Route 156
Route: Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cum | Lea Green - St Helens - Garswood | NO changes RECORDED | ||||||||
| Mersey | Ashton-St Helens-Lea Green | Probably easiest to refer you to my St Helens page for this route, Merseytravel timetables included in zip file | ||||||||
| Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 08/07/1991 | no change listed | MER 910708 | 56 57 156 606 | 56A | N | E | |||
| Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 27/10/1991 | no change listed | MER 911027 | 56 57 156 606 | 56A | N | E | |||
| TIM | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 11/05/1992 | Some irreg supported 56 jnys renumbered 156. | 12399 | 56 57 156 656 | 56A | Y | |||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 21/09/1992 | no change listed: ESu listed as 156. Commercial 0740/ 0802 by David Ogden | 12840 | 56 57 60 61 | 56A | Y | |||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 28/09/1992 | no change listed | MER 920928 | 56 57 156 606 | 56A | N | E | ||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 05/04/1993 | no change listed: E now commercial | 13419 | 56 57 156 | 56A | Y | |||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 31/08/1993 | Minor timetable revision | 13728 | 56 57 156 | 56A | Y | E | ||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 31/08/1993 | Minor timetable revision | MER 930831 | 56 57 156 606 | 56A | N | E | ||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 28/02/1994 | Minor timetable revision | 14339 | 56 57 156 | 56A | Y | |||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 18/06/1994 | Minor timetable revision | 14704 | 56 57 156 | 56A | Y | |||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 15/08/1994 | Timetable revised | 14935 | 56 156 | 56A | Y | |||
| 15/08/1994 | times revised | MER 940815 | 56 156 606 | 56A | N | E | ||||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 03/10/1994 | no change listed | 15031 | 56 156 | 56A | Y | |||
| 03/10/1994 | no change listed | MER 941003 | 56 156 606 | 56A | N | E | ||||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 21/11/1994 | no change listed | 15102 | 56 156 | 56A | Y | |||
| 21/11/1994 | addtl jnys Garswood - Ashton | MER 9411121 | 56 156 606 | 56A | N | E | ||||
| TIM OGD | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 18/02/1995 | no change listed | 15325 | 56 156 | 56A | Y | |||
| 07/08/1995 | all jnys now by TIM | MER 950807 | 56 156 606 | 56A | N | E | ||||
| 07/03/1998 | Ttable 18342: Routes listed in this must be incorrect | 18342 | 150 156 157 158 | |||||||
| 30/03/1998 | MTL morning jnys now by Wigan Bus: | MER 980330 | 56 156 606 | 56A | Y | |||||
| 12/04/1998 | MTL evening jnys now by Nip-on | MER 980330 | 56 156 606 | 56A | Y | |||||
| TIM ARR NIP | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 15/06/1998 | no change listed. Early jnys by ARR, ESu jnys by Nip-on | 18405 | 56 156 | 56A | Y | |||
| TIM ARR NIP | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 15/06/1998 | no change listed. Early jnys by ARR, ESu jnys by Nip-on | MER 980615 | 56 156 606 | 56A | Y | |||
| TIM ANW NIP | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 30/05/1999 | Most MS daytime times changed | 19651 | 56 156 | 56A | Y | E | ||
| TIM ANW NIP | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 30/05/1999 | Most MS daytime times changed | MER 990530 | 56 156 606 | 56A | N | E | ||
| TIM ARR NIP | Ashton - Garswood - Pewfall - St Helens | 24/10/1999 | no change listed. Early jnys by ARR, ESu jnys by Nip-on | MER 991024 | 56 156 606 | 56A | Y | |||
| 30/05/2000 | MER | 156 256 | N | E | ||||||
| FM ANW NIP | 23/10/2000 | Most daytime jnys split between FM and ANW | MER 001023 | 156 256 | N | E | ||||
| 12/05/2001 | MER | 156 256 | N | E | ||||||
