Route 600
Route: Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | 11391 | 600 601 602 603 610 | ||||||||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 26/10/1986 | commercial MS daytimes ev30mins full route plus sch shorts. ESu hrly full route plus hrly Lowton - LH | 5600 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | 1186 reprint | y | p | |
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 26/10/1986 | no apparent change | 5966 | 600 601 602 610 603 | 600.1 | 487 reprint | y | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 26/10/1986 | no apparent change | G861026 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | green | y | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 03/08/1987 | no apparent change | G870803 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 20/09/1987 | no apparent change | G870920 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 22/02/1988 | E shorts LH-Golborne Supported plus sch by NW | 6423 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 29/02/1988 | GMB jnys only - reprint | G880229 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | reprint | y | P | |
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 26/10/1988 | Supported M-F 0533 from Golbourne - Leigh withdrawn | GW881026 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | CL | y | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 14/11/1988 | GMB jnys only - no apparent change | G881114 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | y | p | ||
| GMB | 06/02/1989 | no change listed | G890206 | 600 601 602 610 603 | Y | |||||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 24/04/1989 | GMB jnys only - no apparent change | G890424 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 24/07/1989 | GMB jnys only - no apparent change | G890724 | 600 601 602 610 603 | 600.1 | Y | |||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 23/10/1989 | GMB jnys only - no apparent change | G891023 | 600 601 602 603 610 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GMB SPR MER JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 14/05/1990 | Minor timetable changes: Sch jnys by GMB SPR MER. Shorts by JIM. Supported early Su by MER | 9469 | 600 601 602 603 606 610 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GMB SPR MER JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 28/01/1991 | Golborne terminus revised | 10464 | 600 601 602 603 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GMB SPR MER JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 18/03/1991 | Timetable and route revised. | 10865 | 600 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GMB SPR HEA MER JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 01/12/1991 | Addtl commercial MS HEA hrly AS-LH | 11743 | 600 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GMB HEA MER JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh - Infirmary | 26/01/1992 | Commercial MS daytime GMB jnys extended from Leigh to Infirmary ev30mins. | 12069 | 600 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GMB HEA MER JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh - Infirmary | 05/04/1992 | Some Su jnys withdrawn. HEA MS jnys now run as 604. Su shorts by HEA remain | 12195 | 600 604 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB HEA MER JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 20/07/1992 | No longer serves Leigh Infirmary | 12584 | 600 604 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GMB HEA JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 10/08/1992 | Minor timetable revision. No MER jnys listed. | 12654 | 600 604 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB HEA JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 12/10/1992 | Minor timetable revision. | 12860 | 600 604 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB HEA JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 14/12/1992 | Timetable revised | 12952 | 600 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB HEA JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 25/01/1993 | ESu revised: now supported HEA hrly AS-LH | 13123 | 600 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB HEA | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 15/03/1993 | No longer calls at Lane Head | 13347 | 600 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB HEA | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 15/03/1993 | JIM jny not shown | 13721 | 600 | 600.1 | 793 reprint | y | ||
| GMB | Warrington - Culcheth - Leigh | 12/06/1993 | Hrly daytime 586 jnys diverted via Hooten Gardens as 589 | 13597 | 19 28 586 587 588 589 | 19W | Y | |||
| GMB HEA TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 06/09/1993 | Timetable revised. Sch by TIM | 13776 | 600 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMB | Wigan - Ashton | 06/09/1993 | ESu hrly with 602 | G930906 | 2 602 604 | 600.1 | Y | E | ||
| GMB HEA TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 15/11/1993 | Addtl commercial MS E hrly shorts Lowton Lane Head - Leigh | 14044 | 600 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMN NW HEA TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 24/04/1994 | Minor timetable and operator revised: Commercial MS E HEA jnys withdrawn. Supported ESu jnys via Lane Head: MS E by NW Su by GMN. Sch by TIM HEA. Addtl early AM journeys. | 14517 | 600 | 600.1 | y | p | ||
| GMN BLU NW HEA TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 15/08/1994 | Timetable and minor route revision. MS daytime now ev15mins. Sch jnys by BLU | 14805 | 600 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| GMN NW | 05/06/1995 | Operator revised | ||||||||
