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Route 481

Route: Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom

Route history

Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
Bury - Topping Fold Replaced by new 479 by ROS 13589 479 479 y
GMB Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 27/10/1986 hrly MS daytime. NESu (also sch 898 905) 5481 481 481 Y E
GMB Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 17/11/1986 1186 reprint. 1608 M-F ex Ramsbottom now 1618 and no longer starts Peel Brow on schooldays 5481 481 481 1186 reprint Y E
GMB Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 27/04/1987 Addtl supported ESuPH hrly service. 6018 481 481 Y E
GMB Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 27/04/1987 Addtl supported ESuPH hrly service. G870427 481 481 Y P
GMB Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 01/09/1987 extended Ramsbottom - Shuttleworth on map but not on tt ! G870901 481 481 Y E
GMB ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 04/01/1988 supported 0758/0830 now op by ROS not GMB 6469 481 481 Y E
GMB ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 25/04/1988 timetable revised. Supported E now operated by ROS not GMB. Supported Su still GMB 7519 481 481 Y E
GMB Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 25/04/1988 extended Ramsbottom - Shuttleworth on map but not on tt ! G880425 481 481 Y E
GMB Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 10/04/1989 Times changed. Extra hourly short journeys shown to Tottington G890410 481 481 Y E
GMB ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 24/04/1989 GMB M-S daytime hrly full route plus hrly Tottington - BY; Some supported Sch jnys. Commmercial E hrly full route by ROS Supported Su hrly full route by GMB 7869 481 481 Y E
GMB ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 07/01/1991 Addtl competing commercial MS jnys. Bury - Tottington each hrly by GMB and ROS. 10333 481 481 Y
GMB ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 28/04/1991 Commercial ROS hrly service now withdrawn. Su service revised 10753 481 481 Y p
GMB ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 06/04/1992 Most MS daytime jnys curtailed to Bury to Tottington. Supported MS E now by GMB not ROS. 12330 481 481 Y
GMB ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 05/07/1992 Supported Su service revised: Now 1200 hrly 2100 from BY by GMB 12534 481 481 Y
GMB ROS TIM Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 05/10/1992 Service extended commercially GMB hrly from Bury to Topping Fold replacing 463. Single supported jny now TIMeline 12892 481 481 Y E
GMB ROS BEE TIM Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 24/05/1993 Ramsbottom to Topping Fold WITHDRAWN (Replaced by New Route 463). Timetable revised. Some single supported jnys by ROS BEE or TIMeline 13518 481 481 Y E
GMN BEE ROS TIM Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 06/02/1994 Most jnys curtailed at Tottington. Supported Su now operaed by ROS. TIM jny now op by GMN. 14174 481 481 Y p
GMN ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 28/03/1994 Operator revised: supported bee tim jnys now operated by ROS gmn. 14507 481 481 Y p
GMN ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 05/09/1994 Times changed 14853 481 481 Y
ROS Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Bury 05/02/1995 MINOR CHANGES LCC 33 90 481 483 520 90 Y E
GMN ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 27/03/1995 Times changed 15452 481 489 481 Y E
GMN ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 03/04/1995 Operator revised 481 481 n
ROS Edenfield - Bury 07/05/1995 Su 2150 now runs as 481 Edenfield - Tottington - Bury. Addtl Su 2110 Bury - Tottington - Rawtenstall LCC 33 483 90 CL Y
ROS Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Bury 26/06/1995 changes to several GMPTE contracted services (?) LCC 33 90 476 477 478 481 483 486 X76 X86 90 Y E
GMN ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 02/07/1995 Minor tt and operator changed on Su. Now commercial GMN Bury - Tottington ev30mins MS daytime plus supported hrly Bury-Ramsbottom ESu. Occasional jnys extended to Ramsbottom by ROS at peak Times. 15761 481 481 Y E
GMN ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 23/10/1995 minor tt revision 16156 481 481 Y E
23/10/1995 no change listed LCC 33 90 476 477 478 481 483 X76 X86 90 Y p
ROS Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Bury 02/01/1996 reprint incorporating amendments LCC 33 90 476 477 478 481 483 492 499 X76 X86 90 Y E
GMN ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 01/04/1996 Operator revision
FM ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 30/06/1996 Operator revision: supported MS E now op by ROS. 17853 481 481 Y E
GM ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom 30/06/1997 Operator revised
01/09/1997 reprint with minor changes since previous 141196 L33 90 474 475 476 477 478 481 483 486 492 496 499 90 N E
ROS Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Bury 01/09/1997 reprint incorporating amendments - replaces leaflet dated 14 Nov 1996 LCC 33 90 474 475 476 477 478 481 483 486 496 492 499 90 Y p
