Route 125
Route: Preston - Chorley - Wigan
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| Timetables just showing 125 may be Rhodes-Alkrington | |
| Various Ribble timetables spanning 1987-1992 available | |
| Preston - Chorley - Horwich - Doffcocker - Bolton | |
| 27/06/1987 | M-S daytime hrly full route and Esu hrly (linked to Ribble 124 Chorley - Wigan) |
| 27/06/1987 | M-S daytime hrly full route plus Preston - Chorley shorts to give ev20mins common section. Esu hrly. Some S jnys extend Mcr as 129. |
| 14/11/1987 | Service 129: runs M-S daytime 0815 hrly 1415 from Preston; 0930 hrly 1630 from Mcr: Runs as 125 Chorley - Preston: no vehicle change |
| 02/12/1987 | M-S daytime hrly full route plus Preston - Chorley shorts to give ev20mins common section. Esu hrly |
| 02/12/1987 | No change listed: 125 M-S ev20mins PRE-CRO; hrly to WN. E hrly. Su hrly |
| 21/03/1988 | Commercial Daily hrly full route: Chorley - Wigan linked to hrly 124 daytime. |
| 09/07/1988 | M-S daytime hrly full route plus Preston - Chorley shorts to give ev20mins common section. Esu hrly |
| 01/09/1988 | No apparent change |
| 01/09/1988 | No change listed: 125 M-S ev20mins. E hrly. Su hrly |
| 09/04/1989 | No change listed: 125 126 bus linked ev10mins daytime. E hrly 126. Su each hrly |
| 01/08/1989 | No apparent change |
| 01/08/1989 | No change listed: 125 126 bus linked ev10mins daytime. E hrly 126. Su each hrly |
| 10/06/1990 | minor corrections: 125 126 bus linked ev10mins daytime. E hrly 126. Su each hrly |
| 28/08/1990 | Revised |
| 25/04/1991 | some times changed |
| 09/11/1991 | some times changed |
| 09/05/1992 | No change listed: 125 126 bus linked ev10mins daytime. E hrly 126. Su each hrly |
| 21/02/1994 | |
| 05/12/1994 | |
| 05/06/1995 | |
| 19/06/1995 | no change listed: M-S daytimes hrly |
| 30/10/1995 | service withdrawn |
| 17/03/1997 | |
| 15/06/1997 | no change listed: M-S daytime ev15mins. E ev30mins. Su ev20mins. Hrly full route; rest Preston - Chorley only |
| 03/11/1997 | 998 reprint |
| 14/09/1998 | |
| 22/03/1999 | |
| 12/12/1999 | Times changed |
| 03/05/2000 | M-F 0745 126 and 0800 125 from Preston now 0740 0755 |
| 26/06/2000 | You have entry under Preston 125 for a timetable for this date: maybe the Ellen Smith 122 withdrawn and new 125 replaces? |
| 05/09/2000 | Minor changes to some sch jnys |
| 22/04/2001 | Times changed |
| 28/08/2001 | |
| 03/09/2001 | Times changed |
| 11/03/2002 | Minor timetable changes |
| 02/09/2002 | |
| 05/11/2004 | 505 reprint |
| 05/11/2004 | Addtl supported FS NIGHT 125 FM jnys : 0015 0115 0215 0315 to Horwich and return. |
| 11/11/2005 | Route of late night jnys in Bolton changed: Start/finish Bradshawgate |
| 11/11/2005 | 125 126 Timetable - 25175 |
| 31/07/2006 | Late night FS nights withdrawn |
| 31/07/2006 | 125 126 Timetable - 25590 |
| 06/05/2007 | 708 reprint |
| 06/05/2007 | Addtl MS 2350 from Preston - Chorley. MF0700 BN-PR runs as 125 not X7. Supported Sch 1520 by FM 0815 SNW |
| 20/07/2008 | |
| 26/01/2009 | |
| 29/03/2009 | Times changed: All S jnys run as 125. Minor route change Preston |
| 29/11/2009 | minor change to times. Rivington Sch jnys by FM |
| 29/11/2009 | Times changed btwn Preston - Chorley to improve reliability. |
| 26/04/2011 | 125: Minor changes to times, |
| 04/09/2011 | 213 reprint |
| 04/09/2011 | 912 reprint |
| 04/09/2011 | MF daytime jnys via Walton Summit. All run as 125 times changed |
| 04/09/2011 | 125 Timetable - 28548 |
| 22/07/2012 | Stagecoach timetable |
| 01/09/2013 | Times changed - no longer via Chorley Hospital grounds |
| 01/09/2013 | Times changed - no longer via Chorley Hospital grounds: Sch jnys by TYR ANW ROS |
| 01/09/2013 | 125 Timetable - 13-1527 |
| 26/01/2014 | Minor timetable changes. |
| 10/03/2014 | Route changed in Walton Summit. M-F times changed. |
| 10/03/2014 | 125 Timetable - 14-0122 |
| 25/01/2015 | Route changed in Adlington during the closure of Chorley Road. Times changed. |
| 25/01/2015 | 125 Timetable - 14-2050 |
