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Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
GMB ROS Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 26/10/1986 ev30mins daytime. ESu ev30mins Alternate journeys rerouted via Darn Hill to replace 468. Some early AM journeys by Rossendale 5470 470 471 471 brown Y
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 26/01/1987 Early AM journeys no longer shown as by Rossendale 5470 470 471 471 green 187 Y E
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 24/08/1987 No change listed G870824 470 471 471 Y E
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 30/08/1988 No change listed G880830 470 471 471 Y E
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 19/12/1988 No change listed G881219 470 471 471 Y
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 12/08/1989 single supported 471 jnys now by Crosville not ROS 8361 470 471 471 Y E
GMB Bury -Darn Hill - Heywood - Rochdale 12/08/1989 G890812 470 471 471 N E
GMB BEE Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 02/07/1990 timetables revised. now ev20mins daytime. Ev30mins ESu 9770 470 471 471 Y E
GMB BEE ROS Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 16/12/1990 addtl commercial ROS jnys: 1835 MS Su 1930 exBury.0630 MF 0815 0835 S exRochdale 10327 470 471 471 Y E
GMB BEE ROS Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 07/04/1991 MS Ros 471 jnys withdrawn: Su 1930 exBury continues 10748 470 471 471 Y
GMB BBC ROS Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 24/06/1991 timetables revised 11155 470 471 471 Y
GMB ROS Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 05/08/1991 Addtl ROS 471 jnys : 0520 0550 0610 MS Rochdale - Bury 11301 470 471 471 Y
GMB BEE Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 25/11/1991 timetable revised. addtl 470 jnys Bury - DarnHill by BEE 11776 470 471 471 Y
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 05/04/1992 hrly ESu service replaced by similar 470 jnys 12252 470 471 471 Y E
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 20/07/1992 M-F 0553 from RE now 0543, 0629 from RE now 0624 G920720 470 471 471 CL Y E
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 05/10/1992 timetables revised.Now ev15mins MS Addtl ROS positioning jnys MS 12890 470 471 471 Y E
GMB 29/03/1993 1 AM jny now ROSsendale Transport
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 05/07/1993 most ROS BEE MS jnys withdrawn 13634 470 471 471 Y E
GMB Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 15/11/1993 Additional jnys between Bury & Heywood 14042 470 471 471 Y
GMN Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 25/07/1994 Service extended from Bury to Bolton (Replacing Route 523): ev20mins daytime full route : hrly Esu. 14757 399 470 471 523 471 Y
GMN Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 04/09/1994 minor timetable revision 14971 399 470 471 523 471 Y
GMN Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 07/11/1994 Ribble 399 curtailed Bury to Bolton renumbered 471. 2bph plus hrly 523 BBC giving 3bph common section MS daytime plus 3bph GMB full route 15143 470 471 523 471 Y
GMN Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 27/03/1995 Service 470 replaced by 509 510, 471 timetable revised: GMN 471 ev20mins full rte; Ribble 471/ Bluebus 523 Bury Bolton ev20mins; GMN 509 509 510 ev20mins Rochdale - Bury 15490 471 523 471 Y E
GMN Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 27/03/1995 reprint 16293 471 523 471 1195 reprint Y P
GMN Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 29/04/1996 No change listed: ev20mins full route GMB. Ev20mins S-Rib 471 471 Bluebus 573. 509 510 ev20mins Rochdale - Bury. MS daytime. E hrly full rte GMB, hrly 509 BY-RE, hrly BY - BN 471 shorts GMB. Su: hrly 471 full rte plus hrly 509 RE-BY. 16695 471 523 573 509 510 471 Y E
ROS 29/07/1996 Additional jny introduced
GMB ROS S_rib Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 04/11/1996 471 timetable revised. 571 service WITHDRAWN 17042 471 509 510 471 Y E
GMN PIO ROS Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 01/06/1997 Some jnys withdrawn 17726 471 509 510 471 Y E
GMN PIO ROS Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 03/09/1997 minor timetable revision 18218 471 509 510 471 Y E
GMN PIO ROS Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 03/09/1997 408 reprint 26676 471 468 471 408 reprint Y E
