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Route 572

Route: Bolton - Daubhill - Lever Edge - Great Lever circular

Service changes and timetables

Date Change details
03/08/1987 Commercial Little Gem MS daytime ev10mins, ESu ev30mins. Anticlockwise. Reverse = 571
05/09/1988 Commercial Super Gem MS daytime ev20mins, ESu hrly. Anticlockwise. Reverse = 571
26/06/1989 Minor timetable changes. Daily 2300 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
27/09/1993 Operator revised
04/10/1993 New commercial route each hrly 0719 - 1719. NESuBH. Reverse = 571
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27/02/1995 Some jnys withdrawn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19/06/1995 LT jnys withdrawn
22/06/1998 799 reprint
22/06/1998 no change listed
29/03/2002 All jnys by FM. Addtl PH jnys to Su times
28/10/2002 Addtl commercial BLU jnys: MS daytime ev30mins
28/04/2003 BLU jnys withdrawn
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 2000-2300
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29/07/2012 Late SuPH E jnys withdrawn after 2130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 MS daytimes contract to FM after Maytree Travel suddenly ceased trading
21/07/2013 Daily E jnys will be run by Cumfybus.
25/01/2015 Addtl SuPH 0900 from Bolton.
19/07/2015 Daytime jnys withdrawn and replaced by 519 520. Supported MS 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 Run by Diamond/Vision Bus. Times of daytime jnys run by Vision bus changed. All evening jnys will be run by Vision Bus.
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
20/04/2020 M-S hrly daytime. NE 0638-1838
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 572: ev30mins M-S daytime
15/06/2020 Daily E hrly
30/08/2020 General services increased to operate every 20 mins on each services.
30/08/2020 VIS hrly daily daytime supported E hrly
11/04/2021 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 process for contracts commencing April 2021, through which the subsidi
11/04/2021 Existing M-S E jnys will be run by Diamond with addtl supported late Su Ejnys run by Vision Bus.
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.
24/07/2022 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 - Lever Edge - Great Lever 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

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