Route 557
Route: Bolton area
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIB | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton - Deane - Bolton | 03/08/1987 | commercial MF 0910/1710 from WN; 0730/1500 from BN | 6136 | 557 558 559 | 558 | Y | P | ||
| RIB | Bolton - Wigan | 15/08/1987 | M-S daytime 0730 1500 from BN 0910 1710 from WN | L44 | 521 557 582 | 521 | Y | P | ||
| RIB | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton - Deane - Bolton | 26/10/1987 | No change listed | 6300 | 557 558 559 | 558 | Y | P | ||
| RIB | Wigan - Hindley - Westhoughton - Deane - Bolton | 08/02/1988 | No longer listed | 6716 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | ||
| VAL | Farnworth - Prestolee | 08/08/1988 | Supported MS daytimes ev30mins. NESu | 6696 | 557 | 557 | Y | |||
| VAL | Farnworth - Prestolee | 26/09/1988 | Route change at Prestolee: via Eames Ave | 7198 | 557 | 557 | Y | |||
| VAL | Highfield - Harper Grn - Farnworth - Prestolee | 17/04/1989 | M-S daytime ev30mins. NESuPH | V890417 | 557 | 557 | Y | |||
| VAL | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 26/08/1997 | Some jnys withdrawn. Supported FM Su as part of 512 | 18745 | 557 512 | 557 | Y | |||
| VAL | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 30/10/2000 | Times and route revised via Randolph Rd & Grosvenor St in Kearsley not Bolton Rd. Partially replaces 550. Commercial MS daytime hrly full route and hrly Farnworth - Highfield | 21420 | 557 512 | 557 | Y | |||
| VAL | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 09/01/2001 | Times changed in afternoons | 21602 | 557 512 | 557 | Y | |||
| SLT | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 25/06/2001 | times changed in afternoons. All jnys now South Lancs Travel | 22167 | 557 512 | 557 | Y | |||
| SLT | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 25/06/2001 | replacement | 22255 | 557 | 557 | replacement | Y | P | |
| BLU | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 19/07/2004 | All jnys by BLU. Minor time changes | 24439 | 557 | 557 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ASH | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 31/07/2006 | All jnys by ASHALLs Coaches | 25578 | 557 | 557 | Y | |||
| ANW | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 30/10/2006 | All jnys by ANW | 25770 | 557 | 557 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| MAY | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 20/04/2009 | All jnys by MAY | 27996 | 557 | 557 | Y | |||
| SLT | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 16/04/2012 | All jnys will be run by South Lancs Travel. | 12-0322 | 557 | 557 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| SLT | Highfield - Farnworth - Prestolee | 29/07/2012 | Times changed and most curtailed to Farnworth - Prestolee ev30mins. 1504 1604 round trips remain. Replaced by 685 Farnworth - Harper Green - Highfield | 12-1018 | 557 | 557 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| DIA | Highfield/Farnworth – Prestolee | 19/07/2015 | Some afternoon jnys to/from Highfield are retimed Now 1434 1634 full route. | 15-0819 | 557 | 557 | Y | View timetable | ||
| DIA | Highfield/Farnworth – Prestolee | 24/04/2017 | All jnys will be run by Cumfybus. | 17-0271 | 557 | 557 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| 08/04/2018 | The following jnys are changed to run on Saturdays only: 0904 from Prestolee 0920 from Farnworth to Prestolee | 18-0429 | View timetable | |||||||
| TYR | Highfield - Farnworth - Kearsley - Prestolee | 31/03/2019 | all jnys will be run by Tyrers. A further change will occur on 29 April. | |||||||
| TYR | Highfield - Farnworth - Kearsley - Prestolee | 29/04/2019 | Times changed with some jnys withdrawn. 0934 ev30mins 1204, 1534 from Prestolee to Farnworth; 1434 to Highfield. All jnys are now run by Tyrers | 19-0251 | 557 | 557 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| TYR | PrestoLees - Farnworth - Highfield | 27/01/2020 | Rerouted via Hazel Avenue nit Alexandra Rd in Prestolee | 19-SC-0531 | 557 | 557 | 266578 | Y | P | View timetable |
| TYR | PrestoLees - Farnworth - Highfield | 12/04/2020 | withdrawn but PrestoLees section served by 512. | no tt | ||||||
| TYR | Ringley Fold - Farnworth - Royal Bolton Hospital | 25/10/2020 | Rerouted to run btwn Ringley Fold and Royal Bolton Hospital via Farnworth, replacing bus 512. Times changed. Replaced by Rerouted bus 512 for jnys between PrestoLees and Farnworth. | 20-SC-0516 | 557 | 557 | 266712 | Y | P | View timetable |
| TYR VIS | Ringley - Farnworth - Great Lever - Royal Bolton Hospital | 11/04/2021 | Run by Tyrers. All jnys will be run by Vision Bus. | 21-SC-0138 | 557 | 557 | 284145 | y | View timetable | |
| VIS | Royal Bolton Hospital – Farnworth – Ringley Fold | 24/04/2022 | Supported hrly M-F off peak service. To facilitate an interworking with a school bus service at St James High Sch, on retender 1405 from Bolton Hospital to Ringley Fold withdrawn, with the last trip now 1305. | 22-SC-0139 | 557 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| VIS | Royal Bolton Hospital – Farnworth – Ringley Fold | 24/04/2022 | Supported hrly M-F off peak service. To facilitate an interworking with a school bus service at St James High Sch, on retender 1405 from Bolton Hospital to Ringley Fold withdrawn, with the last trip now 1305. | 22-SC-0139 | 557 | 284698 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| Farnworth - Great Lever - Royal Bolton Hospital | 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Diamond Bus North West | ||||||||
| DIA | Farnworth - Great Lever - Royal Bolton Hospital | 01/10/2023 | Normal timetable and route reintroduced following the completion of roadworks near Kearsley train station. | 23-SC-0467 | 557 | Y | E | View timetable |