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Route 573

Route: Bolton - Lostock - Horwich

Service changes and timetables

Date Change details
24/06/1991 Commercial MS daytime ev30mins. NESu
12/08/1991 timetables revised
01/09/1991 Service withdrawn
01/09/1992 New commercial 573 replacing BLU 523. MS daytime hrly
05/10/1992 No change listed
14/12/1992 Rerouted in Horwich & extended to Wigan partly replacing 617. Commercial MS daytime hrly. Su BN-HOR 1205 hrly 1905. Supported 1755 1855 from WN-BN; 1955 BN-HOR
31/01/1993 MS Evening & Sunday withdrawn
04/04/1993 No change listed
31/01/1994 No change listed
30/07/1994 Main service Horwich - Bury with peak extn Coppull M-S Daytime hrly. NESu. Composite 573 575 577 Horwich - Bolton M-S daytime ev15mins
01/08/1994 continue BN to Bury ev2hrs
27/03/1995 no apparent change
01/05/1995 no apparent change
04/09/1995 no apparent change
29/04/1996 no change listed
04/11/1996 not listed. Presume withdrawn: 575 timetable lists 577 reintroduced to replace 571 but must be a misprint for 573 as 571 is Great Lever Circular
15/06/1997 no change listed: Sch 0855 from Cop; S&SH 0918 from Blackrod - Bolton : 1340 from BN- COP M-Th in SCh Hols
01/09/1997 M-Th Sch jny 0855 From Coppull; 1403 from Bolton
24/10/1998 Main commercial service MS 0900-1700 hrly. Addtl MF 0855 from Copull, 1309 return; ThFS 1730 from WN as 575 WN-HOR, then 573 to TC, 1909 return to Horwich. MF 0805 BN-WN.
25/01/1999 1730 from Wigan to TC now curtailed at HOR and runs as as 575. 1909 from TC withdrawn.
12/04/1999 Jnys to / from Coppull withdrawn. Some jnys to TC now curtailed at HOR-BN and run as 575.
08/09/1999 Minor changes on Sch days
27/09/1999 Minor changes MS E.
01/11/1999 Some jnys extended to Blackrod . Wigan no longer served
04/01/2000 Blackrod to Horwich section withdrawn
01/05/2000 times changed
04/09/2000 times changed
10/12/2000 Additional jnys introduced on SuPH
12/08/2001 Douglas Valley jnys withdrawn
03/09/2001 Route revised to serve Worsley & Peel Green
07/01/2002 minor changes to times
06/05/2002 no change listed
30/09/2002 no change listed
28/10/2002 service withdrawn
14/12/2003 New commercial SuPH hrly service - late jnys Su only
13/06/2004 No longer serves Middlebrook
21/11/2004 805 reprint
21/11/2004 E jnys withdrawn. Last jny1705
14/01/2007 New commercial route 578 replaces 573 on SuPH
13/04/2007 New SuPH service
05/10/2008 Timetable 473 changed and renumbered 573. Commercial SuPH ev2hrs 0950 1950 from RAW. All jnys by Easyride / ROS
Bolton - Great Lever - Deane - Ladybridge - Markland Hill circular
30/01/2022 573/574 (Vision Bus): New circular routes introduced, running via Sutton Estate, Ladybridge and Markland Hill, replacing existing services 570, 574 and 577.
30/01/2022 Supported hrly M-S off peak only service. Due to the commercial service change to service 516 and the withdrawal of service 577, service 574 extended from Markland Hill via Armadale Rd to Sutton Estate to return to Bolton via the current 570 route, formin
30/01/2022 573 574 Timetable - 22-SC-0016
24/04/2022 Supported hrly M-S daytimes Bolton, Lever Edge -Sutton Estate with addtl off peak running btwn Sutton Estate, Markland Hill and Bolton. On renewal of the tender, service standardised to hrly throughout M-S daytime incorporating school movements to Ladybri
24/04/2022 573 574 Timetable - 22-SC-0122
24/04/2022 573 574 Timetable (Replacement) - 22-SC-0295 (version 2)
Bee Network: Bolton - Great Lever - Deane - Ladybridge - Markland Hill circular
24/09/2023 Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Diamond Bus North West
24/09/2023 Times of most jnys change. All jnys now clockwise around Sutton Estate.
24/09/2023 573 574 Timetable - 23-SC-0447
28/01/2024 573 574 Timetable - 23-SC-0667
07/04/2024 573 574 Timetable - 24-SC-0207
01/09/2024 573 574 Timetable - 24-SC-0440
01/09/2024 573 574 Timetable - 24-SC-0440 (amended)
26/01/2025 573 574 Timetable - 24-SC-0669

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