Route 715
Route: Wigan - Westhoughton - Bolton
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB | 12/04/1987 | Additional Wigan to Bolton journeys introduced (Replacing withdrawn Route 700) | ||||||||
| BLU | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 18/11/1991 | New commercial MS daytime hrly BLU service | 11687 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| GMB | 01/03/1992 | Route revised in Bolton Town Centre | ||||||||
| BLU | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 11/05/1992 | Minor timetable and route revision: Addtl supported TIM MS E & Su daytime; plus SuE by NW run direct via Mcr Rd Bolton; daytime jnys via Church St, Market St and Bolton Rd | 12369 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| BLU | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 10/08/1992 | Timetable and Bolton town centre route changed via Trinity St, Black Horse St and Moor La | 12653 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| GMB | Wigan - Aspull- Wingates - Westhoughton - Lostock - Bolton | 14/12/1992 | NEW SERVICE, M-S daytime hrly, providing new links for the residents of Aspull, Wingates and Lostock. Buses will leave Wigan at xx40 and Bolton at xx35. Service 715 is ideal for shopping in Bolton, as it operates from Bolton Bus Stn via Great Moor St, Bradshawgate, Deansgate, Bridge St, St. Georges Rd, Knowsley St, Deansgate and Moor La, stopping at bus stops located close to the Crompton Place, Market Place and Newport St shopping areas - so now there's no need to walk back to the Bus Station after you've done your shopping. | GA921214 | ||||||
| GMB BLU NW | Bolton - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 29/12/1992 | timetable and minor route revision. commercial MS daytime hrly GMB; NW M-S daytime WN - ASP by NW. | 12899 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| BLU GMB | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 15/03/1993 | timetables revised: commercial MS daytime hrly GMB WN-BN; BLU hrly WN-BN; supported ESu hrly BLU | 13249 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| GMB | WIGAN - ASPULL - WESTHOUGHTON - BOLTON | 15/03/1993 | All journeys will operate 15 minutes earlier than at present. | GA930315 | ||||||
| BLU GMB NW | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 27/06/1993 | ESu service revised. All by NW. MS daytime now WN-BN: hrly GMB BLU | 13417 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| BLU GMB NW | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 06/09/1993 | Route and timetable revised | 13734 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| BLU GMB NW | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 29/11/1993 | no change listed | 14054 | 615 715 315 | 615 | y | |||
| BLU GMN NW | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 31/01/1994 | minor timetable revision | 14275 | 615 715 315 | 615 | y | |||
| BLU GMN NW | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 11/04/1994 | minor timetable revision | 14458 | 615 715 315 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 26/06/1994 | minor timetable and operator revision: Su by GMN | 14651 | 615 715 315 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 30/07/1994 | minor timetable revision | 14783 | 615 715 315 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 30/07/1994 | 1095 reprint | 16169 | 615 715 315 | 615 | 1095 reprint | y | ||
| BLU | Wigan - Aspull - Westhaughton - Bolton | 30/07/1994 | Composite 515 715 Wigan - Bolton - Bury M-S daytime hrly. | BB940730 | 315 573 575 577 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 28/01/1996 | Minor timetable and operator revision: Su now by BLU | 16433 | 615 715 315 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU TIM | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 15/04/1996 | Minor timetable changes | 16626 | 615 715 315 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU TIM | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 02/09/1996 | no change listed | 17017 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU TIM | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 04/11/1996 | Timetable and operator revised: all jnys by BLU. No GM jnys listed | 17215 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU TIM | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 24/02/1997 | Minor timetable revision | 17444 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| GMN BLU TIM | Bolton - Westhaughton - Wingates - Aspull - Wigan | 01/09/1997 | Minor timetable revision | 17984 | 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| BLU | Wigan - Aspull - Westhaughton - Bolton | 01/09/1997 | Addtl 0820 Bolton - Wigan. M-S daytime now ev30mins.Composite tt WN - Aspull: by 315 515 575 615 715 M-S daytime xx10 19 30 50. | BB970901 | 315 573 575 577 615 715 | 615 | y | |||