| ANW OGD | St Helens - Garswood - Ashton in Makerfield | 03/09/2001 | Supported M-S daytime service hrly transferred from A-Manchester to A-Merseyside. No change to times. ESu by Nip-On Tpt hrly | MER | 156 256 | Y | E | |||
| 17/10/2004 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| ANW OGD | St Helens - Garswood - Ashton in Makerfield | 17/10/2005 | M-S daytime now operated commercially by Arriva. Hrly StH - Downhall Green. Some times changed: ESu full route hrly by David Ogden - no change | MER | 156 256 | Y | E | |||
| 24/04/2006 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| ANW | 29/01/2007 | no changes made | A070129 | 20 156 320 620 | 20W | Y | ||||
| 12/02/2007 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| ANW | 02/09/2007 | no changes made | A070902 | 20 156 320 620 | 20W | Y | ||||
| 26/11/2007 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| 27/01/2008 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| HTL ANW | St Helens - Garswood - Ashton in Makerfield | 01/11/2008 | No change listed: M-S daytime hrly by HTL. ESu hrly by ANW | MER | 156 256 | reprint | Y | E | ||
| 31/01/2010 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| 15/08/2010 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| 31/05/2011 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| 17/10/2011 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| ANW | Ashton-in-Makerfield -Downall Green – St Helens | 02/09/2012 | Times changed. | MER | 156 256 | E | ||||
| ANW WCW HTL | Ashton in Makerfield - Garswood - StHelens | 07/10/2012 | commercial MS daytime hrly by ANW StHelens-Downall Green. Supported Merseytravel early jnys by Warrington Coachways. ESuPH hrly now by HTL Buses | 12-1548 | 156 256 | 156 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| 07/10/2012 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| 21/01/2014 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| ANW ACE HTL | Ashton in Makerfield - Garswood - StHelens | 09/02/2014 | Supported WCW MS 0707 Garswood to Ashton and 0810 AS to StH withdrawn. Remaining 0758 Downing Grn toStH now by ACE travel. | 14-0229 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ANW HTL | Ashton in Makerfield - Garswood - StHelens | 17/02/2014 | M-S 0707 from Garswood and 0810 from ASH withdrawn | MER | 156 256 | Y | E | |||
| ANW CUM HTL | Ashton in Makerfield - Garswood - StHelens | 20/04/2015 | reprinted: now operated by ANW with supported CUM morning jny and HTL ESu | MER 150420 | 156 256 | 156 | Y | E | ||
| ANW HTL | Ashton-in-Makerfield - Garswood – St Helens - Lea Green - Waterside Village. | 04/09/2016 | Timetable, route and operator are changed. MS daytime extended to/from Ashton and Lea Green. Rerouted in Garswood. Most jnys divert via Haydock.. All jnys except 0758 now run by HTL. MS daytime hrly, plus ESu hrly Ashton-StH | 16-1020 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ANW HTL | Ashton-in-Makerfield - Garswood – St Helens - Lea Green - Waterside Village. | 04/09/2016 | Timetable, route and operator are changed. MS daytime extended to/from Ashton and Lea Green. Rerouted in Garswood. Most jnys divert via Haydock.. All jnys except 0758 now run by HTL. MS daytime hrly, plus ESu hrly Ashton-StH | MER 160904 | 156 256 | 156 | Y | E | ||
| HTL CUM | Waterside Village – Ashton-in-Makerfield | 03/09/2017 | M-F 0620 from Ashton and 0720 from Waterside Village are retimed to run 10 minutes later. 0720 no longer serves Byrchall High School. Sch 0758 by Cumfybus to StH. | 17-1274 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| 03/09/2017 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| CUM | Lea Green - St Helens - Garswood | 28/04/2019 | TfGM Bus Guide issued: 0759 | 19-0545 | 156 | 246305 | Y | View timetable | ||