FM ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 19/04/1998 MS ESu service extended to Rawtenstall (Replaces Route 90). Su Operator revised to ROS 18400 481 481 Y E
FM ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 19/04/1998 MS ESu service extended to Rawtenstall (Replaces Route 90). Su Operator revised to ROS 18473 483 481 N E
19/04/1998 ESu 90 now withdrawn and replaced by supported 481 ESu ROS hrly by ROS supported by LCC. Hrly short jnys RAM - Edenfield now run as 482 extended Summerseat L33 90 474 475 476 477 478 481 483 486 492 496 499 90 leaflet dated 010997 N E
ROS Rawtenstall - Ramsbottom - Bury 19/04/1998 MS ESu withdrawn and partly replaced by route 481, operated by ROS on behalf of LCC LCC 33 90 481 90 Y p
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 27/04/1998 AM jnys extended to commence at Rawtenstall
18/05/1998 ESu 90 now withdrawn and replaced by supported 481 ESu ROS hrly THIS CHANGE HAPPENED 19/4/1998 18406 90 790 90 Y
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 25/04/1999 Most commercial FM MS daytime jnys withdrawn (Replaced by rerouted Routes 508 & 560) Supported ESu continues hrly by ROS 19496 481 481 Y E
ROS Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Bury 10/05/1999 revised leaflet - replaces leaflet dated 12 July 1998 LCC 33 90 476 477 481 483 486 496 492 702 90 Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 06/09/1999 0610 MF Rawtenstall to Bury now from Ramsbottom at 0623 19959 481 481 Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 04/09/2000 No change listed 21281 481 481 Y
25/02/2001 481 PH service withdrawn. 21724 90 790 90 Y
FM ROS JPT Fishpool - Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 25/02/2001 Supported hrly Su jnys now JPT. Commercial MS daytime extended Bury - Fishpool ev30mins (Partly replaces Routes 494 & 508). 21749 481 481 Y E
JPT 26/02/2001 Su service 481 by JPT 21910 90 790 90 Y
FM ROS JPT Fishpool - Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 02/09/2001 0825 Bury to Ramsbottom now 6 mins earlier, Esu now rerouted via Bolton Street in Bury Town Centre as per daytime service. 22330 481 481 Y E
ROS JPT Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 07/01/2002 commercial MS Day jnys now by ROSsendale and run Holcombe Brook to Bury only. Times changed: now hrly MS daytime (Fishpool served by Routes 494 & 510) 22658 481 481 Y E
ROS JPT Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 24/02/2002 ESu Times changed 22760 481 481 Y E
ROS JPT Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 25/02/2002 sch 1505 from Bury withdrawn. 0805 from Rawtenstall retimed on Sch 22791 481 481 CL Y E
25/02/2002 ESu 481 Times changed 22916 90 790 90 Y
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 23/02/2003 MF 0627 from Holcombe Brook withdrawn. Minor change to Esu Times. Addtl PH service to Su Times. Now via CROStons Rd and Walshaw Road not Wood St and Harvey StSunday service now ROSsendale Transport 23675 481 481 Y
23/02/2003 minor changes to Times. Su jnys now by ROS not JPT. New PH service 23697 90 790 90 Y
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 01/09/2003 Times changed 24048 480 481 480 Y E
FM Bury- Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe Brook - Raswenstall 22/09/2003 no change listed 24239/ 23 480 480 204 reprint Y
FM Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 26/04/2004 480 1545 Sch from Canon Slade School to Walshaw extended to Bury arrive 1621. 481 MF 1705 replaced by 480 to. wolves. S unchanged. 24348 480 481 480 CL Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 27/09/2004 no change listed 24569 480 481 480 Y View timetable
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 27/09/2004 509 reprint 25089 480 481 480 509 reprint Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 28/08/2005 Minor tt changes 25215 480 481 480 Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 04/09/2006 No change listed 25663 480 481 480 Y E
FM ROS 04/09/2006 707 reprint 26182 480 481 480 707 reprint Y
FM ROS 04/09/2006 1007 reprint 26381 480 481 480 1007 reprint Y
ROS TYR 27/01/2008 Su times changed: curtailed HB-BY. E jnys now by TYR. PH jnys withdrawn. S 0815 from RAW-BY now start Edenfield 0822 26466 480 481 480 Y E
ROS TYR Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 31/03/2008 TYR M-S E jnys curtailed to HB - BY 26627 481 480 CL Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 21/07/2008 Sch Hol changes: 0739 from Holcomb brook to Bury replaced by 480 0737 from Wolves. 0815 from Rawtenstall and 0822 S from Edenfield replaced by 0829 Ramsbottom to Bury 26782 480 481 480 Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 19/04/2009 Times changed 27261 480 481 480 Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 31/08/2009 MF 0840 480 Bury to Bradshaw now 481 0845 Bury to Holcombe Brook. 481 now operates PH 27467 480 481 480 Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 25/01/2010 MF 1715 from Holcombe Brook withdrawn 27697 480 481 480 CL Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 31/08/2010 1515 from Holcombe Brook withdrawn during Sch hol 28038 480 481 480 Red Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 30/01/2011 MS daytimejnys extended to Ramsbottom ESuPH jnys withdrawn 28235 480 481 480 Red Y E