FM MRT ROS STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 07/09/1998 Short jnys between Bury & Bolton renumbered 300 and extended to Trafford Centre. 471 now ev20mins full rte: E hrly full rte plus hrly Bolton to Bury. Su hrly full route. 18949 471 471 Y
FM ROS MRT STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 25/04/1999 ESu jnys retimed: addtl supported hrly Bury to Bolton by ROS 19564 471 471 Y
FM ROS MRT STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 25/04/1999 replacement 19722 471 471 replacement y E
FM ROS MRT STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 06/09/1999 Minor operator revision
FM ROS MRT STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 27/02/2000 0555 MF from Bury-Bolton and all Sunday jnys now First Manchester 20561 471 471 Y E
FM ROS MRT STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 13/08/2000 BH jnys added to leaflet at Su Times 21173 471 471 Y E
FM ROS MRT STO BUV Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 25/02/2001 Times changed: Addtl jnys: ev10mins MS dayTimes . Ev30mins ESu. Su Alternate commercial / supported. 21725 468 471 471 Y E
?? Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 27/05/2001 Some evening jnys between Bolton & Bury withdrawn 22078 468 471 471 xxxx Y E
FM ROS MRT STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 30/07/2001 0558 MS from Heap Bridge to Rochdale now starts 0553 from Bury 22445 468 471 471 Y E
FM Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 07/01/2002 0553 S from Bury to Rochdale now starts at Heap Bridge 0559 22712 468 471 471 468.1 Y E
FM ROS MRT STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 29/03/2002 E jnys added on PH to Su Times 22935 468 471 471 Y E
FM Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 27/05/2002 Addtl 1830MS Rochdale to Heap Bridge, 0638 0704 0734 MF Heap Bridge to Rochdale 0827 S Bury to Rochdale all FM 23013 471 471 CL Y E
FM ROS MRT STO Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 30/09/2002 Minor changes to E Times 23369 468 471 471 Y E
FM ROS STO BUV Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 01/11/2003 No change listed 24139 468 471 471 Y E
FM ROS STO BUV Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 25/01/2004 Minor changes to Times 24181 468 471 471 Y
25/01/2004 604 reprint 24426 /18 468 471 468 604 reprint Y E
25/01/2004 905 reprint 25089 /17 468 471 468 905 reprint Y E
FM ROS STO BUV Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 03/04/2005 0650 MF Bury to Rochdale now start from Bolton 0625, minor Times changes 24805 468 471 471 Y View timetable
03/04/2005 M-F 0650 Bury - RE now start Bolton 0625. Other minor changes 25208 /9 468 471 468 406 reprint Y
03/04/2005 1206 reprint 25208 /9 468 471 468 1206 reprint Y
FM ROS Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 04/09/2006 MF Times changed 25678 468 471 471 Y E View timetable
04/09/2006 M-F times changed 25891 468 471 468 107 reprint Y
FM Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 16/04/2007 MS Times changed due to roadworks at Sudden 26184 468 471 471 xxxx Y
FM Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 03/09/2007 Minor change to Times 26214 468 471 471 xxxx Y E
03/09/2007 1107 reprint 26440 468 471 468 1107 reprint Y
FM Bolton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 20/07/2008 MS minor changes to Times 26771 468 471 471 xxxx Y E
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 31/08/2008 Times changed: commercial FM service at least ev10mins M-S daytime. Hrly E full rte plus hrly Rochdale - Bury. SuPH ev30mins. Supported ROS 0545 RE-BY MS. 26877 471 471 Y E
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 11/01/2009 Times changed 27085 471 471 Y E
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 11/01/2009 409 reprint 27308 471 471 409 reprint Y P
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 11/04/2010 1820 MS from Rochdale extnd to Bolton. M-S 2000 from Bury now from Bolton at 1930 27802 471 471 Y E
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 11/04/2010 910 reprint 28108 471 471 910 reprint Y P
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 14/03/2011 Addtl Coachmasters service Heywood - Rochdale. Comm ev15mins MS dayTimes. 28287 471 471 Y E View timetable
FM coa Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 10/08/2011 Coachmasters jnys withdrawn 28524 471 471 Y P
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 04/09/2011 MS Times changed 28524 471 471 Y P