| HTL | Lea Green - St Helens - Garswood | 28/04/2019 | TfGM Bus Guide issued: ESuPH by HTL hrly | 19-0545 | 156 | 246305 | Y | View timetable | ||
| HAT | Lea Green - St Helens - Garswood | 28/04/2019 | TfGM Bus Guide issued: main service M-S daytime hrly | 19-0545 | 156 | 246305 | Y | View timetable | ||
| CUM HAT HTL | Ashton-in-Makerfield - Garswood – St Helens - Lea Green - Waterside Village. | 28/04/2019 | MS daytime route changed to Downhall Grn - Waterside Village. Divert via Liverpool Rd - ELRd - Haydock La. MS daytime continue by HATTONS | 19-0556 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| 29/04/2019 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| Hattons | St Helens - Ashton in Makerfield | 31/08/2020 | 178030 | no tt | 156 | |||||
| Cum | Lea Green - St Helens - Garswood | 31/08/2020 | 178030 | no tt | 156 | |||||
| 21/06/2021 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| 18/10/2021 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| HTL | Garswood - Bryn - Haydock - St Helens - Sutton circular | 16/01/2022 | ESuPH changed to run ev2hrs run by Cumfybus. | 22-SC-0030 | 156 | E | View timetable | |||
| 16/01/2022 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| 23/01/2022 | MER | 156 256 | E | |||||||
| CUM HAT HTL | Garswood - St Helens - Lea Green - Ashton - St Helens | 24/04/2022 | Supported Merseytravel M-S daytime by Hattons unchanged. ESu 2hrly service btwn Ashton - St Helens was Cumfybus now by Huyton Travel. Timing points and times are changed. Journeys now start/finish on Wigan Rd in Ashton near the Library missing out Bryn St and Gerard St. Cumfybus retain sch jnys | 22-SC-0165 | 156 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| CUM HAT HTL | Garswood - St Helens - Lea Green - Ashton - St Helens | 24/04/2022 | Supported Merseytravel M-S daytime by Hattons unchanged. ESu 2hrly service btwn Ashton - St Helens was Cumfybus now by Huyton Travel. Timing points and Times changed. Journeys now start/finish on Wigan Rd in Ashton near the Library missing out Bryn St and Gerard St. Cumfybus retain sch jnys | 22-SC-0165 | 156 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| CUM HAT HTL | Garswood - St Helens - Lea Green - Ashton - St Helens | 24/04/2022 | Supported Merseytravel M-S daytime by Hattons unchanged. ESu 2hrly service btwn Ashton - St Helens was Cumfybus now by Huyton Travel. Timing points and times are changed. Journeys now start/finish on Wigan Rd in Ashton near the Library missing out Bryn St and Gerard St. Cumfybus retain sch jnys | 22-SC-0165 | 156 | 284635 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| CUM HAT HTL | Garswood - St Helens - Lea Green - Ashton - St Helens | 24/04/2022 | M-S daytime service operated on behalf of Merseytravel by Hattons returns to hrly with some M-F services omitting Wagon Lane/Old Whint Road. ESu service between Ashton and St Helens continues as a reduced service operated on behalf of Merseytravel by Cumfybus. | MER 220424 | 156 256 | E | ||||
| HAT HTL | Garswood or Ashton - St Helens or Lea Green | 25/09/2022 | M-S daytime service operated on behalf of Merseytravel by Hattons is unchanged. ESu service between Ashton and St Helens, operated on behalf of Merseytravel by Huyton Travel, is retimed along the route. | MER | 156 | E | ||||
| HTL | Garswood - Bryn - Haydock - St Helens - Sutton circular | 16/04/2023 | M-F 0758 from Booths Brow Rd to St Helens withdrawn. 1727 and 1827 now do full circular route. ESu services increased to hrly. All jnys now by HTL Buses | 23-SC-0089 | 156 | N | E | View timetable | ||
| HAT HTL | Garswood - St Helens - Lea Green Ashton - St Helens | 23/07/2023 | Some timing points renamed for consistency with electronic timetable. ESu times changed throughout. Daytime times unchanged. | MER 230723 | 156 | N | E |