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Route 581

Route: Leigh - Tamar - Westleigh - Daisy Hill - Bolton

Route history

Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
GMB Leigh - Tamar - Westleigh - Daisy Hill - Bolton 30/03/1992 New commercial MS daytime 0905 hrly 1605 G920330 581 581 Y P
GMB 10/08/1992 Rerouted in Westhoughton
GMB 02/11/1992 WITHDRAWN
GMN Bolton - Atherton - Wigan 19/06/1995 new commercial service M-S ev30mins daytime. NESuPH (Replaces Route No 542) Also replaces part of withdrawn LT 582 from this date GN950619 581 582 y P
GMN Bolton - Atherton - Hindley Green - Wigan 09/10/1995 Commercial MF service reintroduced MS daytime hrly BN-HG plus 0740 to/0843 from WN 16226 581 581 Y P
GMN Bolton - Atherton - Hindley Green - Wigan 30/10/1995 Commercial MF service reintroduced MS daytime hrly BN-HG plus 0740 to/0843 from WN 16226 581 581 Y P
GM Bolton - Atherton - Hindley Green - Wigan 01/07/1996 Atherton - Wigan WITHDRAWN
BLU Farnworth - Bolton GH - Lever Edge - Morris Green - Over Hulton - Atherton 30/06/1997 New supported hrly MS daytime replacing withdrawn section of 582. 17847 581 581 Y P
BLU Farnworth - Bolton GH - Lever Edge - Morris Green - Over Hulton - Atherton 27/06/1998 WITHDRAWN (Partly replaced by Routes 30 & 31)
FM Bolton - Hulton Hospital circs. 28/06/1999 All jnys by FM. 19732 37 38 578 580 37B Y
FM Leigh - Atherton - Bolton 03/04/2005 New commercial express service : hrly MF 0950-1450, S - 1650. NESuPH 24820 581 582 581 Y
FM Leigh - Atherton - Bolton 05/09/2005 no change listed 25037 581 582 581 Y
FM Leigh - Atherton - Bolton 29/01/2006 no change listed 25223 581 582 581 Y P View timetable
FM Leigh - Atherton - Bolton 24/07/2006 Check this timetable: 581 not shown? 25542 582 582 508 reprint Y
SLT Leigh - Tyldesley - Atherton - Bolton 12/04/2010 686 extended to Bolton, no longer serving Hag Fold and renumbered 581. Extra jnys MF ev15 mins, SSH ev20mins. NESu 27806 581 591 592 581 Y P View timetable
SLT Leigh - Astley - New Hall Farm - Tyldesley - Atherton - Bolton 06/09/2010 Divert via New Hall Farm estate. Times changed. MS daytime ev30mins. 28077 581 592 581 Y P
SLT Leigh - Astley - New Hall Farm - Tyldesley - Atherton - Bolton 04/04/2011 Times changed 28310 581 592 581 Y P
SLT Leigh - Astley - New Hall Farm - Tyldesley - Atherton - Bolton 12/09/2011 Route changed to operate in two sections due to bridge works at Atherton Station. Passengers walk between sections. Times changed 28540 581 592 581 Y
SLT Leigh - Astley - New Hall Farm - Tyldesley - Atherton - Bolton 05/12/2011 Reverts after works completed. Times changed 28673 581 592 581 Y P View timetable
SLT Leigh - Astley - New Hall Farm - Tyldesley - Atherton - Hag Fold - Bolton 16/04/2012 Rerouted to run via Hag Fold replacing withdrawn 592. Times changed with addtl hrly jnys to/from Morris Green 1015 - 1615 12-0387 581 581 Y P View timetable
SLT Leigh - Astley - New Hall Farm - Tyldesley - Atherton - Hag Fold - Bolton 29/07/2012 Times changed with Morris Green shorts withdrawn 12-1019 581 581 Y P View timetable
SLT Leigh - Astley - New Hall Farm - Tyldesley - Atherton - Bolton 27/01/2013 No longer run via Hag Fold. Times changed. 13-0066 581 581 Y P View timetable
SLT Leigh - Astley - New Hall Farm - Tyldesley - Atherton - Bolton 07/07/2013 Service withdrawn. Partly replaced by addtl 683 and 684 jnys Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley and Leigh.
VIS Bolton — Logistics North – Royal Bolton Hospital (anti) 25/07/2021 New commercial circular services running from Bolton via St Helens Road, Logistics North and Royal Bolton Hospital to Bolton as 580 and in the opposite direction as 581. Ev30mins in each direction M-S between 0500 and 2015 and hrly in each direction on Su between 0700 and 1915. RE 21-SC-0474 580 581 y View timetable
VIS Bolton - Daubhill - Logistics North – Royal Bolton Hospital circulars 24/04/2022 Daily commercial services 580 581, which were introduced in July 2021, are withdrawn. Alternative facilities btwn Bolton and Logistics North are available on Diamond service 20. WD

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