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Route 630

Route: Wigan - Poolstock - Highfield Grange - Orrell - Billinge Hospital

Service changes and timetables

Date Change details
26/10/1986 Minibus MS daytime hrly plus SuBH 1325 1440 1825 1940
25/04/1987 Little Gem: no apparent change
25/04/1987 no apparent change
03/08/1987 Little Gem: no apparent change
26/10/1987 For experimental period of 6 months: revised route in Highfield Grange via Melrose Dr and Ravenswood Av; some via Green Slade Road in Orrell. These are Hail'n'Ride. Ue it or lose it. Revised timetable: hrly M-S daytime with alternate jnys via Green Slade
01/12/1987 revised route. Su 1325 1825
24/04/1988 1288 reprint
24/04/1988 Minibus supported daily hrly incl E
25/04/1988 revised route. E hrly. Su 1125 hrly 2225
24/04/1989 revised timetable. Daily daytime hrly. NE
24/04/1989 Timetable revised. Supported NE. Su 1235 hrly 1935
23/04/1990 Su service revised: 1135 1335 1535 1735 1835 1940
20/08/1990 Minor operator revision: Sch 0845 by NW 1510 by MER
21/04/1991 ESu revised correcting previous: Su 1335 1535 1735 1940
29/07/1991 timetable revised: some daytime extended to Billinge Hare and Hounds. All run by GMB
30/03/1992 NEW: Wigan - Skelmersdale MS Day
27/04/1992 Replacement : No Su service
27/04/1992 Timetable revised. Curtailed at Hospital.
26/10/1992 Service extended to Hare and Hounds at Billinge
06/09/1993 Wigan to Abbey Lakes. Route curtailed at Pemberton
11/04/1994 Service extended to Platt Bridge replacing 654: MS daytime hrly
10/10/1994 Timetable revised - addtl early jnys
30/01/1995 Most jnys divert via Tan House Drive
09/10/1995 Service divert to serve Ince Bar
31/03/1997 Minor timetable and route revisions
01/12/1997 Minor timetable and route revisions. Branded Easylink. Curtailed at Billinge Hosp.
23/02/1998 200 reprint
23/02/1998 Some jnys extended to Hare and Hounds
29/01/2001 times changed
25/02/2002 Service split into two sections: WN - Billinge easy access buse; WN - PB not easy access buses. Each hrly - not connected
30/09/2002 Service re-combined as one through route using easy access buses
30/08/2004 1806 from PB curtailed at Windy Arbour; 1905 from Bilinge Hosp withdrawn. Most jnys run to Hare and Hounds due to closure of hosital grounds to buses
28/02/2005 Route changed in Highfield Grange
31/10/2005 629 MS daytime service withdrawn. 609 extended to serve Castle Hill. 630 extended along Liverpool Rd btwn Hindley to Platt Bridge . Run direct via Poolstock La and HG Ave
30/01/2006 1600 from Orell curtailed at PB , 1703 from Hindley now 1708 from PB
30/01/2006 806 reprint
29/01/2007 0803 Windy Arbour - Hindley now 0750
30/04/2007 Service curtailed PB. Times changed. M-S daytime hrly. NESuPH
03/09/2007 0829 from Wigan now 0833. 0750 from WA now 0807 on S & Sch hols
03/09/2007 210 reprint
03/09/2007 708 reprint
03/05/2011 revised 630 : Curtailed WN- Spring view; partly replaced by 633 Orrell - Wigam
03/05/2011 Route changed to WN-Spring View.Commercial MS daytime hrly. Replaced by 633 WN-Windy Arbour and Hindley Local Link in Platt Bridge.
31/10/2011 Service extended to Platt Bridge. Addtl jnys all run by WIG. Off peak supported. Peak commercial.
15/01/2012 South Lancs Travel journeys are withdrawn.
16/04/2012 no change listed
29/07/2012 no change listed
17/12/2012 no change listed
28/04/2014 Diverted via The Grove in Ince. Times changed
13/04/2015 MF 0800 from Lower Ince to Wigan will be run by SLT
30/10/2016 Run by Wigan Buses Limited. Times are changed. Most journeys will be run by Stagecoach.
29/01/2017 Some afternoon journeys are changed on schooldays.
24/07/2017 Times changed: Supported now MS hrly daytime by SM; MF 0800 by DIA
03/09/2017 Some afternoon SM jnys retimed on schooldays.
08/04/2018 Some afternoon journeys are retimed on schooldays
29/10/2018 Some jnys withdrawn. M-S daytime hrly. NESuPH. All jnys now by Diamond.
28/03/2020 S: daytime hrly
30/03/2020 M-S: daytime hrly
14/04/2020 Temporary Timetable in place
19/04/2020 Diamond. 0800 from Lower Ince to Wigannow run by Warrington’s Own Buses at 0745
20/04/2020 M-S daytime ev2hrs
20/04/2020 TfGM Bus Guide issued
11/05/2020 M-S ev2hrs daytime
26/05/2020 No changes to current temporary tiMERetable: M-S ev2hrs daytime
08/06/2020 613: M-S 0708 from New Springs
15/06/2020 hrly M-S daytime
22/06/2020 613: M-S 0708 from New Springs
07/09/2020 M-F 0800
25/10/2020 Following changes to TfGM contracts, this subsidised service NOW OPERATED BY hATTONS on a revised Timetable. 0800m-f JNY NOW RUNS AT 0730
29/08/2021 Times changed with some jnys extended to Abram and to run via Dean Trust Rose Bridge School on schooldays M-F. Revised timetable incorporating a school jny between Abram and Dean Trust (Rose Bridge) Academy which results in a more consistent timetable M-F
30/01/2022 M-F pm jnys times changed
30/10/2022 On retender: Hattons: All jnys to be run by Diamond. 
Bee Network: Platt Bridge - Spring View - Ince - Wigan
24/09/2023 No changes to route or times
24/09/2023 Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Go North West
24/09/2023 630 Timetable - 23-SC-0487
22/04/2024 630 Timetable (Temporary) - 24-SC-0235
01/09/2024 630 Timetable (Temporary) - 24-SC-0406 (shown as 24-SC-0235)
18/11/2024 630 Timetable - 24-SC-0585
02/12/2024 630 School Timetable (Dean Trust Rose Bridge)
27/04/2025 630 Timetable - 25-SC-0119

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