Route 538
Route: Tonge Moor circ -Bank Top - Astley Bridge - Bolton
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| WITHDRAWN: 2/7/1990 route completely different | |
| 26/10/1987 | ev30mins MS 0955-1525 S1555 1625 |
| 08/02/1988 | Addtl S 1655 |
| 02/07/1990 | New service? MS 0920 ev30mins 1450 then S 1520-1650 |
| 02/07/1990 | Times changed MS 0920 ev30mins 1450 then S 1520 -1650 |
| 25/02/1991 | Replaced by new Shearings 539 to Westhoughton??? |
| 25/02/1991 | WITHDRAWN |
| 28/11/1993 | MS daytime hrly. NESuBH |
| 28/11/1993 | REPLACEMENT: no change listed |
| 31/01/1994 | No change listed |
| 21/03/1994 | No change listed |
| 11/04/1994 | No change listed |
| 16/05/1994 | No change listed |
| 01/08/1994 | services renumbered 540 |
| 26/08/2001 | B8 renumbered 538: as are all ESU 531 jnys Bolton - Bromley Cross. M-S 1535 from bolton now every day. |
| 26/08/2001 | Service B8 renumbered 538. Minor time changes: MS daytime hrly full route plus hrly shorts |
| 07/01/2002 | Addtl BLU jnys: MS ev30mins daytime out to Eagley, return as 539 |
| 24/02/2002 | 538 539 via Bank Top replaced by new 529. M-F ev30mins daytime direct via Blackburn Rd, All via Dunscar War Memorial . Esu no longer via Bolton Interchange. Minor adjustments to times. |
| 24/02/2002 | LU route changed to serve Dunscar not Bank Top. MS daytime ev30mins full circle plus BB ev30mins to Bank Top returning as 539. Supported ESu hrly BN-Bromley Cross. |
| 24/02/2002 | Route change to serve Bank Top partially replacing 529. Times changed. |
| 24/06/2002 | Rerouted to serve Bank Top (Replaces Route 529) Additional MS Day jnys introduced (Replacing Blue Bus). |
| 24/06/2002 | WITHDRAWN (Replaced by LUL) |
| 01/09/2002 | times changed. LU jnys withdrawn. Now BLU ev30mins daytime |
| 07/10/2002 | Addtl MF 0624 BN-Dunscar |
| 07/10/2002 | LU = BLU:Route change no longer serving Toppings Est. Times changed: hrly full circle plus hrly via Whitegate Dr. Supported ESuPH BN-BX |
| 27/01/2003 | No change listed |
| 29/06/2003 | ESuPH divert full route plus Egerton and via Valley Leisure Complex to/from Bolton Interchange. Times changed |
| 26/04/2004 | Minor timetable changes. 1938 from BN starts from Piccadilly as X9. |
| 06/09/2004 | No change listed |
| 28/02/2005 | ESuPH terminus changed during closure of BN i/c |
| 05/09/2005 | No change listed. BLU = ANW |
| 09/01/2006 | Route change - no longer serve Whitegate Dr, |
| 24/04/2006 | No change listed. |
| 23/07/2006 | ESu revised: |
| 23/07/2006 | M-S daytime now ev20mins BN - AL. No change ESu |
| 24/09/2006 | Addtl 1835 from Bolton. Minor timetable changes. SuPH hrly 0950-2250 |
| 22/07/2007 | no change made |
| 28/01/2008 | M-F times revised |
| 31/08/2008 | commercial MS daytime ev20mins BN-Andrew La; Most sch hol jnys now MS. Supported ESu hrly full circle |
| 25/01/2009 | No change listed |
| 30/08/2009 | no apparent change |
| 11/04/2010 | no apparent change |
| 18/07/2010 | SuE jnys withdrawn: last jny 1950 |
| 13/03/2011 | no apparent change |
| 19/06/2011 | no apparent change |
| 30/10/2011 | no apparent change |
| 11/12/2011 | no apparent change |
| 27/01/2013 | MF peak times changed - some jnys withdrawn. Supported ESu by MTV |
| 08/04/2013 | Emergency 90 day Evenings & Sundays contract awarded after Maytree Travel suddenly ceased trading |
| 27/10/2013 | MF peak jnys - some withdrawn: commercial MS daytime 3 per hr giving ev15mins with 537 on common section. Supported Maytree Tvl MS E & SuPH daytime hrly extended to Tonge Moor |
| 27/10/2013 | MS daytime times changed. No longer serves Bank Top. ESu to Tonge Moor Circ hrly |
| 28/10/2013 | Curtailed BN-Bromley X: each ev30mins linked to 538. Times changed. Partly replaced by bus 37 between Edgworth and Bromley Cross. |
| 27/04/2014 | MS daytime 537 538 curtailed to Bank Top - Bolton all running as 537. Supported ESuPH hrly by MTV |
| 26/10/2014 | No change listed |
| 12/04/2015 | No change listed |
| 30/08/2015 | SuPH 0950 from BN now 0937 |
| 25/10/2015 | No change listed |
| 03/04/2016 | No change listed |
| 30/10/2016 | No change listed |
| 30/01/2017 | No change listed |
| 03/09/2017 | Minor timetable changes. Rerouted in Bolton town centre to serve the new Interchange. |
| 29/10/2017 | No change listed |
| 08/04/2018 | No change listed |
| 28/10/2018 | No change listed |
| 28/04/2019 | service withdrawn. |