| 18/10/2015 | Times changed. |
| 18/10/2015 | 125 Timetable - 15-1297 |
| 01/11/2015 | Gold leaflet. Times changed. |
| 16/11/2015 | Stagecoach timetable dated 16/11/2015 |
| 05/02/2017 | Minor change to times |
| 05/02/2017 | 125 Timetable - 17-0150 |
| 03/09/2017 | Minor change to some MF afternoon jnys. Rerouted in Bolton to new Interchange |
| 03/09/2017 | 125 Timetable - 17-1298 |
| 29/04/2018 | M-F times changed: daytime : at frequent intervals not more than 10mins |
| 29/04/2018 | 125 Timetable - 18-0428 |
| 02/09/2018 | Normal M-F timetable is introduced at the end of the Summer period. The bus 125C journey at 0715 from Lower Burgh Way to Preston College is retimed and extended to Myerscough College. |
| 02/09/2018 | 125 Timetable - 18-1556 (Web only) |
| 06/01/2019 | M-F times changed. ALTERATION REMOVED: M-F daytime jnys no longer running via Tramway La and Walton Summit Rd. Rivington Sch jnys by Vision Bus |
| 06/01/2019 | 125 Timetable - 18-1713 (Version 1) |
| 06/01/2019 | 125 Timetable - 18-1713 (Version 2) |
| 07/04/2019 | MF0550 from Adlington to Bolton extended to start from Chorley at 0540. M-F journeys retimed: 0642 Chorley to Preston; 0737 Chorley to Bolton. |
| 07/04/2019 | 125 Timetable - 19-0332 |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August |
| 21/07/2019 to 31/08/2019 | 125 Timetable (Summer Times) - 19-SC-0105 |
| 01/09/2019 | Some M-F times changed |
| 01/09/2019 | 125 Timetable - 19-SC-0181 |
| 23/03/2020 | services 125 will run a S services but also serve Walton Summit. |
| 29/03/2020 | reduced to a 20-mins frequency. |
| 10/04/2020 | hrly services on Good Friday, Easter Su and Easter Monday - from 8.20am until 10pm from Preston and from 8.50am until 9.50pm from Bolton. |
| 12/04/2020 | daily: ev30mins daytime : E hrly |
| Royal Preston Hospital - Preston - Chorley - Horwich - Bolton | |
| 01/06/2020 | daily: ev15mins daytime: E ev30mins |
| 30/08/2020 | M-S daytime ev12mins Bolton - Preston BS, ev24mins extended to Royal Preston Hospital rather than ev30mins |
| 30/08/2020 | 125 Timetable - 20-SC-0484 |
| 03/09/2020 | |
| 27/09/2020 | Stagecoach issued tt. S daytime curtailed at Preston BStn. Su ev30mins. PH remains to RPH ev30mins. |
| 27/09/2020 | Stagecoach timetable |
| 11/01/2021 | reduced timetable on S operating ev20mins. M-F remains ev15mins. |
| 11/01/2021 | 125 Timetable - 20-SC-0767 |
| 08/03/2021 | M-F ev12mins daytime; S ev15mins; SuPH ev30mins |
| 08/03/2021 | 125 Timetable - 21-SC-0202 |
| 29/08/2021 | Stagecoach restoring normal timetables on most of their Preston routes from the end of August, although the 125 will remain on a reduced frequency for a few more weeks due to "driver availability issues". Ev12mins M-S but tt showing M-F ev10mins, S ev12mi |
| 29/08/2021 | 125 Timetable - 21-SC-0522 |
| 23/01/2022 | Revised timetables to try and improve punctuality. There no change to overall frequency levels... |
| 23/01/2022 | 125 Timetable - 21-SC-0810 |
| 24/04/2022 | hrly M-S daytime service along two one-way loops: 1. from Middleton via Mcr Rd to Alkrington 2. from Middleton via Mcr Old Rd, Boardman La, Ellis La, Heywood Old Rd, Langley La, Whalley Rd to Hollin Shops, Hollin La, Rochdale Rd and Long St to Middleton. |
| 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables effective from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022. M-F reduced to the S level of 15 mins frequency (30 to Hospital), instead of 12 (24 to Hospital).. |
| 24/07/2022 to 03/09/2022 | 125 Timetable (Summer Times) - 22-SC-0427 |
| 04/09/2022 | M-S daytime revised after Summer, restoring the frequency back up to ev12 mins, with addtl changes to some M-F peak times. ESu services unchanged. |
| 04/09/2022 | 125 Timetable - 22-SC-0473 |
| 16/04/2023 | M-F times are changed |
| 16/04/2023 | 125 Timetable - 23-SC-0092 |
| 03/09/2023 | 125 Timetable - 23-SC-0474 |
| 25/02/2024 | 125 Timetable - 24-SC-0028 |
| 01/09/2024 | 125 Timetable - 24-SC-0447 |