| BLU FM TIM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 24/05/1998 | Commercial MS Daytime ev30mins by BLU. Supported MS E hrly by FM. Su hrly TIM | 18588 | 715 | 715 | y | |||
| BLU FM TIM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 01/09/1998 | Minor timetable changes: | 18887 | 715 B6 | 715 | y | P | ||
| BLU FM | Wigan - Aspull - Westhaughton - Ladybridge - Bolton | 24/10/1998 | Some 715 jnys extended MS daytime ev2hrs via Morris Green to Trafford Centre and run as 700 | 19027 | 700 715 B6 | 715 | y | |||
| BLU FM TIM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 12/04/1999 | Addtl jnys replacing curtailed 700 jnys | 19513 | 715 B6 | 715 | y | p | ||
| BLU FM TIM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 12/04/1999 | 899 reprint | 20039 | 715 B6 | 715 | 899 reprint | y | ||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 30/07/2000 | ESu revised: supported hrly by FM. BH commercial Bolton - Chorley Rd hrly 1045 -1745 | 21119 | 715 B6 | 715 | y | P | ||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 04/09/2000 | Minor changes to times | 21431 | 715 B6 | 715 | y | p | ||
| FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 24/06/2001 | FM ESu rerouted via Park Rd in Westhoughton partially replacing withdrawn 558. Times changed: Now ESu hrly | 22182 | 715 | 715 | y | |||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 27/08/2001 | PH times changed:hrly BN-Wingates by BLU. Commercial MS daytime ev30mins by BlueBus. Supported ESu hrly by FM. | 22288 | 515 715 | 515 | y | E | ||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 27/08/2001 | 1001 reprint | 22496 | 515 715 | 515 | 1001 reprint | y | ||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 29/03/2002 | PH times changed: now to Su times supported FM hrly | 22920 | 515 715 | 515 | y | E | ||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 26/05/2002 | ESu FM jnys divert via New Springs replacing 614 | 22920 | 515 715 | 515 | y | E | ||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 02/09/2002 | Minor changes to route in Bolton town centre and times | 23209 | 515 715 | 515 | y | E | ||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 07/10/2002 | No change listed | 23379 | 515 715 | 515 | y | E | ||
| BLU FM | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 28/04/2003 | early morning and early E times changed | 23771 | 515 715 | 515 | y | |||
| BLU | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 29/06/2003 | ESu divert to omit New Springs (Replaced by Route 614) All jnys now Blue Bus. Times changed ev20/40mins with 615 to give ev20mins common section. Supported ESuPH hrly. | 23913 | 515 547 548 715 | 515 | y | |||
| BLU | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 05/09/2003 | supported FS NIGHT service by FM replacing 615 jnys: 2335 0035 0135 0235 from Wigan - Aspull | 24042 | 715 | 515 | CL | y | ||
| FM | Wigan - Aspull | 05/09/2003 | FS Night 615 service withdrawn- replaced by 715 at similar times | 24043 | 615 | 516.1 | cl | y | ||
| FM | 23/02/2004 | F&S late evening journeys withdrawn | ||||||||
| BLU | Bolton - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 23/02/2004 | Timetable and route in Wigan revised | BL040223 | 515 547 548 715 | 515 | Y | |||
| BLU | 20/09/2004 | no change listed | BL040920 | 515 547 548 715 | 515 | Y | ||||
| ANW | 09/01/2006 | no changes made | A060109 | 515 547 548 715 | 515 | Y | ||||
| ANW | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Westhoughton - Aspull - Wigan | 23/04/2006 | no changes made : linked to 515: M-S daytime ev30mins. Supported ESu hrly | A060423 | 515 715 | 515 | Y | E | ||
| ANW | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Westhoughton - Aspull - Wigan | 28/01/2008 | no changes made : linked to 515 :M-S ev30mins. NESu | A080128 | 515 715 | 515 | Y | E | ||
