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Route 521

Route: Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH

Route history

Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH 26/10/1986 MS daytime hrly0730-1930. SuBH 1330 1730 1830 1930 5521 521 521 Y E
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 11/04/1987 Supported MS daytime hrly. SuBH 1330 - 1930 5978 521 521 Y E
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 11/04/1987 587 reprint 6102 521 521 587 reprint Y
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 15/08/1987 M-S daytime hrly plus hospital visiting times L44 521 557 582 521 Y P
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 11/02/1988 M-S daytime hrly plus hospital visiting times L44 521 582 521 Y P
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 11/04/1988 M-S daytime hrly plus hospital visiting times L44 521 582 521 Y P
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 23/10/1989 Daytime freq increased to ev30mins LL- RBH 8724 521 521 Y E
RIB VAL Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 17/03/1990 Operators revised: Short jnys by VAL MM-RBH 9365 521 521 Y E
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 17/03/1990 Revised service: M-S daytime hrly. Su: 1230 hrly 1530 1730 1830 1930 from LH L45 521 512 513 582 521 Y P
RIB VAL GMB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Adlington - Chorley 27/10/1990 Timetable revised: Extended to Chorley daily. Supported Sch by GMB 10115 521 521 Y E
RIB VAL GMB BWC Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Adlington - Chorley 29/10/1990 Addtl BN Coachways MS daytime ev30mins LL-Farnworth 10256 521 521 Y E
RIB VAL GMB BWC Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Adlington - Chorley 08/12/1990 Minor timetable changes. 10300 521 521 Y
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Adlington - Chorley 02/02/1991 no change listed L45 521 512 513 582 521 Y
RIB VAL GMB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Adlington - Chorley 16/03/1991 BWC jnys withdrawn 10700 521 521 Y
RIB VAL GMB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 24/08/1991 Jnys between Horwich & Chorley withdrawn . Timetable revised 11369 521 521 Y E
RIB Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 01/02/1993 Sunday service and some other journeys withdrawn 399 478 521 524 582 L32
RIB VAL Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 01/02/1993 Su service and Sch jny withdrawn . 13179 521 521 Y E
RIB Bolton - Bury 01/02/1993 Su service withdrawn plus some little used jnys. Remains hrly daytime L32 399 478 521 524 582 399 N E
RIB Horwich - Bolton - Little Lever 01/02/1993 times changed. M-S daytime hrly. Su service withdrawn L32 399 478 521 524 582 399 Y
RIB VAL Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 31/01/1994 E service reduced: last bus 1830 14288 521 521 Y E
RIB VAL Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich 03/12/1994 S VAL short jnys withdrawn . RIB continue hrly 15122 521 521 Y
RIB VAL GMN BWC Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 26/02/1995 Route revised & Su service reintroduced. Supported hrly full route plus commercial hrly MF short jnys LL-BGH. Supported Su 1335 hrly 1935 by GMN . Sch jny by BWC 15391 521 521 Y
SRIB VAL GMN Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 11/11/1995 Some jnys withdrawn 16300 521 521 Y E
SRIB VAL GM BLU Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 02/09/1996 Timetable and route revised. Su via Liver Edge La. Sch by BLU 17020 521 521 Y E
SRIB VAL GM BLU Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 04/11/1996 Minor route revision in New Bury 17293 521 521 Y E
30/12/1996 Some jnys withdrawn
SRIB VAL BLU Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 01/06/1997 Su service withdrawn 17735 521 521 Y
SRIB VAL BLU Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 24/08/1997 Some jnys withdrawn: Commercial VAL short jnys Sch days only. Hrly full route MS NESu. 17987 521 521 Y E
SRIB BLU Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 09/11/1997 1298 reprint 19253 521 521 1298 reprint Y
SRIB BLU Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 10/11/1997 VAL short jnys withdrawn 18098 521 521 Y E
SRIB BLU Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod - Horwich - Wingates 27/09/1999 times changed. Supported hrly NESu all by Sribble. Sch jny by BLU 20053 521 521 Y E
BLU RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 04/01/2000 Most jnys Blackrod - Royal Bolton Hospital. Times changed. MS hrly daytime. NESu all run by BLU. Replaced by B9 RBH-LL 20488 521 521 Y E
BLU RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 28/02/2000 Minor change to times 20719 521 521 Y E
BLU RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 04/09/2000 Minor change to times 21353 521 521 Y
BLU RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 25/02/2002 Minor change to times 22709 521 521 Y E
SLT FM BLU Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 23/02/2004 Extended from RBH to Little Lever (Replacing Route 522) Most jnys now South Lancs Travel . Sch by FM and BLU. 24206 521 521 Y
SLT FM BLU Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 23/02/2004 replacement 24252 521 521 replacement Y E
SLT FM BLU Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 31/01/2005 Route change in Westhaughton 24717 521 521 Y E
SLT ANW Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 27/02/2006 BLU = ANW, 0843 from Blackrod now staer at Westhaughton. 1740 from LL and 1743 from Blackrod both curtailed at Over Hulton, 25333 521 521 Y E View timetable
BWD FM Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 29/01/2007 Most jnys by Blackburn with Darwen Tpt. Sch by FM 25884 521 521 Y E
