Route 561
Route: Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMB | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 26/10/1986 | MS daytime ev30mins Esu hrly. clockwise. Reverse = 562 | 5561 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | p | ||
| GMB | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 03/08/1987 | 289 reprint | G870803 | 561 562 | 561 | 289 reprint | Y | ||
| GMB | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 03/08/1987 | no apparent change | G870803 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| GMB | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 11/09/1989 | MF last bus now 2015 | G890911 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| RIB | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 04/08/1990 | Half-hourly, 4bph in conjunction with 562 | 399 478 524 561 562 | L46 | |||||
| RIB | Bolton - Withins circular | 04/08/1990 | No change listed: M-S daytime ev30mins. Linked to 562 | L46 | 399 478 524 561 562 | 399 | N | E | ||
| RIB | 04/08/1990 | L46 | 399 478 524 561 562 | 399 | Y | E | ||||
| GMB RIB SHR | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 06/08/1990 | Addtl commercial RIB MS daytime jnys ev30mins. MF E hrly by SHR. Supported Su E by GMB | 9907 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| GMB RIB SHR | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 13/08/1990 | Timetable revised | 10078 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| RIB | Bolton - Withins Est circ | 20/10/1990 | no change listed | L46 | 399 478 524 561 562 | 523 | y | |||
| GMB RIB SHR | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 02/02/1991 | RIBBLE jnys WITHDRAWN | |||||||
| RIB | Bolton - Withins Est circ | 02/02/1991 | Service withdrawn | L46 | 399 478 524 561 562 | 523 | y | |||
| GMB RIB SHR | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 11/02/1991 | SHR MF E Withdrawn | |||||||
| GMB RIB SHR | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 25/02/1991 | Supported 0500 561 by RIB. MF E by SHR. Su E by GMB | 10529 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| GMB RIB SHR | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 30/06/1991 | operators revised - no apparent change | 11254 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| GMB RIB SHR | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 12/08/1991 | minor timetable revision | 11375 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| GMB RIB SHR | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 02/03/1992 | MF 0500 withdrawn : now 0530 supported by RIB | 12094 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| GMB TIM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 29/06/1992 | RIB jny withdrawn. SHR now TIM | 12550 | 561 562 | |||||
| GMB RIB TIM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 28/09/1992 | Minor timetable and operator revised. Supported Su E by RIB | 12853 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| GMB RIB TIM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 15/03/1993 | Minor timetable revision | 13343 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| 22/11/1993 | Additional GMB jnys introduced | |||||||||
| GMB TIM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 28/11/1993 | MS daytime GMB ev20mins. Daily E operator revised now TIM supported. | 14039 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| GMN TIM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 27/03/1995 | Timetables revised: Addtl MS daytime GMN jnys. Each ev15mins. GMB = GMN | 15430 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| GMN TIM BCW | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 01/05/1995 | Su E now by Bolton Coachways BCW | 15624 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| GMN TIM BCW | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 28/05/1995 | Minor timetable revision | 15713 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 05/10/1998 | Minor timetable and operator changes. All jnys by FM | 19076 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 16/10/2000 | Addtl commercial PH service hrly 1015-1915 | 21378 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 03/09/2001 | Addtl PH jnys 0815 0915. | 22474 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 29/03/2002 | PH times changed - now as Su | 23507 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 25/07/2005 | MF times changed during Summer to 4Sept | 24971 | 561 562 | 561 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 04/09/2005 | Normal service after summer | 25064 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 04/09/2005 | 806 reprint | 25642/13 | 561 562 | 561 | 806 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 24/07/2006 | M-F times changed during Summer to 1 Sept | 25528 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 23/07/2007 | MF times changed during Summer to 31Aug | 26139 | 561 562 | 561 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 28/10/2007 | Minor changes to E times | 26324 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 20/07/2008 | Times changed | 26775 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| 25/01/2009 | Diverted 507 to serve South Drive & Tonge Moor in both directions. 561 562 replace 506 507 along Blair La and Thicketford Rd | 27091 | 507 | 506 | Y | |||||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 25/01/2009 | Route change via Aimsworth La and Winchester Way. Addtl earl jnys. 510 replace 561 562 along Rochester Av, Withins La, Stephens St in Withins | 27096 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 25/01/2009 | 509 reprint | 27344 | 561 562 | 561 | 509 reprint | Y | ||
