Route 571
Route: Bolton - Lever Edge Swan Lane circs
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 03/08/1987 | Commercial Little Gem MS daytime ev10mins, ESu ev30mins. Clockwise. Reverse = 572 |
| 05/09/1988 | Commercial Super Gem MS daytime ev20mins, ESu hrly. Clockwise. Reverse = 572 |
| 26/06/1989 | Minor timetable changes. Daily 2230 supported. |
| 26/06/1989 | Super Gem - no apparent changes |
| 25/02/1991 | Some early supported AM jnys revised and now MF Ribble & Su by Blue Bus |
| 24/06/1991 | Operators revised: Su early jnys now by RIB. Addtl SuE now supported |
| 04/10/1992 | Minor timetable revision. Addtl S E now supported |
| 15/03/1993 | Operator revised: MS supported jnys now by GMB. |
| 13/04/1993 | Timetable revised: MS daytime now ev15mins |
| 04/10/1993 | New commercial route each hrly 0749 - 1749. NESuBH. Reverse = 572 |
| 28/11/1993 | Addtl commercial MS daytime ev30mins by MERSEYBus. Supported Su jny now by TIM |
| 28/03/1994 | GMB=GMN. Early jnys revised |
| 16/05/1994 | MER = LT. timetable revised: LT MS daytime now ev10mins |
| 27/02/1995 | Some jnys withdrawn |
| 07/05/1995 | Operator revision: ESu now GMN |
| 19/06/1995 | LT jnys withdrawn |
| 02/09/1996 | Replaces Routes 573 & 577 |
| 04/11/1996 | Service 577 reintroduced partly replacing 571 |
| 04/11/1996 | WITHDRAWN (Replaced by Route 577 between Bolton to Horwich) |
| 22/06/1998 | 799 reprint |
| 22/06/1998 | MF 0530 from BN withdrawn |
| 29/03/2002 | All jnys by FM. Addtl PH jnys to Su times |
| 28/10/2002 | no change listed |
| 28/04/2003 | no change listed |
| 03/04/2005 | minor timetable revision. |
| 25/07/2005 | MF times changed during summer to 2 Sept |
| 03/09/2005 | 1206 reprint |
| 03/09/2005 | 408 reprint |
| 03/09/2005 | Minor changes to E jnys |
| 24/07/2006 | MF times changed during summer to 1 Sept |
| 23/07/2007 | MF times changed during summer to 31 Aug |
| 20/07/2008 | Addtl MF morning jnys |
| 26/01/2009 | no change listed |
| 19/07/2009 | Supported E service by Maytree Travel 1930-2230 |
| 25/10/2009 | times changed: now ev20mins daytime |
| 31/01/2011 | no change listed |
| 29/07/2012 | Late SuPH E jnys withdrawn after 2130 |
| 07/04/2013 | Emergency 90 day daily E daytimes contract awarded after Maytree Travel suddenly ceased trading |
| 21/07/2013 | Daily E jnys will be run by Cumfybus. |
| 25/01/2015 | Addtl SuPH 0830 from Bolton. |
| 19/07/2015 | Daytime jnys withdrawn and replaced by 519 520. Supported E hrly BN- LE by CUM. Su E irreg by CUM |
| 30/08/2015 | No change listed |
| 03/04/2016 | No change listed |
| 24/07/2016 | no change listed |
| 04/09/2016 | No change listed |
| 03/09/2017 | Addtl MS daytime FM jnys replacing 519 and 520 between Bolton and Great Lever, with each route running ev20 mins. Cumfybus jnys rerouted in Bolton town centre to serve new Interchange. |
| 08/04/2018 | jnys run by First withdrawn and are replaced by new commercial jnys by Diamond and Vision Bus - each ev30mins daytime. Supported daily E hrly by CUM. Commercial VIS Su daytime hrly |
| 23/07/2018 | Some Diamond jnys revised MS daytime |
| 28/10/2018 | Times of daytime jnys run by Vision bus changed. All E jnys will be run by Vision Bus. |
| 26/01/2020 | TIMES CHANGED |
| 28/03/2020 | 571/572: hrly each way S daytime 0623 - 1853 |
| 30/03/2020 | 571/572: hrly each way M-S daytime M-F 0523; S 0623 - 1853 |
| 06/04/2020 | The 571/572 has been reduced to a Su services with added trips in the morning. E services brought into line and running every half hour from 7am until 9.30pm. |
| 10/04/2020 | services 502/3 will operate as normal and services 571/2 will operate a Su Timetable on Good Friday and Easter Monday. |
| 14/04/2020 | Temporary Timetable in place |
| 10/05/2020 | 571/572 Bolton to Great Lever - Temporary Timetable in place |
| 26/05/2020 | 571/572: ev30mins M-S daytime services each way (ev15mins combined) |
| 14/06/2020 | 571: ev30mins M-S daytime |
| 15/06/2020 | M-S E hrly SuBH E hrly |
| 30/08/2020 | General services increased to operate ev20 mins on each services. NESu |
| 30/08/2020 | hrly daily daytime supported E hrly |
| 11/04/2021 | Existing M-S Ejnys will be run by Diamond with addtl supported late Su E jnys run by Vision Bus. |
| 11/04/2021 | Operated by Diamond, Vision Bus These services currently operate ev15mins M-S daytime (with Diamond and Vision each running ev30mins) and hrly on Su (run by Vision). The hrly subsidised E service was run by Vision Bus. Subsequent to the tender award proce |
| 30/01/2022 | Due to COVID related driver shortages, reduced from ev20mins to ev30mins (on each service) during M-S daytimes. Combined ev15mins, instead of every 10. Early mornings, ESu unchanged. |
| 24/04/2022 | Commercial competing services operated by Diamond and Vision Bus with up to 5 buses/hr M-S daytime and an hrly M-S ESu daytime service. Supported E jnys hrly on each service on Su E only. Daily daytime jnys operated by Vision are withdrawn. M-S jnys opera |
| 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 |
| 04/09/2022 | Reverts to pre-summer times |
| 30/10/2022 | Deregistered and put out to tender: |
| Bee Network: Bolton - Great Lever - Lever Edge circular | |
| 24/09/2023 | M-F early E times change. |
| 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Go North West |
| 24/09/2023 | 571 572 Timetable - 23-SC-0515 |
| 28/01/2024 | 571 572 Timetable - 23-SC-0678 |
| 27/04/2025 | 571 572 Timetable - 25-SC-0131 |