Route 559
Route:
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
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| GMB SHR | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Wigan | 26/10/1986 | MS ev30mins, ESu hrly. Addtl S hrly Westhaughton - BN. Supported SuBH by Shearings rest by GMB (supported early MS jnys) | 5559 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | ||
| GMB | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Wigan | 26/10/1986 | Supported SuBH by GMB | G861026 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB RIB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 03/08/1987 | MS ev30mins, ESu hrly. Addtl S hrly Westhaughton - BN. Supported SuBH by Shearings rest by GMB (supported early MS jnys) | 6136 | 557 558 559 | 558 | Y | |||
| GMB | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 03/08/1987 | MS ev30mins, ESu hrly. Addtl S hrly Westhaughton - BN. Supported SuBH by Shearings rest by GMB (supported early MS jnys) | G870803 | 557 558 559 | 558 | Y | P | ||
| RIB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 26/10/1987 | 0610 S Bolton-Wigan now starts Hindley 0639 | 6300 | 557 558 559 | 558 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Wigan | 14/12/1987 | MS daytime ev30mins: GMB jnys only listed: Su by other operator | G871214 | 540 541 542 559 | 540 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Wigan | 08/02/1988 | MS daytime ev30mins: No addtl S jnys. Supported hrly ESu by SHR | 6716 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | ||
| SHR | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wigan | 13/03/1988 | SuBH 0932 hrly 2232 from WN | SH880313 | 132 138 498 508 539 545 559 560 615 896 | SHR | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Wigan | 25/09/1988 | Su jnys by GMB: 0950 1050 from BN and 0932 1132 2032 2132 2232 from WN: then other operator | G880925 | 540 541 542 559 | 540 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 24/10/1988 | Supported Su jnys by GMB. Commercial Su jnys by SHR. MS daytime by GMB. | 7220 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 02/04/1989 | All Su jnys now by SHR - some supported | 7759 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Wigan | 02/04/1989 | Su jnys 0950 1050 and returns withdrawn. Su E reverse direction remain | G890311 | 540 542 559 | 540 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 26/06/1989 | Timetable and operators revised. Supported ESu by SHR. | 8211 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Wigan | 26/06/1989 | Mon-Sat evening and Sunday day no longer shown, presumably by another operator | G890626 | 540 542 559 | 540 | Y | |||
| GMB | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Wigan | 21/08/1989 | no apparent change | G890726 | 540 542 559 | 540 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 11/09/1989 | No change listed | 8722 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 01/04/1990 | Su E jnys revised: Now supported GMB | 9175 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 13/08/1990 | No change listed | 10029 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB SHR | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 31/03/1991 | Su service revised. | 10759 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB/SHE | 23/09/1991 | Some M-Th E & Su jnys operated by North Western. Late evening service curtailed | ||||||||
| SHE | 01/11/1991 | Friday evening now North Western | ||||||||
| GMB SHR NW | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 11/11/1991 | timetable revised E MF by NW MF and SHR on S. Su E by NW | 11788 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB | 30/03/1992 | Daytime route revised | ||||||||
| GMB TIM NW | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 30/03/1992 | Timetable and route revised via Castle Hill MS daytime. SHR=TIM | 12194 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB TIM NW | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 27/06/1992 | Early jnys revised | 12478 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB TIM NW | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 18/07/1992 | S 0650 from BN withdrawn | 12597 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB TIM NW | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 10/08/1992 | No change listed. | 12674 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 29/11/1992 | Minor ESu timetable revision - now run as 558 all by NW . All jnys via Castle Hill | 12990 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 15/03/1993 | timetable revised | 13342 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 27/06/1993 | No change listed | 13613 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMB | Pemberton - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 22/11/1993 | 559 extended to pemberton to replace 629? | 385 627 | ||||||
| GMB MER | StHelens - Pemberton - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton - | 29/11/1993 | Addtl commercial MER service StHelens - Bolton ev30mins MS daytime | 14026 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| LT | 16/05/1994 | Revised to operate Wigan to Bolton | ||||||||
| MER | SERVICE 2 St Helens-Wigan | 16/05/1994 | Buses ON SERVICE 2 continue to Bolton as service 559 | |||||||