| GMN LL SPR | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 09/10/1995 | Timetable revised: Commercial MS daytime ev30mins, ESu hrly. Some early jnys run by Leigh Line. Supported Sch jny by SPR | 16123 | 2 600 601 604 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GMN SPR | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 28/01/1996 | no change listed: all main jnys by GMN | 16435 | 2 600 601 604 | 600.1 | y | |||
| Leighline | 19/02/1996 | Leigh Line jnys withdrawn | ||||||||
| GMN SPR | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 15/04/1996 | Timetables revised. LL=WIGanBus. Supported Sch 1520 by SPR | 16671 | 2 600 601 604 | 600.1 | y | E | ||
| GM SPR | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 01/07/1996 | Addtl short AS-WN jnys added from Route No 2 | 16834 | 600 601 604 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GM SPR | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 02/09/1996 | no change listed | 16992 | 600 601 604 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GM TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 30/09/1996 | ESu 600 601 services revised: Commercial MS daytimes each ev30mins. ESu 600 hrly . Supported Sch by TIM | 17080 | 600 601 604 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GM TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 30/03/1997 | no change listed | 17593 | 600 601 604 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GM TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 30/03/1997 | 497 reprint | 17624 | 600 601 604 | 600.1 | 497 reprint | y | ||
| GM TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 03/08/1997 | Timetables revised | 17863 | 600 601 604 | 600.1 | y | |||
| GM TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 05/10/1997 | Timetables revised | 18119 | 600 601 604 | 600.1 | replacement | y | ||
| FM TIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 24/05/1998 | Timetables revised | 18593 | 600 601 | 600.1 | y | |||
| FM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 28/03/1999 | no change listed: All jnys by FM | 19246 | 600 601 | 600.1 | y | P | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 30/01/2000 | Minor changes to times. Commercial MS daytime ev30mins full route plus ev15mins shorts AS-WN. ESu hrly. Sch by JIM | 20442 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 30/07/2000 | Times changed with addtl jnys. Most MS daytime jnys to/from Leigh as 600 ev15mins | 21144 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 25/03/2001 | Extra buses introduced from Route 601 | 21877 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 22/10/2001 | Minor time changes | 22491 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| FM | 21/12/2001 | Some journeys withdrawn | 600.2 | y | ||||||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 29/03/2002 | From Good Friday , PH run as Su times | 22919 | 600 601 | 600.2 | cl | y | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 24/06/2002 | Times of MF late afternoon changed | 23036 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 13/12/2002 | Addtl FS NIGHT service Wigan - Ashton Makerfield 2350 0050 0150 0250 OUT only. | 23532 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 05/09/2003 | FS NIGHT jnys from Wigan now North Western Station not Library Street | 24035 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | p | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 25/10/2004 | times changed: Sch 601 jny by SLT | 24598 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 27/02/2005 | 2300 from Wigan extended full route to LH daily | 24761 | 600 | 600.2 | cl | y | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 03/04/2005 | Addtl SuPH daytime jnys AS-WN ev30mins giving bus ev15mins | 24806 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | p | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 25/07/2005 | MF times changed during summer to 2 Sept | 24953 | 600 601 | 600.2 | summer | y | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 29/01/2006 | Times changed with addtl MS daytime jnys extended to/from Leigh | 25237 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | p | View timetable | |
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 24/07/2006 | MF times changed during summer to 1 Sept | 25537 | 600 601 | 600.2 | summer | y | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 04/09/2006 | Addtl SLT jnys - ev15mins AS-WN. FM ev10mins LH-WN | 25621 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 28/01/2007 | Times changed | 25843 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| FM JIM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 23/07/2007 | MF times changed during summer to 31 Aug | 26151 | 600 601 | 600.2 | summer | y | ||
| FM SLT JIM | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 03/09/2007 | Commercial SLT jnys retimed : MS daytime ev15mins AS-WN. Commercial FM Su 600 601 hrly full route plus 600 ev30mins AS-WN | 26241 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| FM SLT JIM | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 15/10/2007 | SLT M-F 0735 From ASH-WN and 0805 WN to ASH withdrawn. Number of jnys no longer run on SCH days but do run in SCH Hols. S jnys and all FM jnys unchanged | 26339 | 600 | 600.2 | CL | y | ||
