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Route 362

Route: Wigan - Chorley

Service changes and timetables

Date Change details
PHM Motors ????
26/10/1986 Chorley to Billinge withdrawn MS Day now operates Wigan to Billinge Hospital. MS Evening & Su extended to operate Chorley to Billinge via Wigan
26/10/1986 ev30mins M-S daytime. ESu hrly
06/04/1987 no change listed
28/04/1987 ev30mins M-S daytime NW. GMB M-F 0730. Su 0715 RIB. ESu hrly NW
29/06/1987 Service extended from Wigan to Chorley: Bus ev 15mins on common section 342 352 362. 342 352 hrly : 362 ev30mins daytime. 342 352 NESu. ESuPH 362 hrly full route plus hrly Chorley - Wigan
29/06/1987 Service extended to Chorley. Some addtl jnys. Supported jnys by SHR
01/02/1988 addtl supported jnys by RIB and NW and commercial jnys by SHR
02/02/1988 Early Su supported jnys withdrawn
28/11/1988 Commercial North Western ev30mins MS daytime. ESu hrly full route plus hrly Chorley to Wigan.
12/01/1989 No change listed
08/04/1989 timetable revised
03/05/1989 times revised
09/12/1989 New 42 52 62 added by MERseybus. NW times revised - ESu reduced
22/01/1990 times revised
12/11/1990 Addtl GMB ev30mins Wigan - Billinge
07/01/1991 New ESuPH through jnys Chorley - Billinge hrly plus MS daytime ev30mins Wigan - Billinge.
14/01/1991 minor changes to S service; NW jnys on Su curtailed in early E
14/01/1991 Service extended from Chorley to Preston
18/03/1991 Su evening service withdrawn
27/07/1991 no apparent change listed
27/07/1991 Timetable revised: commercial ev30mins MS daytime. Hrly MS E supported Su E Chorley - Billinge by SHR 1835 hrly 2235. GMB Sch jny 1525 StP Orrell.
22/09/1991 no change listed
09/12/1991 timetable revised
22/02/1992 Route revised
29/03/1992 Su E jnys now by NW - times changed. Some journeys withdrawn
29/11/1992 no change listed
15/03/1993 weekday jnys extended Wigan - Chorley - Preston
23/07/1993 Route revised in Chorley Town Centre
01/09/1993 no change listed
22/11/1993 weekday jnys extended Wigan - Chorley - Preston
04/07/1994 no change listed
10/07/1994 minor timetable revision
10/10/1994 Some journeys extended to Orrell Post
24/10/1994 NEW: Wigan - Chorley
28/10/1994 All NW jnys extended to Preston. addtl commercial Blue Bus F 1028 1128 WN-Billinge jnys
22/12/1994 WITHDRAWN Su journeys now Shearing's
09/01/1995 no change listed
27/03/1995 Preston - Chorley withdrawn. addtl commercial Blue Bus F 1028 1128 WN-Billinge jnys,
27/03/1995 Preston-Chorley section withdrawn
27/03/1995 Route revised
24/04/1995 NEW: Billinge - Wigan
01/06/1995 Minor route revision
19/06/1995 Timetable revised: M-S daytime ev30mins. NESu.
30/10/1995 NW Su service now operated by Wigan Bus Co
30/10/1995 timetable and operator revisions
05/11/1995 Some early Su jnys wthdrawn - replced by MER 158 jnys
11/12/1995 MS ev15mins Wig-StH by NW. ev15mins Chorley-Wig by Wigan Bus Co. E hrly Wigan Bus Co Ch-Wig; hrly Wig-StH by NW. Su hrly Chor-Wig-StH by Wigan Bus Co - some jnys supported. Occasional S Ch-Wig and F hrly daytime Wig-Bill by Blue Bus
11/12/1995 service 62 withdrawn
15/04/1996 Timetables revised: All jnys by Wigan Bus Co. F BB jnys continues. Springfield Coachways Winstanley Coll jnys
30/04/1996 NO CHANGE LISTED
28/10/1996 MS E service revised
25/11/1996 MS E service revised Hrly 1900 - 2300. M-S daytime: xx05 15 30 40 50 from Chorley. Replaces leaflet 150496
03/05/1997 timetable revised
26/07/1997 Early M-S service revised: M-S daytime ev15mins. M-S 1807 from WN and 1852 from Chorley withdrawn: Replaces 3 May 97
26/07/1997 minor timetable revision
26/07/1997 no change listed: Linked services 342 352 362 372: 362 0720 from StH withdrawn. Some minor retimings
01/09/1997 SSH 0812 from Chorley 1645 return remains
01/12/1997 Some BB jnys withdrawn: SSH 0812 from Chorley remains
02/03/1998 no change: SSH 0812 from Chorley remains
14/06/1998 revised times
15/06/1998 Timetables revised. Wigan Bus Co now Arriva
05/09/1998 revised times
05/09/1998 Timetables revised.
05/07/1999 no change listed
01/09/1999 No change listed:
28/02/2000 Check still going to Preston by this date as listed above CHO-PRE withdrawn 27/3/1995
28/02/2000 Times changed, Route changed in Wigan via Mesnes St not Northway
25/04/2000 times changed with extra jnys replacing 62: MS daytime ev20mins Wigan - StHelens. Plus ev15mins Cho-Wig. ESu hrly Cho-Wig. And hrly Wig-StH. Su hrly Cho-St H SuE Cho-Bill. Occasional Blu jny