| GMB LT | Pemberton - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 16/05/1994 | Timetable revised and route curtailed. MER jnys now Curtailed BN-Wigan run by LT. MER buses still continue to St Helens as ervice 62 and start from Manchester as 68. GMB jnys now Pembertom - WN - Westhaughton | 14562 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMN LT | Pemberton - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 26/06/1994 | No change listed | 14650 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMN | 15/08/1994 | Pemberton - Bolton Route curtailed | ||||||||
| GMN LT | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 15/08/1994 | Timetable revised: Curtailed at WN | 14779 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMN LT | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 09/01/1995 | Timetable revised | 15210 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| LT | 19/06/1995 | WITHDRAWN | ||||||||
| GMN | Wigan - Hindley - Westhaughton - Bolton | 19/06/1995 | Some jnys withdrawn. M-S daytime now ev30mins | 15765 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMN | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 19/06/1995 | LT jnys not listed | 16280 | 558 559 | 559 | 1195 reprint | Y | ||
| GMN | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 28/01/1996 | No change listed | 16425 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GMN | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 15/04/1996 | timetable revised | 16617 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GM | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 01/07/1996 | timetable revised | 16818 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GM | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 24/02/1997 | No change listed | 17440 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| GM | Robin Park - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 06/10/1997 | Service extended to/from Robin Park 0808-1338 | 18068 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| 08/02/1998 | 6716 | |||||||||
| FM | Robin Park - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 20/07/1998 | No change listed GM=FM | 18713 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Robin Park - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 30/05/1999 | No change listed | 19636 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Robin Park - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 26/07/1999 | No change listed | 19928 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Robin Park - Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 31/01/2000 | All jnys from Bolton leave 2 mins earlier. Wigan - Robins park M-S 0904 ev30mins 1434 from WN | 20621 | 559 | 559 | CL | Y | ||
| FM | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 30/07/2000 | times changed: curtailed to BN-WN. No longer serves Robin Park | 21097 | 558 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 26/03/2001 | M-F 0810 1513 1613 from Bolton retimed on jnys | 21883 | 559 | 559 | CL | Y | ||
| FM | Wigan - Hindley - Castle Hill - Westhaughton -Over Hulton - Bolton | 24/06/2001 | No change listed | 22183 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 24/06/2001 | Minor changes to times: | 22183 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 26/08/2001 | Minor changes to times: | 22487 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 26/08/2001 | 402 reprint | 22920 | 559 | 559 | 402 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 26/08/2001 | 503 reprint | 23866 | 559 | 559 | 503 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 26/08/2001 | 104 reprint | 24194 /01 | 559 | 559 | 104 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 28/06/2004 | MF 0648 from WN to BN retimed | 24434 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 28/06/2004 | MF 0648 from WN to BN retimed | 25089 /9 | 559 | 559 | reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 25/07/2005 | Summer times to 2 Sept: MF 0948 from WN; 0810 1513 1613 form BN | 24981 | 559 | 559 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 30/01/2006 | MF times changed | 25211 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 24/07/2006 | M-F times changed during Summer to 1 Sept | 25524 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Ince - Wigan | 30/10/2006 | MF peak jnys revised | 25753 | 559 | 559 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 16/04/2007 | Curtailed at Hindley via Willows La and Hulton Ln. Times changed, Hrly NESu | 26006 | 559 | 559 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 16/04/2007 | 707 reprint | 26116 | 559 | 559 | 707 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 21/11/2007 | Route changed in Hindley TC | 26438 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 17/12/2007 | Sch 0903 from Bolton - WH withdrawn; 0942 from WH now starts at Cricketers Way not Wearish La | 26438 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| TYR | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 31/03/2008 | All by TYRER and all now supported. No time changes | 26552 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | ||
| TYR | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 15/12/2008 | Addtl MF early jnys . | 27060 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| TYR | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 15/12/2008 | Replacement | 27138 | 559 | 559 | Replacement | Y | P | |
