Route 520
Route: Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 26/10/1986 | 1186 reprint | 5520 | 520 522 523 524 | 520 | 1186 reprint | Y | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 26/10/1986 | MS daytime hrly plus some ESu hrly Radcliffe - Bradley Fold. Su hrly Radcliffe - Bradley Fold - extended from By 1130 1530 1930 | 5520 | 520 522 523 524 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 26/01/1987 | ESu revised now hrly BY-Bradley Fold. | 5852 | 520 522 523 524 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 09/03/1987 | Supported ESuBH | 6051 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 01/09/1987 | 1087 reprint | G870901 | 520 522 523 524 | 520 | 1087 reprint | Y | E | |
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 25/04/1988 | no apparent change | G880425 | 520 522 523 524 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 30/08/1988 | hrly MS daytime plus Esu Bury - Radcliffe - Bradley Fold | G880830 | 485 520 523 | 485 | Y | |||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 19/12/1988 | No change listed | G881219 | 485 520 523 | 485 | Y | |||
| GMB | 10/04/1989 | no change listed | G890410 | 485 520 523 | 478 | y | P | |||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 12/08/1989 | no change listed | 8368 | 478 485 520 523 | N | E | |||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 22/10/1989 | ESu revised : supported E hrly 1940-2140 Su 1140 hrly 2140: Bury - Bradley Fold | 8721 | 478 485 520 523 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 17/03/1990 | No change listed | 9232 | 478 485 520 523 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 02/07/1990 | timetable and route revised: now via Dummers Lane not Bury Rd. | 9727 | 478 485 520 523 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 20/10/1990 | No change listed | 10130 | 478 485 520 523 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 03/04/1991 | No change listed | 10601 | 485 520 523 | 485 | Y | |||
| GMB ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 30/09/1991 | supported hrly ESu now operated by ROS not GMB | 11636 | 485 520 523 | 485 | Y | |||
| GMB ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 11/11/1991 | minor timetable revised | 11779 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | 15/03/1993 | Service rerouted in Radcliffe | ||||||||
| GMB ROS BEE | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 29/03/1993 | Minor timetable and operator revision Supported ESu by BEE ROS | 13269 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| GMB ROS BEE | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 26/07/1993 | Most MS daytime jnys curtailed to operate Radcliffe to Bolton hrly. Supported ESu hrly | 13656 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| GMN ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 01/08/1994 | Most MS daytime jnys withdrawn: replaced by addtl 478 jnys. Peak GMN MF jnys and supported ROS ESu service continue | 14741 | 478 520 | 478 | Y | |||
| GMN ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 07/11/1994 | timetable revised Some BLU jnys withdrawn | 15029 | 478 520 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GMN ROS | Bury - Radcliffe | 05/02/1995 | L33 | 90 481 483 520 | 90 | N | E | |||
| GMN ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 27/03/1995 | No change listed | 15521 | 478 520 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GMN | Bury - Radcliffe circ | 24/04/1995 | New service M-F daytime: 1237 1522 from BY; 0907 1256 from Radcliffe only | 17821 | 520 | 478 | N | E | ||
| GMN ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 21/08/1995 | No change listed | 16028 | 478 520 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GMN ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 01/04/1996 | No change listed | 16601 | 478 520 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GMN ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 30/06/1996 | No change listed | 16850 | 478 520 | 478 | Y | E | ||
| GM | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 04/11/1996 | WITHDRAWN | |||||||
| FM | Bury - Radcliffe - Breightmet - Bolton | 22/02/1999 | Divert 486 via Milton Rd. Wordsworth Av, Coronation Rd, Pilkington Rd, Lowe St partially replacing withdrawn 520 | 19364 | 482 486 | 482 | y | |||
| FM | Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton - Halliwell | 01/11/1999 | New service : B1 renumbered 520 now run by FM not Srib | 20291 | 520 | 520 | ??? | Y | P | |
| FM | Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton - Halliwell | 22/11/1999 | times changed: ev30mins full route plus ev30mins shorts HH-BN. NESu | 20291 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton | 31/01/2000 | Curtailed to operate Hulton Hospital & Bolton . Ev20mins daytime | 20544 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Morris Green - Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton | 04/09/2000 | Extended to Morris Green. Now supported hrly NESuBH | 21282 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| BLU | Morris Green - Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton | 25/06/2001 | All jnys now Blue Bus . 0717 from MG, 0750 return withdrawn | 22157 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| BLU | Morris Green - Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton | 25/02/2002 | Route revised in Bolton Town Centre | 22741 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| SLT | Hunger Hill - Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton | 30/06/2003 | All jnys now South Lancs Travel Diverted from Daubhill to Hunger Hill. Times changed | 23916 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| ASH | Hunger Hill - Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton | 28/02/2005 | All jnys by Ashall's Coaches | 24767 | 520 | 520 | Y | E | ||
| ASH | Hunger Hill - Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton | 16/05/2005 | No change listed | 24866 | 520 522 | 520 | Y | |||
| TAT | Hunger Hill - Hulton Hosp - Deane - Bolton | 16/05/2005 | new commercial route by Tattersalls Coaches MF hrly | 24866 | 520 522 | 520 | Y | |||
| 05/09/2005 | Timetable and route 570 changed - 570 extended to Sutton Est partially replacing 520 | 25068 | 570 | 570 | Y | |||||
