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Route 480

Route: Bury - Tottington - Walves

Service changes

Date Change details
26/10/1986 Two MF peak jnys : positioning jnys for 479
26/01/1987 No change listed
06/09/1987 No change listed
04/10/1987 No change listed
08/02/1988 No change listed
14/03/1988 M-S daytime hrly. NESu
06/03/1989 timetable revised. Now: supported hrly. NESu
02/04/1990 Now via Rostron Rd not Tanners St Ramsbottom. Midpoint timings changed. Now operated by ROS not GMB.
29/03/1993 Service renumbered 476
31/07/1995 New commercial service: MS daytime hrly linked to 479 giving ev30mins on common section
23/10/1995 Timetable and route revised via Topping Fold
26/02/1996 minor timetable revision
30/06/1997 minor timetable revision
19/04/1998 S 1702 BY - RAW; S 0807 RAW - BY withdrawn
19/04/1998 Service extended from Bury to Norden. Suprtd Fairfield - Norden section: hrly NESu.
05/10/1998 minor tt change
06/04/1999 minor tt change
01/06/1999 All jnys divert via Topping Fold
31/08/1999 MF pm Times changed
05/05/2000 No longer via Fairfield Hosp grounds
05/06/2000 No longer via Fairfield Hosp grounds
07/01/2002 Sch 1555 from StGabriels sch to Jericho and 1617 Jericho - Bury withdrawn
02/09/2002 Times changed
24/02/2003 WITHDRAWN (Partly replaced by Route 476)
28/04/2003 NEW service (Was Route 508)
01/09/2003 Times changed
22/09/2003 0739 from Tonge Moor to Bury SchO now 12 mins earlier
26/04/2004 480 1545 Sch from Canon Slade School to Walshaw extended to Bury arrive 1621. 481 MF 1705 replaced by 480 to Wolves. S unchanged.
27/09/2004 509 reprint
27/09/2004 Minor tt changes
28/08/2005 No change listed: BLU jny not listed
04/09/2006 1007 reprint
04/09/2006 707 reprint
04/09/2006 Minor tt changes
27/01/2008 no change
21/07/2008 During Sch hols 481 0739 from Holcombe Brook replaced by 0737 480 from Walves.
19/04/2009 Times changed
31/08/2009 MF 0840 480 Bury to Bradshaw now 481 0845 Bury to Holcombe Brook. 481 now operates PH
31/08/2010 No change listed
30/01/2011 Minor change to Times.
05/09/2011 Times changed
29/07/2012 Minor tt changes
02/09/2013 No change listed: hrly daytime NESu. Linked 481
28/07/2014 Times changed.
19/07/2015 Some MF afternoon jnys are retimed.
24/01/2016 No change listed
03/04/2016 M-F 0722 from Walves to Bury retimed 6 mins earlier.
24/07/2016 Extra journeys added to replace service 481
24/07/2016 Times changed with some additional jnys introduced to partly replace withdrawn bus 481
29/01/2017 MF peak period jnys are changed. Addtl 1745 Bury - Walves
03/09/2017 Times changed. Buses are also rerouted in Bolton town centre to serve the new Interchange.
08/04/2018 MF 0824 from Tottington to Bury and 1435 from Bury are retimed
03/09/2018 M-F 0822 from Walves to Bury is withdrawn.
27/01/2019 Times changed
23/03/2020 Buses run on behalf of TfGM continue to run normal Timetable.
29/03/2020 M-S daytime ev 2hrs. NESuPH
05/04/2020 minor changes: 0724 bus from Tottington to Bury will now be at 0744 M-F ; won’t run on S 
31/05/2020 hrly M-F daytime; 2hrly S daytime NESuPH
14/06/2020 480: Hrly M-F daytime services; Ev2hrs Sat daytime services. NESuPH
25/10/2020 S 1758 from Bury now 1805
29/08/2021 Hrly M-S daytime between Bury and Tottington on a commercial basis and extended to Bolton under tender off peak and S. Addtl jnys on schooldays at 0711 Bolton to Bury and 0720/0820 Bury to Bolton. Some jnys divert via St Gabriel’s HS and Ramsbottom on sc
19/09/2021 Journeys serving St Gabriel’s High School are changed.
24/04/2022 hrly M–S daytime service. Revised timetable proposed adding 2hrly Su service Bury - Holcombe Brook. Further discussion with the operator, new timetable with 2hrly Su service on the whole route, plus two M-S E jnys added within the contract cost. Addtl pe
04/09/2022 All jnys will be Vision Bus. Times will also be changed. 
30/10/2022 Deregistered and put out to tender: service operated by Vision (already in place 4 Sept). M-S 1925, 2125 and 2325 from Bury are changed to run 5 minutes earlier.
Bee Network: Bolton - Tonge Moor - Tottington - Bury

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