| MTV | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Aspull | 09/11/2009 | minor change to times. All jnys by MAYTREE travel | 27644 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | ||
| MTV | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Aspull | 01/05/2011 | Extended to/from Aspull. | 28381 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| MTV | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Aspull | 16/04/2012 | Route changed in Bolton town centre to serve Bolton Interchange. | 12-0582 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| MTV | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Aspull | 31/12/2012 | Route changed in Aspull to run anti clockwise around St David’s Crescent. Times changed. | 12-1699 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| SIW | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Aspull | 01/04/2013 | MTV replaced by Stagecoach on emergency tender | |||||||
| SM | Bolton - Aspull | 08/04/2013 | Emergency 90 day MS daytimes contract awarded after Maytree Travel suddenly ceased trading | |||||||
| CUM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 08/07/2013 | Run by Stagecoach in Wigan. Curtailed to Hindley and Bolton only. The route in Bolton town centre is also changed. All jnys run by Cumfy Bus. | 13-1116 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| CUM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 28/07/2014 | Times changed. | 14-0976 | 559 | 559 | Y | View timetable | ||
| CUM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 01/09/2014 | MS0850 from Bolton changed to run S SchH | 141333 | 559 | 559 | cl | Y | ||
| CUM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley | 01/09/2015 | Times changed. | 15-1157 | 559 | 559 | Y | View timetable | ||
| CUM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Platt Bridge - Ashton in Makerfield | 31/10/2016 | Route extended to Platt Bridge and Ashton-in-Makerfield replacing bus 620. | 16-1253 | 559 | 559 | Y | View timetable | ||
| CUM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Platt Bridge - Ashton in Makerfield | 03/09/2017 | Minor timetable changes. Buses rerouted in Bolton town centre to serve the new Interchange. | 17-1337 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| CUM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Platt Bridge - Ashton in Makerfield | 04/09/2017 | route changed to serve new Bolton Interchange. Minor changes to times early and early E | 17-1400 | 559 | 559 | replacement | Y | View timetable | |
| CUM | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Platt Bridge - Ashton in Makerfield | 08/04/2018 | times changed | 18-0259 | 559 | 559 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| VIS | Bolton -Over Hulton - Westhaughton - Hindley - Platt Bridge - Ashton in Makerfield | 29/10/2018 | Run by Cumfybus. Times of early morning and early evening jnys changed. All jnys now run by Vision Bus. | 18-1346 | 559 | 559 | Y | View timetable | ||
| Bolton - Westhoughton - Hindley - Ashton | 01/09/2019 | Times changed. New 559 timetable | 19-SC-0296 | 246501 | View timetable | |||||
| VIS | Bolton - Westhoughton - Hindley - Ashton | 02/09/2019 | Times changed. M-S hrly - irreg. NESu | 19-SC-0296 | 559 | 559 | 266579 | Y | View timetable | |
| VIS | Ashton - Hindley - Westhoughton - Bolton | 06/04/2020 | The 559 services will operate at 6.08am, 6.40am, 8.50am, 10.56am, 12.56pm, 2.56pm and 5.15pm. | 266223 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| VIS | Ashton - Hindley - Westhoughton - Bolton | 14/04/2020 | M-S departs Bolton at 6.40am, 8.50am, 10.53am, 12.53pm, M-F: 2.53pm and 4.45pm. S: 2.55pm and 4.47pm. M-S departs Ashton-in-Makerfield at 7.45am, 9.57am, 11.56am, 1.56pm, 4.05pm and 6.10pm. Addtl M-F from Hindley at 6.08am. | 266223 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| VIS | Ashton - Hindley - Westhoughton - Bolton | 15/06/2020 | M-S daytime hrly | 266224 | 559 | 559 | Y | |||
| VIS | Bolton - Westhoughton - Hindley - Ashton | 25/10/2020 | Rerouted to run via Deane Church Lane instead of Hulton Lane replacing bus 553. Times changed with ESuPH jnys introduced. | 20-SC-0575 | 559 | 559 | 266713 | Y | View timetable | |
| VIS | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Ashton-in-Makerfield | 30/01/2022 | TIMES CHANGED | 22-SC-0013 | 559 | CORRECTED | y | E | View timetable | |
| VIS | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Ashton-in-Makerfield | 24/04/2022 | Supported hrly M-S with 2hrly ESu. Revised timetable: some M-F jnys changed at school start/ finish times, with some jnys extended to/from Byrchall High School. Some S morning jnys changed. Due to low use Su 2056 Ashton to Bolton is withdrawn. | 22-SC-0092 | 559 | 284699 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| VIS | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Ashton-in-Makerfield | 04/09/2022 | Vision Bus. Minor changes to some early morning and peak jnys on M-F. | 22-SC-0498 | 559 | E | View timetable | |||
| Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Ashton-in-Makerfield | 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Diamond Bus North West | ||||||||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Westhoughton - Ashton-in-Makerfield | 24/09/2023 | Times change, | 23-SC-0445 | 559 | Y | E | View timetable |