| FM ANW | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 19/07/2009 | Supported daily E jnys retimed and run by ANW | 27392 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| FM ANW | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 25/10/2009 | Times changed: Now ev20mins MS daytime. | 27548 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | ||
| FM ANW | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 04/09/2011 | Times changed | 28538 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| FM MTV | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 15/04/2012 | E jnys now run by Maytree Travel. SuPH 2323 withdrawn | 12-0323 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 08/04/2013 | Emergency 90 day daily E contract awarded to FM after Maytree Travel suddenly ceased trading | 13-2051 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 21/07/2013 | Times changed during Summer to 31 Aug 2013 | no tt | 561 562 | 561 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 27/07/2014 | Times changed including temporary changes during Summer period to 30 August 2014. | 14-1039 | 561 562 | 561 | summer | Y | View timetable | |
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 31/08/2014 | Normal timetable after Summer period. | no tt | 561 562 | 561 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 19/07/2015 | M-F times changed during Summer to 29 Aug | no tt | 561 562 | 561 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 30/08/2015 | normal timetable after Summer period. | no tt | 561 562 | 561 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 24/01/2016 | M-F peak jnys retimed to improve timekeeping, From Bolton 0625-0805 re-timed to run 5 mins and 1550-1830 re-timed to run 5 mins later | 15-1830 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 24/07/2016 | Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 3 September 2016 | 16-0696 | 561 562 | 561 | Summer | Y | View timetable | |
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 04/09/2016 | M-F peak period jnys retimed. | 16-0863 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 29/01/2017 | Times changed. | 16-1751 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 23/07/2017 | Summer timetable M-F until 2/9/2017 | 17-0848 | 561 562 | View timetable | ||||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 03/09/2017 | Buses rerouted to serve the new Interchange. | 17-1119 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bolton - Breighmet - Withins Est circ | 22/07/2018 | Summer timetable M-F until 1/9/2018 | 18-0805 | 561 562 | View timetable | ||||
| FM | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 27/01/2019 | Times of Monday to Friday peak period and Saturday morning jnys are changed | 18-1812 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM ANW | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 28/04/2019 | Main service by FM. E jnys will be run by ANW | 19-0597 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| FM | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August | 19-SC-0002 | 246382 | summer | View timetable | |||
| DIA | 11/08/2019 | Service now operated by Diamond on sale of FM Bolton depot | 19SC0240 | 2 8 36 37 38 68 162 163 471 472 474 501 507 511 524 561 562 582 X39 | 2 | y | ||||
| DIA | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 11/08/2019 | Service taken over by Diamond Bus NW on the purchase of First Manchester's Bolton depot | no tt | 561 562 | 561 | N | |||
| DIA ANW | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 01/09/2019 | Returns to normal timetable | 19-SC-0266 | 561 562 | View timetable | ||||
| DIA | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 27/10/2019 | Minor timetable changes. | 19-SC-0347 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ANW DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 26/01/2020 | no change listed | 19-SC-0566 | 561 562 | 561 | 246573 | Y | P | View timetable |
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 28/03/2020 | 561/562: hrly each way daytime Ssu | 265931 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| ANW | Bolton - Withins circular | 29/03/2020 | M-S 4 E jnys 3 Su E jnys | 265719 | 561 | 561 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 29/03/2020 | SuPH: ea hrly 561 0820-1320; 562 0850 - 1350 | 265932 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 10/04/2020 | Good Friday No services | no tt | ||||||
