640 intoMilnrow town centre via Bridge Street, Dale Street and Newhey Road. The service continued along Newhey Road as it returns onto the A640 toNewhey. Once in Newhey, the 58 branched off onto theA663 Shaw Road as it heads into theOldham area, heading past Dunwood Park intoShaw and Crompton.

The service turned off the A663 into Shaw town centre via Milnrow Road, Market Street and High Street before returning to the A663 Crompton Way at the Big Lamp roundabout. The service then headed towards Oldham via the B6194 travelling through Heyside and Higginshaw, passing close to Salmon Fields. At the junction of the B6194/A62, the service turned onto the A62 to head to the Mumps junction andOldham Mumps Metrolink station. At this point, the service left the A62 and runs through Oldham town centre with the service taking two routes between Princes Street at Mumps and the bus station. Westbound buses run via Union Street, Clegg Street (former bus station), Yorkshire Street and St Mary's Way, while eastbound buses run via St Mary's Way, Lord Street, High Street and Yorkshire Street.

When buses ran towards Middleton, buses would leaveOldham bus station and travel along Middleton Road (A669) throughWestwood,Chadderton and Firwood Park. Buses then went pastMills Hill railway station where the A669 road renames to Oldham Road as the service continued toMiddleton and terminates at the town'sbus station.^[12][13]

The main type of vehicle used on journeys on route 58 wereVolvo B9TLs, which did have route branding for the 58^[14] and its sister service, the 59. The main alternative vehicle used on the route wereVolvo B7RLEs, which were the previous prominent vehicle on the route.^[15]

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