North Western ran the 29 and 30 from Manchester to Macclesfield (with different routings at either end of each service) under running agreements with MCTD. A preserve of BET bodied Tiger Cubs and later Reliances in the 1950s (in profusion during the morning and evening rush hours, even into the early 1960s) the routes had double deckers during the day from the arrival of the East Lancs bodied Lolines and became established Loline routes by the time the Alexander bodied examples arrived.
Later these were supplemented by a mix of Fleetlines and Renowns - the three model mix continuing into Crosville days as the routes were always run using Macclesfield based vehicles.
The 378 (78) was once the preserve of Stockport based North Western Guy Arabs rebodied by Willowbrook but, like most North Western double deck services, anything and everything could and did appear. When SELNEC took over Alexander bodied Fleetlines had been the regularly rostered vehicle for some 7 years and this continued until they were withdrawn. Stockport based SELNEC/GMT Standards took over until Stockport was allocated Metrobuses.
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