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Route 598

Route: Atherton - Higher Green

Route history

Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
GMB Atherton - Higher Green 26/10/1986 MS daytime hrly 5597 597 598 591 597 Y
GMB Atherton - Higher Green 02/02/1987 no apparent change G870202 597 598 591 597 Y
GMB Atherton - Higher Green 26/10/1987 Some jnys supported 6802 597 598 591 597 Y
GMB Atherton - Higher Green 01/11/1987 no apparent change G871101 597 598 591 597 Y
GMB 09/01/1988 591 598 685 686 687 withdrawn replaced by new LG 681-4 G880109 681 682 683 684 681 y
09/01/1989 New service 681 - 684 replacing 591 598 685 686 687 7449 681 682 683 684 681 Y
HEA Leigh - Landside - Pennington circ 24/07/1989 HEA 596 jnys direct to Landside via StHellens Rd not by Siddow Common as 598 service 8289 596 598 596 Y
HEA Leigh - Landside - Pennington circ 13/11/1989 service withdrawn 8736 596 596 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 03/09/1990 New commercial services 598 599 MS daytime each ev30mins. Replacing withdrawn jnys on 587 and 593 10041 593 594 595 598 599 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 22/04/1991 no change listed 10975 593 594 595 598 599 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 30/03/1992 no change listed 12156 593 598 599 693 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 27/04/1992 no change listed 12421 593 598 599 693 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 20/07/1992 no change listed 12593 593 598 599 693 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 24/08/1992 no change listed 12710 593 598 599 693 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 21/09/1992 no change listed 12801 593 598 599 693 L3 L4 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 15/03/1993 Addtl E hrly service 13127 593 598 599 693 L3 L4 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 12/06/1993 no change listed 13580 593 598 599 693 L3 L4 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 16/08/1993 993 reprint 13686 593 598 599 693 L3 L4 593 993 reprint Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 16/08/1993 no change listed 13883 593 598 599 693 L3 L4 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley - Wigan 15/11/1993 Service extended to Wigan. MS daytime ev30mins. 0740-1710 14037 593 598 693 L3 L4 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Wigan 31/01/1994 no change listed: M-S daytime ev30mins plus hrly shorts LH-Hindley Green 14183 593 598 693 L3 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley - Wigan 24/04/1994 some jnys withdrawn 14516 593 598 693 L3 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley - Wigan 13/06/1994 no change listed 14620 593 598 693 L3 593 Y
HEA Leigh - Hindley - Wigan 15/08/1994 no change listed 14784 593 598 693 L3 593 Y
HEA NEW: Leigh - Hindley Green Circular 20/10/1994 NEW
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 31/10/1994 no change listed: plus 598 HEA circ LH-HG 14968 593 598 599 593 Y
HEA 27/02/1995 WITHDRAWN
HEA Leigh - Hindley Green circ 02/12/1995 No longer shown 15355 593
GMN Leigh - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 15/04/1996 Timetable route and operator revised: MS daytime ev30mins. NESu 16679 593 598 593 Y
GMN Leigh - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 01/07/1996 Timetables revised 16830 593 598 593 Y
GMN Leigh - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 30/09/1996 Service 598 withdrawn partly replaced LH-Tamar by 671 17079 593 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 24/05/1998 New service MS ev30mins NESu partly replaces 671 18586 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 01/07/1998 no change listed 18633 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 20/07/1998 no change listed 18767 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 07/09/1998 no change listed 18922 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 25/01/1999 no change listed 19256 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 21/02/1999 no change listed 19377 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 30/05/1999 no change listed 19641 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 10/07/1999 no change listed 19803 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 30/08/1999 no change listed 19940 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 15/11/1999 no change listed 20184 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 03/01/2000 no change listed 20478 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 31/01/2000 no change listed 20583 593 598 652 671 672 593 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 30/04/2000 no change listed 20838 593 598 652 653 671 672 593 Y
FM Wigan - Platt Bridge - Tamar - Leigh 30/07/2000 658 Extended to Higher Folds replacing 593 598 671 21121 658 672 658 Y
FM Higher Folds - Leigh - Tamar - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 30/07/2000 Service withdrawn Replaced by Routes 593 & 658 21145 593 593 Y
22/07/2002 sch jny only 23137 654 654 Y
02/09/2002 Route and timetable changed - separate leaflet 23216 654 654 Y