FM VAL Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 28/01/2008 Most jnys run by VAL with times changed: MS commercial hrly 0845-1645 plus sch 1550 by FM 26482 521 521 Y E
FM SLT Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 26/01/2009 E peak retimed 27100 521 521 Y E
ANW SLT Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 16/04/2012 S jnys: 1645 from LL and 1650 from Blackrod withdrawn. Sch by ANW 12-0320 521 521 Y View timetable
ANW SLT Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 03/09/2012 Minor timetable changes. 12-1299 521 521 Y View timetable
ANW SLT Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 28/10/2013 Some early morning jnys retimed. 131864 521 521 Y
ANW SLT Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 28/10/2013 replacement 13-1999 521 521 replacement Y P View timetable
ANW SLT Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 13/04/2015 Rerouted in Westhoughton and New Bury. Sch 1600 from St Joseph’s RC High School is also rerouted. 15-0546 521 521 replacement Y View timetable
DIA Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 05/09/2016 Rerouted via Westland Ave in Farnworth. All jnys by DIA 16-1135 521 521 Y View timetable
CUM Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 23/04/2017 All jnys will be run by Cumfybus. 17-0270 521 521 Y P View timetable
CUM Little Lever - Farnworth -RBH - Westhaughton - Wingates - Blackrod 24/04/2017 1017 reprint 171609 521 521 1017 reprint Y
CUM Little Lever - Farnworth - RBH - Westhaughton - Blackrod (-sch Horwich) 08/04/2018 MF jnys times changed: 1547 and 1647 from Little Lever 1550 and 1700 from Blackrod 18-0296 521 521 Y View timetable
TYR Blackrod - Westhoughton - Royal Bolton Hospital - Farnworth - Little Lever 31/03/2019 Run by Cumfybus. Now run by Tyrers. New 521 timetable 19-0337 View timetable
GOO Blackrod - Westhoughton - Royal Bolton Hospital - Farnworth - Little Lever 29/04/2019 Run by Tyrers. Now run by Goodwins 19-0581 521 521 Y P View timetable
GOO Little Lever - Blackrod 10/04/2020 There will be no services on the 84A and 521 on Good Friday, Easter Su or Easter Monday. no tt
GOO Little Lever - Blackrod 14/04/2020 services 84A and 521 will be reduced to ev 2hrs from Tuesday 14 April. no tt
LG VIS 11/04/2021 Run by Little Gem. Rerouted to run via Logistics North. addtl early morning, ESuPH jnys are also introduced. All jnys will be run by Vision Bus.  supported hrly M-S daytime: M-F 0730 – 1700; S 0845 -1545 from Little Lever towards Farnworth, RBH and Blackrod; M-F 0950 -1710 S 0950 - 1555 from Blackrod towards RBH, Farnworth and Little Lever, with extra jnys at 0800 from RBH and 0908 from Westhoughton to Little Lever. Revised service rerouted via Logistics North running from Over Hulton via Salford Rd, Logistics North, Watergate La and Plodder La (instead of St Helens Rd and Plodder La). This providess new links from Farnworth and Westhoughton into Logistics North which has developed as a key employment hub within Bolton district. Service will also run btwn Farnworth and Westhoughton earlier in the morning, later on ESu to cater for shift times. This builds on previous improvements to local bus services into Logistics North following the recent extension of service 20 (formerly service 68). The new timetable will run hrly: M-F 0430 - 0730 Farnworth - Westhoughton 0758 Little Lever - Farnworth and Wingates, then btwn 0858 -1703 Little Lever to Farnworth and Blackrod, then btwn 1830 and 2330 from Farnworth to Westhoughton. On Ss the first journey from Little Lever is 0858 while the last E bus from Farnworth is 1930. M-F btwn 0500 and 0700 from Westhoughton to Farnworth, then 0810 and 0911 Wingates to Farnworth and Little Lever, then btwn 1001 and 1601 from Blackrod to Farnworth and Little Lever, then 1707 and 1812 Blackrod to Farnworth and btwn 1900 and 0000 from Westhoughton to Farnworth. On Ss the last journey from Blackrod is 1701 and the last E bus from Westhoughton is 2000. On Su the service runs btwn Farnworth and Westhoughton only with hrly buses from Farnworth btwn 0430 and 1930 and from Westhoughton btwn 0500 and 2000. 21-SC-0215 521 521 284143 Y View timetable
VIS Blackrod - Westhoughton - Farnworth - Little Lever 25/07/2021 Daily hrly: To address punctuality concerns raised by the operator a revised M-F timetable: M-F 1558 from Little Lever to Blackrod will run at 1613 and will only run as far as Westhoughton; and the 1703 from Little Lever to Blackrod will run at 1703· M-F 1501 and 1601 from Blackrod to Little Lever will run at 1506 and 1612 and the 1812 from Blackrod to Farnworth will run at 1822 The 1707 from Blackrod to Farnworth will start from Westhoughton at 1727 and only run between Westhoughton and Farnworth No financial impact 21-SC-0478 521 View timetable
VIS Blackrod - Westhoughton - Farnworth - Little Lever 25/07/2021 Times of some M-S daytime jnys are changed.  21-SC-0478 521 y P View timetable
VIS Blackrod - Westhoughton - Farnworth - Little Lever 25/07/2021 Daily hrly: To address punctuality concerns raised by the operator a revised M-F timetable: M-F 1558 from Little Lever to Blackrod will run at 1613 and will only run as far as Westhoughton; and the 1703 from Little Lever to Blackrod will run at 1703· M-F 1501 and 1601 from Blackrod to Little Lever will run at 1506 and 1612 and the 1812 from Blackrod to Farnworth will run at 1822 The 1707 from Blackrod to Farnworth will start from Westhoughton at 1727 and only run between Westhoughton and Farnworth No financial impact 21-SC-0478 521 y View timetable
Blackrod - Westhoughton - Farnworth - Little Lever 24/09/2023 Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Diamond Bus North West
DIA Blackrod - Westhoughton - Farnworth - Little Lever 24/09/2023 Times of M-S daytime jnys from Little Lever change. Minor changes to times from Blackrod. 23-SC-0454 521 Y E View timetable

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