Route 640
Route: Wigan - Standish - Shevington Moor circular
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 25/04/1988 | new circular service: 640 641 each ev2hrs M-S daytime NESu |
| 25/04/1988 | Supported MINIBUS service: each 640 641 ev2hrs combined hrly daytime NESu |
| 31/05/1988 | Extended from Wigan |
| 31/05/1988 | Revised route: each 640 641 ev2hrs M-S daytime. Nsu |
| 23/10/1988 | Timetable revised |
| 24/10/1988 | no change listed |
| 24/04/1989 | Minibus: Timetables revised - divert via Red Rock. Supported MS daytime ev2hrs. Reverse = 641 |
| 21/08/1989 | not listed |
| 23/10/1989 | Now operated by NW |
| 22/01/1990 | timetable revised |
| 13/08/1990 | Sch NW 0835 |
| 13/08/1990 | Services revised regarding sch requirements |
| 20/01/1991 | Supported minibus: Timetable revised: MS daytime 2hrly. Reverse = 641 |
| 14/09/1992 | no change listed |
| 18/01/1993 | Timetableand route revised: MS daytime hrly. |
| 07/06/1993 | no change listed |
| 27/06/1993 | no change listed |
| 31/08/1993 | Minor timetable revision. |
| 28/02/1994 | no change listed |
| 28/05/1994 | no change listed |
| 08/07/1994 | no change listed |
| 30/01/1995 | Timetable revised - off peak jnys run as 641: peak jnys remain by NW |
| 30/05/1995 | Timetable revised |
| 15/04/1996 | Minor timetable revision |
| 27/10/1996 | 497 revised |
| 27/10/1996 | no change listed |
| 26/07/1997 | no change listed: supported MS hrly daytime |
| 07/07/1998 | Times changed now op by FM: MF0735 MS 0835 1045 1245 1445 1645 1745 |
| 07/12/1998 | Now operated by Green Triangle Buses. Most jnys run as 641 via Red Rock. Times changed. MF 0640 MS 0835 1645 1745 |
| 27/03/2000 | Now run by FM. Supported peak service |
| 30/07/2000 | no change listed |
| 25/03/2001 | no change listed |
| 25/02/2002 | Route changed in Wigan Times changed: MF 0730 MS 0830 0940 1140 1340 1540 |
| 04/10/2002 | Addtl jnys: Sch Finches coaches |
| 14/07/2003 | no change listed |
| 23/02/2004 | Most jnys now by Sureway Travel |
| 29/11/2004 | Minor time changes |
| 28/02/2005 | Routes 640 641 linked to form circ service partly replacing 613 627 637. 638 639 replace 641 along Red Rock La, Wilfred's Rd and Grove La. Most jnys run by W Trezise. MS daytime hrly Sch Finch continue |
| 26/03/2005 | Most jnys now by SLT with easy access buses |
| 29/01/2006 | 906 reprint |
| 29/01/2006 | No change listed |
| 29/10/2007 | times changed: supported MS daytime 0730 hrly 1830, Supported Sch by FINCHES |
| 31/03/2008 | 210 reprint |
| 31/03/2008 | 909 reprint |
| 31/03/2008 | Route changed to serve Sittingbourne Rd. 640 S 1830 from Wigan withdrawn |
| 03/05/2011 | Most jnys run direct via Wigan Rd between Standish and Boars Head MF and via Rectory La on S. Divert via Shevington Moor. Some jnys continue old route as 642 and 643. Some jnys now by WIG. Tmes changed |
| 05/09/2011 | no change listed |
| 05/12/2011 | Route changed with all jnys serving Chorley Rd and Rectory La not Wigan Rd Standish. MF times changed |
| 16/04/2012 | All journeys run via Whitley Crescent and Sittingbourne Road. The journey at 1430 from Wigan will also run via the full route on schooldays. |
| 17/12/2012 | 914 reprint |
| 17/12/2012 | Times changed. |
| 12/04/2015 | Rerouted to run via Kitt Green, Norley Hall and Worsley Hall. Times changed MS daytime hrly with addtl SuPH daytime jnys between Shevington Moor, Standish and Wigan. |
| 12/04/2015 | Service 636 637 withdrawn, replaced by SuPH 635 640 641 |
| 12/04/2015 | Service 642 643 withdrawn and replaced by 638 640 641. Divert via Kitt Green, Norley Hall and Worsley Hall. Times changed with addtl jnys. Addtl SuPH daytime jnys WN-Standish - Shevington Moor |
| 31/07/2017 | DIA daytime times and route revised: ev12mins: no longer serving W.Hosp; Partly replaced by revised 640 641 - see separate leaflet. |
| 31/07/2017 | Divert via W.Hosp partly replacing 635. Rerouted in Worsley Hall and Pemberton replacing 644. Times changed: MS hrly plus SuPH hrly 1000-1900 WN-SHMoor |
| 31/07/2017 | Route 644 withdrawn and partly replaced by rerouted 640 641 - separate leaflet |
| 28/10/2018 | M-S times changed |
| 28/04/2019 | Some journeys withdrawn on SuPH |
| 28/03/2020 | Hrly Ssu daytime |
| 30/03/2020 | Daily daytime hrly |
| 14/04/2020 | Tu-F ev90mins 0632 - 1702 |
| 19/04/2020 | 640/641: Approximately every 90 mins (VariE between 80 and 95 mins gaps) |
| 19/04/2020 | Run by Diamond. All journeys are withdrawn on SuPH. M-S journeys will be run by Warrington’s Own Buses. A temporary Timetable will also be in operation. Approximately every 90 mins (VariE between 80 and 95 mins gaps) |
| 08/06/2020 | Ev 90 mins M-S daytime |
| 22/06/2020 | M-S daytime hrly |
| 07/09/2020 | each hrly M-S daytime NESuPH |
| 08/11/2020 | 639/640/641: Warrington's Own Buses continuing to run the 640/641 via the old Route until 8 November, when the services are re-Routed away from Worsley Hall, which is served by new services 639, which started on Monday. So, services 639, 640 and 641 are a |
| 08/11/2020 | Rerouted in Standish to run via St Wilfrid’s Rd, Greenwood Rd and Bentham Rd replacing bus 638. Buses Rerouted between Gathurst and Wigan to run via Spring La, City Rd, Ormskirk Rd, Sherwood Dr, Montrose Av and Robin Park Rd. Bus 639 will replace Buses 64 |
| 03/05/2021 | Route change in Standish via Bradley La not Rectory La |
| 01/11/2021 | 640/641 (Warrington's Own Buses/Diamond): All journeys taken over by Diamond. |
| Bee Network: Wigan - Standish - Shevington - Gathurst - Pemberton circular | |
| 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Go North West |
| 24/09/2023 | S 0820 from Shevington Moor now 14 mins later. Addtl S 0734 from Shevington Moor to Wigan |
| 24/09/2023 | 640 641 Timetable - 23-SC-0489 |
| 28/04/2024 | 640 641 Timetable - 24-SC-0260 |