 In January 2013 JPT decided to withdraw route 17 (except one school trip); this now left First Manchester the only company on route 17.From September 2013 JPT decided to reinstate the route 17 only as far as Middleton, resulting in there being more competition on the route between itself and First Greater Manchester, but with the service running only every 20 minutes, which was not as frequent as before.However, in January 2014 with increased competition from First Greater Manchester on the 17 and Stagecoach Manchester on route 112, JPT decided again to withdraw completely from the 17 route and operate only a few journeys on the 112 in the evenings under contract to Transport for Greater Manchester.