| 12/09/2005 | Service withdrawn and partly replaced by 570 | 25087 | 522 523 | 522 | Y | |||||
| FM | Johnson Fold – Montserrat - Doffcocker - Bolton - Little Lever circ | 19/07/2015 | New daytime route replacing some 519 and 572 jnys. MS daytime ev20mins. NESu. | 15-0818 | 519 520 571 572 | 519 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Johnson Fold – Montserrat - Doffcocker - Bolton - Little Lever circ | 30/08/2015 | Timetable and route in Bolton town centre are changed. | 15-1279 | 519 520 571 572 | 519 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Johnson Fold – Montserrat - Doffcocker - Bolton - Little Lever circ | 03/04/2016 | FM times changed. | 16-0230 | 519 520 571 572 | 519 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Johnson Fold – Montserrat - Doffcocker - Bolton - Little Lever circ | 24/07/2016 | Times changed including temporary changes during summer to 3Sep | 16-0702 | 519 520 571 572 | 519 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Johnson Fold – Montserrat - Doffcocker - Bolton - Little Lever circ | 04/09/2016 | Some MF jnys retimed after summer period. | 16-0934 | 519 520 571 572 | 519 | Y | View timetable | ||
| Johnson Fold – Great Lever circular | 03/09/2017 | Route withdrawn and replaced by buses 571 and 572 between Bolton and Great Lever and bus 501 which is extended to serve Johnson Fold. | 17-1118 | 571 572 | 571 | Y | View timetable | |||
| DIA | Bolton – Westhoughton – (Wigan) | 25/10/2020 | 715 renumbered to services 520. Combined with new services 20, there will be Buses along Deane Rd into Bolton ev15mins M-S daytime. Some minor Timetable changes. Following changes to TfGM contracts, the subsidised E jnys operated by another operator, on a revised Timetable, and will only operate to Westhoughton, no longer extending to Wigan. Su 520 (715) services continue to be operated by Warrington's Own Buses until 8 Nov, running to Wigan. Vision Bus are running the M-S E 520 until 8 Nov, when they start the Su services too. | 20-SC-0530 | 520 | 520 | 266710 | Y | View timetable | |
| DIA VIS | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Deane - Bolton | 31/01/2021 | Times of M-S daytime jnys are changed. M-S daytime ev30mins; VIS no change: ESuPH hrly | 20-SC-0772 | 520 | 520 | 266955 | Y | View timetable | |
| VIS DIA | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 11/04/2021 | Run by Diamond/Vision Bus. Early morning jnys will be run by Diamond with minor changes to times. Addtl M-F 0557 Wingates to Bolton, S 0700 Wingates to Bolton, 0741 Bolton to Westhoughton to Bolton. | 21-SC-0234 | 520 | 520 | 284142 | Y | View timetable | |
| DIA VIS | Bolton — Deane — Ladybridge — Westhoughton | 11/04/2021 | Operated by Diamond and Vision Bus This service currently operates ev30mins M-S daytime, and hrly on Su. Two early morning jnys and the ESu service were run by Vision Bus on a subsidised basis. Subsequent to the tender award process for contracts commencing April 2021, through which the subsidised jnys would have remained operated by Vision Bus, a commercial registration submitted by Diamond Bus has resulted in the early morning jnys being operated on a commercial basis. The ESu service continues to be run by Vision Bus on a subsidised basis. As part of the package of changes to services 501, 507, 511, 520, 533, 541, 561/562, 571/572 and 577 No change to Tendered Service Budget | 21-SC-0234 | 520 | y | View timetable | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 29/08/2021 | Now operate from stands S/T at Bolton Interchange. Revised M-S daytime timetable. | 21-SC-0596 | 520 | y | View timetable | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 31/10/2021 | now operate from stand U at Bolton Interchange. Revised timetable. | 21-SC-0722 | 520 | Y | View timetable | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 30/01/2022 | Times of M-F daytimes journeys are changed to improve punctuality: | 21-SC-0812 | 520 | y | E | View timetable | ||
| DIA | Bolton – Lostock Junction - Westhoughton | 25/04/2022 | commercial service operated by Diamond ev30mins M-S daytime. Supported hrly ESu. On retender: Minor ESu timetable changes to improve punctuality, following a review of historical Operational/bus tracking data. Times revised to closer match the recent data as to where delays are, also to avoid occasions when point to point journey times exceed the requirement. New supported M-S 2302 Westhaughton - Bolton. All jnys now by Diamond. | 22-SC-0076 | 520 | 284692 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| DIA | Bolton – Lostock Junction - Westhoughton | 25/04/2022 | commercial service operated by Diamond ev30mins M-S daytime. Supported hrly ESu. On retender: Minor ESu timetable changes to improve punctuality, following a review of historical Operational/bus tracking data. Times revised to closer match the recent data as to where delays are, also to avoid occasions when point to point journey times exceed the requirement. New supported M-S 2302 Westhaughton - Bolton. All jnys now by Diamond. | 22-SC-0076 | 520 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 | 22-SC-0322 | 520 | E | View timetable | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 04/09/2022 | Reverts to pre-summer times | NO TT | N | |||||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 29/01/2023 | ev30mins M-S daytime, hrly ESu. Proposed S 0823 & 0923 from Bolton ; 0848 & 0952 from Bolton withdrawn. TfGM support: S morning jnys retained at existing frequencies. Timetable revised to improve reliability. | 22-SC-0722 | 520 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| DIA GNW | Bolton – Deane – Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 16/04/2023 | Deregistered: Withdrawal of all commercial jnys – currently ev30mins daytime (the few early morning, ESu jnys currently operated with TfGM subsidy would continue unchanged) TfGM Support: GNW now operate former Diamond commercial service of most jnys. Diamond Bus NW continue to operate some M-S E jnys, two S morning jnys and all Su jnys | 23-SC-0071 | 520 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Go North West | ||||||||
| GNW | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Chew Moor - Gilnow circular | 24/09/2023 | Minor timetable changes to M-S daytime jnys. | 23-SC-0516 | 520 | Y | E | View timetable |