26/06/2000
26/06/2000 Addtl early M-F morning jnys
26/06/2000 Addtl MF early jnys 0637 Shev-Wigan, 0650 Cho-Wig, 0621 CarrMill - Wigan plus MF 0655 from Chorley now 5mins earlier
03/03/2001 no change listed: Linked services 342 352 362 372: Su service transferred to Arriva. Times revised
03/03/2001 times changed:
09/04/2001 0812 from Chorley - WN no longer runs Sch Hols, 2mins earlier on S
09/06/2002 times changed
10/06/2002
10/06/2002 M-S times changed M-S by A-Merseyside: Su by ANW
21/10/2002
21/10/2002 times MS E jnys changed
23/03/2003 Rerouted via Wigan Infirmary
27/04/2003 timetable revised: linked 352 362: M-S daytimes each ev20mins. WN-StH. WN-Chorley ev15mins. ESuPH hrly
28/04/2003
29/04/2003 Rerouted in Wigan Town Centre
29/02/2004 timetable revised: ev20mins Wigan-StH, ev15mins Wig- Chorley. Hrly E Wig-Cho, Wig-StH. Su StH-Wig-Chor hrly daytime, hrly SuE Billinge - Chorley
24/10/2004 operates in 2sections: Wigan-StHelens MS daytime ev10mins. E hrly Wigan - Chorley: MS daytime ev15mins MS daytime, E hrly. SuPH: hrly StHelens-Wigan- Chorley, SuE hrly Billinge - Wigan - Chorley
28/02/2005 minor time changes
04/09/2005
05/09/2005 Jnys retimed on schooldays
01/10/2005
01/10/2005 Some Su mid-jny times changed. No change M-S
19/11/2005 Addtl S 0710 0740 from Chorley to WN; 0727 0757 from Almond Brook withdrawn
23/07/2006 service revised: StH-Wigan now ev15mins MS daytime and ev30mins ESu all as 352. SuPH service split to work StH-Wigan as 352 and Wig to Chor 362. 362 times changed. Now ev15mins Wig-Cho MS daytime, ESuPH Hrly
07/01/2007 no changes made
28/01/2008 0640 from WN 0725 from Chorley now 5 mins later.
08/02/2008 0727 from Almond Brook withdrawn
31/03/2008 0637 from Almond Brook withdrawn
31/08/2008 no change listed
05/07/2009 no changes listed
30/08/2009 no changes listed
30/05/2010 no change listed: M-S daytime ev15mins . ESuPH hrly.
24/07/2011 no change listed
15/04/2012 0845 from Wigan and 0930 from Chorley on SuPH run by Wigan Buses. These jnys run 5 mins earlier on PH.
22/06/2014 Run by Arriva North West. Times changed.
06/07/2014 rebranded Sapphire route
12/04/2015 Wigan Buses Su 0845 from Wigan and 0930 from Wigan retimed to run 10 mins earlier now by South Lancs Travel.
03/04/2016 M-S E jnys operated by Preston Bus withdrawn entirely. S-M&SL partially replace comm the first jny after 6pm and run the jny that used to connect with Preston Bus at Leyland Tesco, as far as Standish. S-M&SL revised tt and following discussions with Lanc
27/01/2017 Minor timetable changes.
29/01/2017 Minor timetable changes. Version 2
23/07/2017
03/09/2017 M-F early morning and morning peak jnys retimed.
17/09/2017
08/04/2018 Times changed. Additional early morning journeys from Chorley on SuPH. D Hurst Travel journeys withdrawn
02/09/2018 S 0742 and 0812 from Shevington Moor to Wigan are extended to start from Chorley.
28/10/2018 changed to run 5 mins earlier on M-F: 0925 from Wigan 1010 from Chorley
23/03/2020 M-S 0615 - 2230 ev30mins; Su 0800 - 2245 ev30min
30/03/2020 M-S 0600 - 2300 hrly . Su hrly 0800-2300
26/04/2020 362: 0615 M-S from Wigan to Chorley is retimed to run 5 mins earlier at 0610.
26/04/2020 There will also be additional late E and early morning journeys on the 19, 34, 245, 320, 362 and 575.
31/05/2020
31/05/2020 M-S ev30mins Su ev60mins
07/06/2020
07/06/2020 Addtl M-S 2230 services 362 Wigan and Chorley from Monday 7 June. https://crowd.in/fgmWS6
30/08/2020
30/08/2020 ANW Timetable
31/01/2021 M-S daytime service reduced to ev20mins (from ev15mins). ev30mins on Su
11/04/2021
06/06/2021
06/06/2021 Times changed with addtl jnys: M-S ev15mins: ESu ev30mins. Late E hrly
02/01/2022
13/03/2022
13/03/2022 revised to operate ev20mins M-S and ev30mins on Su.
24/04/2022
05/06/2022
18/08/2022
30/10/2022 revised timetable, adjusting the S frequency to ev 30 mins.
08/01/2023
Bee Network: Chorley - Coppull - Standish - Wigan
24/09/2023 addtl early morning and late E jnys. New M-F 0515 0615 S 0520 0620 0720 SuPH 0752 from Standish to WN. Most jnys continue to Chorley. No longer operated by ANW. Bee Network services will accept Arriva weekly and four weekly tickets for a limited period.
24/09/2023 362 Timetable - 23-SC-0497
28/01/2024 362 Timetable - 23-SC-0681

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