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Route 599

Route: Leigh - Higher Folds

Service changes

Date Change details
26/10/1986 1186 reprint
26/10/1986 Addtl commercial MS jnys: 0920 hrly 1720
26/10/1986 no apparent change
26/01/1987 no apparent change
27/04/1987 no apparent change
29/07/1987 no apparent change
02/11/1987 no apparent change
14/03/1988 times changed
25/07/1988 not listed
03/09/1990 New commercial services 598 599 MS daytime each ev30mins. Replacing withdrawn jnys on 587 and 593
22/04/1991 no change listed
30/03/1992 no change listed
27/04/1992 no change listed
20/07/1992 no change listed
24/08/1992 no change listed
21/09/1992 timetable revised
15/03/1993 no change listed
12/06/1993 no change listed
16/08/1993 993 reprint
16/08/1993 no change listed
15/11/1993 service withdrawn
19/09/1994 New
31/10/1994 Service 598 599 circulars
12/02/1995 No longer shown
27/02/1995 WITHDRAWN
01/07/1996 Alternate 597 jnys diverted hrly via Higher Green as 599. NEW ROUTE (Intertimes with Route 597)
04/11/1996 no change listed
30/03/1997 no change listed
30/06/1997 timetable revised: hrly MS daytime
27/04/1998 Service revised to operate Higher Folds to Leigh via Tyldesley (No Longer serves Boothstown)
24/05/1998 Revised to operate Boothstown - Leigh. Operator revised: MS daytime hrly. Supported ESu 551 by TIM hrly
22/06/1998 no change listed
20/07/1998 no change listed
24/08/1998 Rerouted Higher Green - Tyldesley - Leigh. Commercial MS hrly daytime
05/10/1998 no change listed
09/11/1998 no change listed
01/05/1999 Most MS daytime jnys retimed by a few minutes. Now operated by SLT not B&D
10/07/1999 no change listed
06/09/1999 0757 from LH and 0820 return now Sch. Addtl MS 1227 LH returning 1250
31/01/2000 Easy access buses added. Through ticketting with 652 on SLT jnys 577 597.
31/01/2000 Through ticketing to/from Leigh Infirmary 652 > 577 599 by SLT
31/07/2000 Renumbered 654. Some extended to Wigan Infirmary via Hindley and Wigan. Times changed
27/03/2020 Tendered School services continue
19/04/2020 M-F, school terms only.
15/06/2020 services reinstated - unknown date

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