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Route 603

Route: Ashton - Kitt Green

Route history

Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 26/10/1986 commercial MF 0705 OUT / 1635 IN plus sch jnys 5600 600 601 602 603 610 600 1186 reprint y
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 26/10/1986 no apparent change 5966 600 601 602 610 603 600 487 reprint y
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 26/10/1986 no apparent change G861026 600 601 602 603 610 600 y
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 03/08/1987 Sch jnys not shown G870803 600 601 602 603 610 600 y
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 20/09/1987 no apparent change G870920 600 601 602 603 610 600 y
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 22/02/1988 Addtl supported sch shorts by SHR 6423 600 601 602 603 610 600 y
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 29/02/1988 GMB jnys only - reprint G880229 600 601 602 603 610 600 reprint y
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 14/11/1988 GMB jnys only - no apparent change G881114 600 601 602 603 610 600 y
GMB 06/02/1989 no change listed G890206 600 601 602 610 603 Y
GMB Ashton - Kitt Green 24/04/1989 GMB jnys only - no apparent change G890424 600 601 602 603 610 600 y
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 Ashton - Kitt Green 23/10/1989 GMB jnys only - no apparent change G891023 600 601 602 603 610 600 y
GMB MER SHR Ashton - Kitt Green 14/05/1990 no change listed: addtl supported Sch by MER 9469 600 601 602 603 606 610 600 y
MER SHR Ashton - Kitt Green 28/01/1991 Operators revised: supported full route by MER SHR 10464 600 601 602 603 600 y
NWR Wigan - Ashton in Makerfield 25/07/1992 New MS Day
WIG Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 31/10/2005 New GMPTE/Merseytravel supported route 603 partially replacing 655 AiM - Garswood and 144 25158 602 603 602 y View timetable
WIG Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 31/10/2005 New GMPTE/Merseytravel supported route 603 partially replacing 655 AiM - Garswood and 144 MER051031 603 605 603 y
WIG Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 01/01/2007 Reprint with some minor changes. MER070101 603 602 y
WIG Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 20/04/2009 Times change - alternate jnys curtailed at AiM 27271 602 603 602 y
STW Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 01/11/2010 Times changed. Jnys towards Hospital now via Park Rd S not Acorn St in N-l-W. All jnys now by Strawberry and run to Ashton Heath. 28150 602 603 602 y
STW Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 25/07/2011 Times changed. Jnys from Hospital now via Park Rd S not Acorn St in N-l-W. All jnys now via Elizabeth Rd Haydock 28473 602 603 602 y
STW Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 30/08/2011 Times changed. Divert via Old Rd and Wentworth Rd in Ashton 28486 602 603 602 y View timetable
STW Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 18/06/2012 times changed 12-0775 602 603 602 y View timetable
STW Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 07/10/2012 no change lised 121547 602 603 602 y
STW Ashton Heath - Ashton - Garswood - Newton Community Hospital 17/12/2012 times changed 12-1664 602 603 View timetable
HTL Newton Community Hospital – Ashton Heath 27/10/2013 All journeys will be run by HTL Buses. MTL leaflet M131027 602 603 602 y
HTL Ashton Heath - Ashton in Makerfield - Garswood - Newton Hosp 28/10/2013 All jnys by HTL buses: TfGM & Merseytravel supported service 13-1739 602 603 602 y View timetable
HTL Ashton in Makerfield - Ashton Heath - Earlstown - Newton le Willows 04/09/2016 Now via Liverpool Rd not via Bryn, Downall Green and Garswood. Replaced by extended 156 to/from Ashton. Times changed: MS hrly 0714-1714. NESu 16-1084 602 603 602 y View timetable
HTL Ashton in Makerfield - Ashton Heath - Earlstown - Newton le Willows 04/09/2016 Now via Liverpool Rd not via Bryn, Downall Green and Garswood. Replaced by extended 156 to/from Ashton. Times changed: MS hrly 0714-1714. NESu. MTL leaflet M160904 602 603 602 y
HTL Ashton-in-Makerfield - Earlstown - Newton-le-Willows 02/09/2018 Minor route change at Newton-le-Willows station. 603 y
HTL Newton-le-Willows - Earlestown -Ashton-in-Makerfield 28/10/2018 M-F afternoon times changed 1515 from St Edmunds Sch withdrawn 18-1550 602 603 Y View timetable
HTL Ashton-in-Makerfield - Earlstown - Newton-le-Willows 28/10/2018 Times changed on MF afternoons with the 1515 journey from St Edmund Arrowsmith School withdrawn. 18-1550 View timetable
HTL Ashton-in-Makerfield – Newton-le-Willows 28/04/2019 Route withdrawn and replaced by bus 22.
Ashton-in-Makerfield – Newton-le-Willows 28/04/2019 Run by HTL Buses. Route withdrawn and replaced by bus 22.

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