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 15/04/2012 0545 MF from RE to Bury now run by FM not ROS, addtl 0515 MF Bury - Rochdale 12-0288 471 471 Y P View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 15/04/2012 1012 reprint 121467 471 471 1012 reprint Y
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 27/01/2013 Times changed 13-0130 471 471 Y View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 22/07/2013 Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 31 Aug 131241 471 471 summer Y E
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 01/09/2013 Times changed after summer 13-1500 471 471 summer Y View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 27/04/2014 SuPH daytime Times changed 14-0354 471 471 Y P View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 27/04/2014 1114 reprint 141774 471 471 1114 reprint Y
FM Rochdale - Bolton 27/07/2014 MF Times changed during the Summer period from 27 July to 30 August 2014 no tt 471 471 summer n
FM Rochdale - Bolton 31/08/2014 Normal timetable introduced following the Summer period. no tt 471 471 summer n
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 12/04/2015 minor changes to Times 150330 471 471 Y E
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 19/07/2015 Times changed 15-0802 471 471 Y View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 30/08/2015 Times changed with addtl E jnys extended to start / finish at Bolton 15-1159 471 471 Y View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 25/10/2015 new MF 0520 exBury to Bolton, 0627 Bury to RE now 0555 from Bolton 151511 471 471 CL Y
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 24/01/2016 To improve timekeeping, minor changes will be made every day of the week to Times between Rochdale and Bolton and between Heap Bridge and Rochdale. 15-1817 471 471 Y View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 24/07/2016 Minor timetable changes including temporary changes during Summer to 3 Sept no tt 471 471 summer n
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 04/09/2016 Some MF jnys are retimed at end of summer 16-0891 471 471 summer Y View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 04/09/2016 Times changed following closure of Bury deport. Service operates from Bolton depot no tt 471 471 n
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 29/01/2017 Times changed 16-1661 471 471 Y View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 23/04/2017 Times changed. 17-0359 471 471 Y P View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 03/09/2017 Early morning and late evening jnys from Bolton are changed. Buses are also rerouted in Bolton town centre to serve the new Interchange. 17-1140 471 471 Y P View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 28/01/2018 S1835 Rochdale - Bolton now 1831: then 1845 1900 ev30mins 0000 180024 471 471 CL Y E
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 28/01/2018 718 reprint 181083 471 471 718 reprint Y
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 22/07/2018 Summer timetable M-F until 1/9/2018 18-0822 471 View timetable
FM Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 21/07/2019 Summer service MF changes untiLCC 31 August 19-0631 471 471 summer n View timetable
DIA Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 11/08/2019 Service taken over by Diamond Bus NW on the purchase of First Manchester's Bolton depot no tt 471 471 n
DIA Bolton - Breightmet - Bury - Heywood - Sudden - Rochdale 01/09/2019 Normal timetable reintroduced at the end of the Summer period. 19-SC-0272 471 471 Y View timetable
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 23/03/2020 services will changes from ev10min frequency to ev12 mins M-F daytime and ev20mins Sat daytime. 