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 14/04/2020 | 561 562: Tu - S: each hrly NE | 265929 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 19/04/2020 | 561 562: Daily each hrly NE | 265929 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 10/05/2020 | 561 562: Daily each hrly NE | 265720 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 24/05/2020 | 561/562: ev30mins M-S daytime services each way (ev15mins combined). hrly Su daytime services each way (ev30mins combined). | 265721 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| ANW | Bolton - Withins circular | 31/05/2020 | Daily E only hrly | 265439 | 561 | 561 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 14/06/2020 | 561: ev30mins M-S daytime; hrly Su daytime | 266172 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| ANW DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 30/08/2020 | Times changed | 20-SC-0468 | 561 562 | 561 | 266580 | Y | View timetable | |
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 30/08/2020 | General services increased to operate every 20 mins on each services. | 266289 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| ANW | Bolton - Withins circular | 30/08/2020 | E services hrly | no tt | ||||||
| DIA | Bolton - Withins circular | 31/08/2020 | PH each hrly 0825 - 1955 | 266336 | 561 562 | 561 | Y | |||
| ANW DIA | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 25/10/2020 | DIA Times changed. ANW no changes | 20-SC-0608 | 561 562 | 561 | 266642 | Y | View timetable | |
| ANW DIA | Bolton to Withins | 31/01/2021 | Minor timetable changes to daytime jnys. M-S daytime ev20mins | 20-SC-0608 | 561 562 | 561 | 266959 | Y | View timetable | |
| ANW DIA | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 31/01/2021 | minor timetable alterations to improve punctuality or reliability Minor timetable changes to daytime jnys. M-S daytime ev20mins; SuPH hrly ANW Four E jnys M-S, 3 Su E jnys on Su | 20-SC-0747 | 561 562 | 561 | 266960 | Y | View timetable | |
| DIA ANW | Bolton - Top O Th Brow - Withins - Breightmet circular | 11/04/2021 | Run by ANW/Diamond. Minor changes to the times of ESuPH jnys. All jnys will be run by Diamond. Daily E Service introduced and Su minor timetable revisions to improve punctuality. | 21-SC-0137 | 561 562 | 284149 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ANW DIA VIS | Bolton — Tonge Fold — Breightmet — Withins circular | 11/04/2021 | These services currently operate ev20mins M-S daytime, and hrly on Su. The hrly subsidised E service was run by Arriva. Operated by Arriva, Diamond and Vision Bus Subsequent to the tender award process for contracts commencing April 2021, through which the subsidised jnys would have been operated by Vision Bus, a commercial registration submitted by Diamond Bus has resulted in all of these jnys being operated on a commercial 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-0137 | 561 562 | y | View timetable | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Top O Th Brow - Withins - Breightmet circular | 29/08/2021 | Times of M-F jnys are changed. | 21-SC-0592 | 561 562 | y | P | View timetable | ||
| DIA | 30/01/2022 | Due to COVID related driver shortages, reduced from ev20mins to ev30mins (on each service) during M-S daytimes. Combined ev15mins, instead of every 10. Early mornings, ESu unchanged. | 22-SC-0038 | 561 562 | E | View timetable | ||||
| DIA | Bolton – Withins Circulars | 25/04/2022 | There are minor timetable changes, and the service will now depart from stand D at Bolton Interchange. This is a following of a review of departure stands at Bolton Interchange involving TfGM and Bus Operators, there are some movements to ensure an improved organisation of services to common destinations. | NT | ||||||
| DIA | Bolton - Top O Th Brow - Withins - Breightmet circular | 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 | 22-SC-0322 | 561 562 | E | View timetable | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Top O Th Brow - Withins - Breightmet circular | 04/09/2022 | Reverts to pre-summer times | no tt | N | |||||
| DIA | Bolton – Tonge Fold – Withins Circular | 29/01/2023 | linked 561 562 operate ev30 mins M-S daytime, hrly ESu. Deregistered M-F 0545 from Bolton and daily E jnys on both services withdrawn. TfGM support: M-F 0545 and daily E jnys on both circular services retained at existing frequencies. | no tt | N | |||||
| DIA | Bolton - Top O Th Brow – Withins - Breightmet circular | 16/04/2023 | linked 561 562 operate ev30 mins M-S daytime, hrly ESu. Deregistered M-F 0545 from Bolton and daily E jnys on both services withdrawn. Withdrawal of all commercial jnys – currently ev30mins daytime (the few early morning, ESu jnys currently operated with TfGM subsidy would continue unchanged) TfGM support: M-F 0545 and daily E jnys on both circular services retained at existing frequencies. Daytime jnys now run by Go North West. Diamond Bus NW continue to operate M-F 561 05:45 from Bolton and E jnys on all days. | 23-SC-0070 | 561 562 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Go North West | ||||||||
| GNW | Bolton - Tonge Fold - Withins - Breightmet circular | 24/09/2023 | No change to route or times | 23-SC-0514 | 561 562 | Y | E | View timetable |