FM Wigan - Hindley - Hindley Green - Tamar - Leigh - Higher Folds - Leigh 11/11/2005 New supported F, commercial S NIGHT service: from WN 0100 0200 0300. Return from LH 0130 0230 0330 25193 598 652 598N Y P2 View timetable
FM Wigan - Hindley - Hindley Green - Tamar - Leigh - Higher Folds - Leigh 11/11/2005 306 reprint 25361 /1 598 652 598N 306 reprint Y
FM Wigan - Hindley - Hindley Green - Tamar - Leigh - Higher Folds - Leigh 04/09/2006 no change listed 25601 598 652 598N Y View timetable
FM Ince Bar - -Belle Green circ 15/04/2007 MS daytime FM jnys ev10mins partly replacing withdrawn 593 jnys. FS NIGHTs not changed. 598L new commercial MS daytime 0700-1830 ev10mins linking Belle Green with 598 at Ince Bar 25962 593 598 598L 652 593 Y View timetable
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 23/07/2007 MF peak times changed during Summer to 31 Aug 26141 593 598 598L 652 593 summer Y
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 15/10/2007 no change listed: 598L - no change listed 26338 593 598 598L 652 593 Y
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 30/03/2008 Times changed: 598L - no change listed 26556 593 598 598L 652 593 Y
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Ince Bar - Wigan 20/07/2008 Addtl M-F 1448 from Wigan to Leigh 26798 593 598 598L 652 593 Y
FM Ince - Belle Green circ 27/07/2008 598L - no change listed 26798 593 598 598L 652 593 Y
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 01/09/2008 598L withdrawn, 598 diverted around estate 26882 593 598 652 593 Y
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 06/12/2008 no change listed 27062 593 598 652 593 Y
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 25/01/2009 All daytime jnys run via School La, Crompton St, New Market St Wigan TC. MF0550 0605 retimed to 0545 0603 27132 593 598 593 cl Y
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 24/04/2009 no change listed 27206 593 598 652 593 Y View timetable
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 29/08/2010 times changed 28044 593 598 593 Y
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 05/09/2011 times changed 28541 593 598 593 Y View timetable
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 24/09/2011 Late FS NIGHT supported jnys retimed: 0100 0200 0300 from WN; 0130 0230 0330 return 28598 598 593 cl Y View timetable
FM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 02/09/2012 no change listed 12-1112 593 598 593 Y View timetable
WCW Leigh – Wigan  03/09/2012 Addtl jnys by Wigan Coachways on collegedays: 0704 from Wigan, 1655 from Leigh
SiW JIM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 02/12/2012 All FM jnys now op by SiW 130585 593 598 593 Y
SiW JIM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 21/07/2013 SiW times changed during the Summer period from 21 July to 31 August 2013 no tt 593 598 593 summer N
SiW JIM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 01/09/2013 times changed 13-1499 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SiW JIM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 20/07/2014 MF times changed during Summer to 30 August 14-1009 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SiW JIM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 28/07/2014 Late FS NIGHT jnys withdrawn 14-1009 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SiW JIM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 31/08/2014 Normal timetable after summer period 14-1180 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 26/07/2015 SiW M-F times changed during the Summer period from 26 July to 29 August 2015. no tt 593 598 593 summer N
SiW JIM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 30/08/2015 times changed 15-1221 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 24/07/2016 SM times changed during the Summer period from 24 July to 3 September 2016 no tt 593 598 593 summer N
SM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 04/09/2016 minor times changed 16-0887 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 23/04/2017 Some MF morning peak jnys changed 17-0518 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 23/07/2017 Times changed including temporary summer changes to 2Sept 17-0832 593 598 593 summer Y
SM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 03/09/2017 Normal timetable after summer period 17-1114 593 598 593 summer Y View timetable
SM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 28/01/2018 MF 0630 0650 retimed from LH 17-1861 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SM Leigh - Tamar - Castle Hill - Hindley - Belle Green - Wigan 08/04/2018 Minor timetable changes 18-0227 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SM Leigh - Hindley Green - Hindley - Wigan 02/09/2018 Times of some M-F jnys are changed. 18-1065 593 598 593 Y View timetable
SM Wigan - Hindley - Hindley Green - Leigh 27/01/2019 598 renumbered 8. Minor timetable changes to some Monday to Friday peak period jnys. Daytime jnys introduced on SuPH replacing bus 593.  18-1878 View timetable
SM Wigan - Hindley - Hindley Green - Leigh 27/01/2019 598 renumbered 8. Minor timetable changes to some M-F peak jnys.   19-0152 8 593 8 WN replacement Y View timetable

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