A statement from First bus group:

“From Monday 25th July: Due to low passenger demand most of the journeys that currently terminate at Diggle and operate via Dobcross will now run to Grotton. Diggle will continue to be linked with Manchester, Oldham and Uppermill every hour by the journeys on service 184 that operate to/from Huddersfield and Dobcross will be continue to be served by services 353/4 providing links to Uppermill.

There will be no significant changes to the journeys that operate between Manchester & Huddesfield via Uppermill and Diggle or to the journeys that terminate at Uppermill. The Greenfield 180 service will also continue to operate as currently every 30 minutes.” 

I have said to them:

It is greatly disappointing that the service in Diggle is again being halved. In the centre of Dobcross the bus service link to Oldham and Manchester is removed completely.  It becomes unworkable for those who use it for work or college or to go shopping or travel by train. The bus should be a service and not just about chasing profit.

Under the Greater Manchester transport review the vision is for an integrated transport network and this takes us a step backwards from that.

If you are unaware of the local link service check out the link  http://www.tfgm.com/buses/local_link/Pages/services/Saddleworth-and-Mossley.html