| FM JIM SLT | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 27/04/2008 | Competing SLT daytime jnys withdrawn. Sch jnys remain | 26655 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| FM WIG | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 25/01/2009 | Times changed. Sch by WIG; | 27099 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| 19/04/2009 | SuPH 1015 1045 from Wigan and 1714 1744 from ASHTON withdrawn. M-F 0750 ASH-WN now 0738 from Golborne | 27270 | 600 | 602 | CL | y | ||||
| FM WIG | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 19/04/2009 | SuPH 1015 1045 from Wigan and 1714 1744 from ASHTON withdrawn | 27270 | 600 | 600.2 | cl | y | ||
| FM WIG SNW | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 25/08/2009 | Addtl college jnys by Wigan Coachways. Sch jny by SNW | 28542 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | ||
| FM WIG | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 30/08/2009 | Early morning jnys revised | 27476 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | ||
| FM WIG | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 30/08/2009 | 910 reprint | 28110 | 600 601 | 600.2 | 910 reprint | y | ||
| FM WIG | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 30/08/2009 | 311 reprint | 28324 | 600 601 | 600.2 | 311 reprint | y | P | |
| FM | Wigan - Ashton - Golborne - Lowton - Leigh | 04/09/2011 | Times changed | 28542 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| FM SNW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 29/01/2012 | Times changed. : Commercial MS daytime ev12mins. Supported ESu hrly. Supported Sch jnys by Wigan Coachways / SNW. Supported FS NIGHT 2400 0050 0150 0250 circular via Golborne | 11-1224 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | View timetable | |
| SiL SiW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 02/12/2012 | All jnys run by FM now run by SiW. SNW = SiL | 12-1809 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SiL SiW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 07/01/2013 | Supported WCW Sch 0756 from Ashton to Tyldesley is changed to start from Lowton, Norwood Av. | 600.2 | y | |||||
| SiL SiW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 21/07/2013 | SiW Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013 | no tt | 600.2 | y | ||||
| SiL SiW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 02/08/2013 | SiW FS night jnys retimed. | 600.2 | y | |||||
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 01/09/2013 | Some MF early and peak jnys retimed. SiL jnys now run by SLT | 13-1472 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 20/07/2014 | SiW MF times changed during Summer to 30 August 2014. | 14-1007 | 600 601 | 600.2 | summer | y | View timetable | |
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 28/07/2014 | SiWFS NIGHT jnys withdrawn. | no tt | 600.2 | y | ||||
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 31/08/2014 | SiW / WCW times changed. | 14-1218 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 25/01/2015 | Commercial S jnys reduced to ev15mins | 142047 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | |||
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 26/07/2015 | MF times changed during Summer to 29 August 2015. | no tt | 600.2 | summer | y | |||
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 30/08/2015 | SiW / WCW times changed. | 15-1170 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 25/10/2015 | Stagecoach addtl MF 0701 from Ashton to Leigh. | 600.2 | y | |||||
| SiW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 03/04/2016 | Stagecoach times are changed. | 16-0191 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SiW SLT WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 24/07/2016 | Stagecoach times changed during Summer to 3 September 2016 | no tt | 600.2 | summer | n | |||
| SiW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 04/09/2016 | MF times are changed. SLT sch jnys not listed | 16-0922 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | View timetable | |
| SiW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 29/01/2017 | Early morning journeys changed. | 16-1613 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SiW WCW | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 23/04/2017 | Stagecoach times changed with some SuPH daytime jnys withdrawn. | 17-0349 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | View timetable | |
| SM | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 23/07/2017 | Stagecoach MS times changed during Summer to 2 Sept 2016 | 17-0853 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | View timetable | |
| SM | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 03/09/2017 | MF timetable reverts after summer. S 0638 and 0738 from Golborne to Wigan are changed to run between Ashton and Wigan only. Diamond jnys withdrawn. | 17-1106 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 28/01/2018 | Some early M-F jnys from LH retimed. Addtl daily 2325 2355 from LH to WN | 17-1932 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 28/01/2018 | no change listed | 17-1932 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 08/04/2018 | M-F peak times changed. Late E jnys retimed with F2300 from Leigh extended to Wigan. | 18-0226 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | P | View timetable | |
| SM | Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Wigan | 02/09/2018 | Times of some M-F journeys from Wigan are changed. | 18-1148 | 600 601 | 600.2 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Leigh - Lowton - Golborne - Ashton-in-Makerfield - Marus Bridge - Wigan | 27/01/2019 | 600 renumbered 10. Minor timetable changes. | 18-1818 | View timetable |