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Route 539

Route: Bolton - Deane - Westhaughton - Daisy Hill

Service changes and timetables

Date Change details
26/10/1986 MS daytime hrly. NESu
27/04/1987 as 6056
27/04/1987 Short evening 540 journeys extended to Wigan as 542
03/08/1987 no apparent change
01/09/1987 WITHDRAWN: journeys now operate as 540
13/03/1988 M-S daytime ev30mins . NESu
25/02/1991 Commercial MS daytime ev30mins NESu
24/06/1991 No change listed
29/07/1991 No change listed
19/08/1991 No change listed
30/09/1991 No change listed
09/12/1991 No change listed
06/01/1992 minor timetable revision
09/03/1992 No change listed SHR=TIM
13/04/1992 No change listed
11/05/1992 No change listed
01/09/1992 No change listed
28/09/1992 WITHDRAWN (Replaced by Routes 51 & 51P)
22/11/1993
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
09/10/1995 Service 51 curtailed and partly replaced by new commercial 539 TIM service ev30mins.
23/10/1995 timetable revised
15/04/1996 No change listed
01/07/1996 No change listed
02/09/1996 Minor timetable revision : some pm jnys now SSH
30/09/1996 No change listed
25/11/1996 No change listed
05/10/1997 No change listed
29/11/1997 Daytime jnys revised to operate Westhoughton to Bolton . Peak continue to DH
28/03/1998 Service extended from Daisy Hill to Horwich via Middlebrook ev30mins NESu
24/05/1998 No change listed
14/09/1998 Service curtailed to operate Middlebrook to Bolton via Westhoughton
23/11/1998 service withdrawn
26/08/2001 B9 renumbered 539 as are all 531 ESu jnys Bromley Cross - Bolton. 1544 now runs addtl on sch days.
26/08/2001 NEW: Bromley Cross - Bolton (one way) (Route 538 opposite direction)
26/08/2001 Service B9 renumbered 539. 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 538
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 from Andrews La (OUT as 538). Supported ESu hrly BN-Bromley Cross.
24/02/2002 MS Daytime jnys rerouted via Dunscar (No longer serves Eagley, Bank Top or Bolton Interchange) (Partly
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)
24/06/2002 WITHDRAWN (Replaced by LUL)
01/09/2002 times changed. LU jnys withdrawn. Now BLU ev30mins daytime
02/09/2002
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 Hrly diversion via Toppings Est 0855 -1755
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
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, 1850 from BN withdrawn
24/04/2006 No change listed.
23/07/2006 ESu revised:
23/07/2006 M-S daytime dservice withdrawn. Replaced by new 541. No change ESu
24/09/2006 Addtl 1854 from Andrews La. Minor timetable changes: Supported ESuPH
22/07/2007 no change made
28/01/2008 M-F times revised
31/08/2008 Supported ESu hrly full circle
25/01/2009 No change listed
30/08/2009 no apparent change
11/04/2010 MS daytime now ev30mins Incorrect: doesn't run in daytime
11/04/2010 no apparent change
18/07/2010 SuE jnys withdrawn: last jny 1729
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 no apparent change
08/04/2013 Emergency 90 day MS daytimes contract awarded after Maytree Travel suddenly ceased trading
27/10/2013 No change listed. Supported hrly ANW
27/10/2013 No change listed: Supported Maytree Tvl MS E & SuPH daytime hrly extended to Tonge Moor
27/04/2014 No change listed
26/10/2014 No change listed
12/04/2015 service withdrawn

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