ROS Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Holcombe brook - Ramsbottom - Edenfield - Rawtenstall 05/09/2011 Times changed 28528 480 481 480 red Y e
ROS Bury – Tottington – Ramsbottom 29/07/2012 Minor tt changes R120729 480 481 480 Y
ROS Bury – Tottington – Ramsbottom 02/09/2013 MF 1545 from Bury now 1515 and run to Holcombe Brook only. MF 1613 from Ramsbottom withdrawn. R130902 480 481 480 Y
ROS Bury – Tottington – Ramsbottom 28/07/2014 Times changed 14-1028 480 481 480 Y View timetable
ROS Bury – Tottington – Ramsbottom 19/07/2015 no change listed 15-0901 480 481 480 Y View timetable
ROS Bury – Tottington – Ramsbottom 24/01/2016 hrly M-S daytime combining with service 480 to provide a 30min service between Greenmount and Bury. S service withdrawn with the exception of the 0743 from Ramsbottom and 1745 from Bury. Service 480 operates hrly on the same route between Bury Interchange and Holcome Rd/ Bolton Rd, Greenmount. 15-1854 480 481 480 Y View timetable
ROS Bury - Tottington - Ramsbottom 24/07/2016 WITHDRAWN. Replaced by additional 480 16-0624 480 View timetable
ROS Bury - Rawtenstall - Blackburn 08/04/2018 244 Blackburn-Rawtenstall renumbered 481 and extended to Bury: M-S daytime hrly RAW-BLA; off peak M-F and S daytime extn Bury R180404 481 482 483 485 481 irwell line Y
ROS Bury - Rawtenstall - Blackburn 08/04/2018 244 Blackburn-Rawtenstall renumbered 481 and extended to Bury R180404 481 482 483 485 481 Y
ROS Bury - Rawtenstall - Blackburn 22/07/2018 M-S hrly, NESu R180722 481 482 483 481 Y
ROS Bury - Rawtenstall - Blackburn 02/09/2018 Commercial hrly MS NESuPH R180902 481 482 483 485 481 Y
ROS Bury - Rawtenstall - Haslingden - Blackburn 27/01/2019 Irwell line: 481 483 ea hrly NESu R190127 481 483 481 Y E
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 23/03/2020 S Timetable on M-S, and normal Su Timetable on Su 481
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 24/03/2020 Will run ev30mins starting from Blackburn at 6.53am until 5.53pm and from Bury at 7.19am until 9.14pm. 265698 481 483 481 Y
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 29/03/2020 481/483: daily each ev2hrs.NE 265699 481 483 481 Y
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 02/04/2020 Irwell Line will no longer run on Su. M-S Times won’t changes from those last week 265700 481 483 481 Y
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 31/05/2020 481: hrly M-S daytime services 265815 481 483 481 Y
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 14/06/2020 481: Hrly M-S daytime services. 481/483 (Rawtenstall-Bury): Ev30mins M-S daytime services; Hrly Su daytime and M-S early E services no tt 481 Y
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 05/07/2020 each M-S daytime hrly; Su hrly 265682 481 483 481 Y
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 05/07/2020 Extra Buses will run on M-F to make a 20 min frequency between Rawtenstall and Bury no tt 481
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 19/07/2020 In partnership with the county council, Transdev Rosso will revise the Timetable, extending the SuBH services between Bury and Rawtenstall throughout the whole Route to Blackburn. Complementing the M-S daytime services, the new extended SuPH services will operate every hour. 265653 481 483 481 Y
ROS Irwell Line Blackburn - Burnley - Bury 30/08/2020 M-S back to normal except for 883 which will become a school bus only. Combined 481/483 M-S daytime ev15mins; Su ev30 mins Ehrly 266297 481 483 481 Y
ROS 21/09/2020 The 7.49am Bury to Rawtenstall will changes to a 481 and will extend to Haslingden High School, leaving Rawtenstall bus station at 8.22am and arriving at Haslingden High School at 8.30am.  no tt 481
ROS Blackburn - Haslingden - Rawtenstall - Bury 03/01/2021 Small minor changes of Times on Irwell Line on the 483 at Burnley early in the morning and later afternoon. no tt 481
ROS Irwell Line Burnley or Blackburn to Rawtenstall then Bury 17/01/2021 M-F ev30mins E hrly; S: ev30mins Su: as normal 266971 481 483 481 Y
ROS Irwell Line Burnley or Blackburn to Rawtenstall then Bury 07/03/2021 daily each hrly M-F daytime: 284031 481 483 481 Y
ROS 11/04/2021 IrwellLine: route change in Rawtenstall on Su. We’re having difficulties getting through Staghills Road on Su, so to make our service more reliable for you we’ll be using Newchurch Rd instead. Stops on Staghills Rd at Brow Edge, Top Barn La and Windsor Rd not served on Su 284138 481 483 481 Y
ROS Bury - Rawtenstall - Haslingden - Blackburn Town Centre 29/08/2021 Irwell Line - An extra 481 jny will run at 8:39am from Haslingden to Bury, M-F. TD210829 481 483
ROS Bury - Rawtenstall - Haslingden - Blackburn Town Centre 14/11/2021 Irwell Line M-S reduced from ev15 mins to ev30 mins. Only the through journeys will operate with the short Bury-Rawtenstall journeys withdrawn for the time being. TD211114 481 483 Y

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