265941 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 28/03/2020 hrly throughout the day and E 265893 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 30/03/2020 hrly throughout the day and E 265894 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 10/04/2020 Good Friday hrly services throughout day and E 265895 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 14/04/2020 improving M-F frequenciE to every half hour, M-F ev30mins S hrly, E ev30mins / hrly 265890 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 19/04/2020 M-F daytime: ev30mins, SSu hrly; E hrly 265891 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 27/04/2020 Addtl 471 at 6.05am from Rochdale to Bolton and short journeys from Bolton to Bury at 6.05am, 4.05pm and 6.10pm. 265892 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 08/05/2020 PH daytime and E hrly 265896 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 10/05/2020 M-F daytime ev30mins; SSuPH daytime hrly; E hrly daily 265690 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 24/05/2020 ev12mins M-F daytime; ev20mins S daytime; ev30mins M-S E services; hrly Su. 265691 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 14/06/2020 ev12mins M-F daytime; ev20mins S daytime; ev30mins M-S E; hrly Su daytime and E 265932 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 26/07/2020 M-F ev12mins; S ev30mins; ESu ev30mins. Addtl M-F 0630 from Rochdale to Bury and Bolton and at 0725 from Bury to Bolton. 0700 Bury - Bolton will operate at 0655 266185 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 30/08/2020 Times changed 20-SC-0452 471 471 266560 Y View timetable
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 30/08/2020 services back to normal Timetable, with some minor changes to peak Times journeys. M-S ev10mins; ESuPH ev30mins 266281 471 471 Y
DIA Bolton - Bury - Rochdale 31/08/2020 PH: ev30mins 266330 471 471 Y
DIA Rochdale - Sudden - Heywood - Bury - Breightmet - Bolton 25/10/2020 Minor Timetable changes 20-SC-0532 471 View timetable
DIA Bolton - Breightmet - Bury - Heywood - Sudden - Rochdale 31/01/2021 Minor timetable changes with some addtl M-F peak jnys. M-F peaks ev10mins, M-F offpeak and S daytime ev12min ESu ev30mins. 20-SC-0773 471 471 266947 Y View timetable
DIA Bolton - Breightmet - Bury - Heywood - Sudden - Rochdale 31/01/2021 REPLACEMENT 20-SC-0773 471 471 266948 Y E View timetable
DIA 11/04/2021 M-S daytime service now ev10 mins.  21-SC-0324 471 471 284170 Y E View timetable
DIA Bolton - Breightmet - Elton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 04/07/2021 Times changed on M-S with through journeys reintroduced between Rochdale, Bury and Bolton throughout the day. M-S ev12mins 21-SC-0450 471 E View timetable
DIA Bolton - Bury – Heywood - Rochdale 24/07/2021 Commercial M-S daytime frequency reduced from 10 to 12 mins due to staff shortages. Expected service will revert from 29/08/21. (no apparent change from 4 July timetable) no tt???
DIA Rochdale - Heywood - Bury - Elton - Breightmet - Bolton 29/08/2021 Times of M-S jnys are changed with addtl daytime jnys. 21-SC-0606 471 Y P View timetable
DIA Rochdale - Heywood - Bury - Elton - Breightmet - Bolton 30/01/2022 Due to COVID related driver shortages, reduced from ev10 mins to ev12mins during M-S daytimes. Early mornings, ESu unchanged. 21-SC-0776 471 View timetable
DIA Bolton – Bury – Rochdale  24/04/2022 early M-F morning jnys changed slightly as a result of customer feedback, and the service will now depart from stand H at Bolton Interchange. This is a following of a review of departure stands at Bolton Interchange involving TfGM and Bus Operators, there are some movements to ensure an improved organisation of services to common destinations. 22-SC-0123 471 Y E View timetable
DIA Bolton – Bury – Rochdale  24/04/2022 123 reprint 23SC0034 471 123 reprint Y
DIA Bolton – Bury – Rochdale  25/04/2022 early M-F morning jnys changed slightly as a result of customer feedback, and the service will now depart from stand H at Bolton Interchange. This is a following of a review of departure stands at Bolton Interchange involving TfGM and Bus Operators, there are some movements to ensure an improved organisation of services to common destinations. 22-SC-0123 471 284686 Y View timetable
DIA Rochdale - Heywood - Bury - Elton - Breightmet - Bolton 24/07/2022 Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 22-SC-0334 471 View timetable
DIA Rochdale - Heywood - Bury - Elton - Breightmet - Bolton 04/09/2022 Reverts to pre-summer times NO TT N
DIA Bolton - Breightmet - Elton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 24/09/2023 Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Go North West
GNW Bolton - Breightmet - Elton - Bury - Heywood - Rochdale 24/09/2023 M-F 0417 from Bolton now 13 mins later. SuPH daytime jnys increased to ev20mins (was ev30mins) during shopping hrs. addtl late E jnys: New M-S 0030 0100 SuPH daily 2330 0000 from BN - BY - RE: New M-S 2358 BY – RE and 0000 BN- BY- RE. 23-SC-0519 471 Y E View timetable

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