Route 520
Route: Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | 1186 reprint |
| 26/10/1986 | MS daytime hrly plus some ESu hrly Radcliffe - Bradley Fold. Su hrly Radcliffe - Bradley Fold - extended from By 1130 1530 1930 |
| 26/01/1987 | ESu revised now hrly BY-Bradley Fold. |
| 09/03/1987 | Supported ESuBH |
| 01/09/1987 | 1087 reprint |
| 25/04/1988 | no apparent change |
| 30/08/1988 | hrly MS daytime plus Esu Bury - Radcliffe - Bradley Fold |
| 19/12/1988 | No change listed |
| 10/04/1989 | no change listed |
| 12/08/1989 | no change listed |
| 22/10/1989 | ESu revised : supported E hrly 1940-2140 Su 1140 hrly 2140: Bury - Bradley Fold |
| 17/03/1990 | No change listed |
| 02/07/1990 | timetable and route revised: now via Dummers Lane not Bury Rd. |
| 20/10/1990 | No change listed |
| 03/04/1991 | No change listed |
| 30/09/1991 | supported hrly ESu now operated by ROS not GMB |
| 11/11/1991 | minor timetable revised |
| 15/03/1993 | Service rerouted in Radcliffe |
| 29/03/1993 | Minor timetable and operator revision Supported ESu by BEE ROS |
| 26/07/1993 | Most MS daytime jnys curtailed to operate Radcliffe to Bolton hrly. Supported ESu hrly |
| 01/08/1994 | Most MS daytime jnys withdrawn: replaced by addtl 478 jnys. Peak GMN MF jnys and supported ROS ESu service continue |
| 07/11/1994 | timetable revised Some BLU jnys withdrawn |
| 05/02/1995 | |
| 27/03/1995 | No change listed |
| 24/04/1995 | New service M-F daytime: 1237 1522 from BY; 0907 1256 from Radcliffe only |
| 21/08/1995 | No change listed |
| 01/04/1996 | No change listed |
| 30/06/1996 | No change listed |
| 04/11/1996 | WITHDRAWN |
| 22/02/1999 | Divert 486 via Milton Rd. Wordsworth Av, Coronation Rd, Pilkington Rd, Lowe St partially replacing withdrawn 520 |
| 01/11/1999 | New service : B1 renumbered 520 now run by FM not Srib |
| 22/11/1999 | times changed: ev30mins full route plus ev30mins shorts HH-BN. NESu |
| 31/01/2000 | Curtailed to operate Hulton Hospital & Bolton . Ev20mins daytime |
| 04/09/2000 | Extended to Morris Green. Now supported hrly NESuBH |
| 25/06/2001 | All jnys now Blue Bus . 0717 from MG, 0750 return withdrawn |
| 25/02/2002 | Route revised in Bolton Town Centre |
| 30/06/2003 | All jnys now South Lancs Travel Diverted from Daubhill to Hunger Hill. Times changed |
| 28/02/2005 | All jnys by Ashall's Coaches |
| 16/05/2005 | new commercial route by Tattersalls Coaches MF hrly |
| 16/05/2005 | No change listed |
| 05/09/2005 | Timetable and route 570 changed - 570 extended to Sutton Est partially replacing 520 |
| 12/09/2005 | Service withdrawn and partly replaced by 570 |
| 19/07/2015 | New daytime route replacing some 519 and 572 jnys. MS daytime ev20mins. NESu. |
| 30/08/2015 | Timetable and route in Bolton town centre are changed. |
| 03/04/2016 | FM times changed. |
| 24/07/2016 | Times changed including temporary changes during summer to 3Sep |
| 04/09/2016 | Some MF jnys retimed after summer period. |
| 03/09/2017 | Route withdrawn and replaced by buses 571 and 572 between Bolton and Great Lever and bus 501 which is extended to serve Johnson Fold. |
| Westhoughton - Ladybridge - Deane - Bolton | |
| 25/10/2020 | 715 renumbered to services 520. Combined with new services 20, there will be Buses along Deane Rd into Bolton ev15mins M-S daytime. Some minor Timetable changes. Following changes to TfGM contracts, the subsidised E jnys operated by another operator, on a |
| 31/01/2021 | Times of M-S daytime jnys are changed. M-S daytime ev30mins; VIS no change: ESuPH hrly |
| 11/04/2021 | Operated by Diamond and Vision Bus This service currently operates ev30mins M-S daytime, and hrly on Su. Two early morning jnys and the ESu service were run by Vision Bus on a subsidised basis. Subsequent to the tender award process for contracts commenci |
| 11/04/2021 | Run by Diamond/Vision Bus. Early morning jnys will be run by Diamond with minor changes to times. Addtl M-F 0557 Wingates to Bolton, S 0700 Wingates to Bolton, 0741 Bolton to Westhoughton to Bolton. |
| 29/08/2021 | Now operate from stands S/T at Bolton Interchange. Revised M-S daytime timetable. |
| 31/10/2021 | now operate from stand U at Bolton Interchange. Revised timetable. |
| 30/01/2022 | Times of M-F daytimes journeys are changed to improve punctuality: |
| 25/04/2022 | commercial service operated by Diamond ev30mins M-S daytime. Supported hrly ESu. On retender: Minor ESu timetable changes to improve punctuality, following a review of historical Operational/bus tracking data. Times revised to closer match the recent data |
| 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 |
| 04/09/2022 | Reverts to pre-summer times |
| 29/01/2023 | ev30mins M-S daytime, hrly ESu. Proposed S 0823 & 0923 from Bolton ; 0848 & 0952 from Bolton withdrawn. TfGM support: S morning jnys retained at existing frequencies. Timetable revised to improve reliability. |
| Bolton - Deane - Wingates - Westhoughton circular | |
| 16/04/2023 | Deregistered: Withdrawal of all commercial jnys – currently ev30mins daytime (the few early morning, ESu jnys currently operated with TfGM subsidy would continue unchanged) TfGM Support: GNW now operate former Diamond commercial service of most jnys. Diam |
| Bee Network: Bolton - Deane - Wingates - Westhoughton circular | |
| 24/09/2023 | Minor timetable changes to M-S daytime jnys. |
| 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Go North West |