| ANW | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Westhoughton - Aspull - Wigan | 31/03/2008 | M-F 0820 from BN now S & SchHol. Sch now from Aspull 0856. M-F 0848 from WN now also S. | A080331 | 515 715 | 515 | CL | Y | E | |
| ANW | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Westhoughton - Aspull - Wigan | 27/04/2008 | ESu no longer by ANW. PH jnys withdrawn | A080427 | 515 715 | 515 | Y | E | ||
| ANW | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Westhoughton - Aspull - Wigan | 31/08/2008 | no change listed: linked to 515 | A080427 | 515 715 | 515 | ????? | Y | ||
| ANW | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Westhoughton - Aspull - Wigan | 26/10/2009 | no change listed: linked to 715 | A091026 | 515 715 | 515 | Y | |||
| ANW | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Westhoughton - Aspull - Wigan | 02/05/2010 | no change listed: linked to 515 | A100502 | 515 715 | 515 | Y | E | ||
| ANW MTV | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 01/05/2011 | BLU = ANW; Supported ESu by Maytree Travel. SuPH 2140 from BN & 2240 from WN withdrawn | 28384 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| ANW MTV | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 30/10/2011 | Early E times changed. MF1820 from BN withdrawn. Commercial MS daytime ev30mins by ANW: supported ESu hrly by Maytree Travel | 28638 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| ANW MTV | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 30/01/2012 | M-S 1750 from Bolton, 1845 from Wigan now run by Maytree Travel: | 12-0093 | 715 | 715 | cl | y | View timetable | |
| ANW MTV | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 30/01/2012 | 912 reprint | 121398 | 715 | 715 | y | |||
| ANW MTV | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 27/01/2013 | MS 1720 from BN 1755 from Wigan withdrawn | 13-0081 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| ANW | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 07/04/2013 | Emergency 90 day ESu daytimes contract awarded after Maytree Travel suddenly ceased trading | 13-0525 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| ANW | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 15/04/2013 | Addtl MS1755 from WN to BN | 13-0525 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| ANW | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 27/10/2013 | Times changed with MS daytime jnys running hrly | 131750 | 715 | 715 | y | |||
| ANW SLT | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 28/10/2013 | Commercial MS daytime hrly jnys now by SLT; hrly by ANW. Supported ESu hrly by ANW. | 13-1894 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| SLT | Middlebrook – Bolton | 27/04/2014 | New early morning/early evening route 715A between Middlebrook, Ladybridge and Bolton. | |||||||
| ANW SLT | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 27/04/2014 | SLT jnys now via Platt Lane, Durham St, St Stephens Av in Whelley. Addtl SLT hrly MS daytime jnys Ladybridge - BN. Times changed. Addtl 715A peak Middlebrook - Ladybridge - Bolton MS0744 S 0844IN MS1750 MF1850 1950 OUT | 14-0257 | 715 715A | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| 27/04/2014 | 613 No longer serve St Stephens Av, Durham St and Platt La - replaced by rerouted 715 by SLT. | 14-0596 | 613 614 | 613 | replacement | y | View timetable | |||
| ANW SLT WCW | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 31/08/2014 | SLT 715 early E times changed. Addtl Coll jnys by WCW: 1635 from WN to Westhaughton; 0744 reverse | 14-1098 | 715 715A | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| ANW SLT | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 12/04/2015 | MS daytime SLT no longer via Durham St Whelley - replaced by 613. ESuPH now run by SLT not via Chequerbent. Times changed. 715A withdrawn - partly replaced by 715 and 574 | 150416 | 715 | 715 | y | |||
| ANW DIA | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 30/08/2015 | ANW jnys now curtailed to run ev30mins BN-Westhaughton . 715A not listed | 15-1219 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| ANW DIA | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 03/04/2016 | ANW times changed | 16-0181 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| DIA | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 24/07/2016 | All ANW jnys withdrawn. Diamond jnys now hrly full route plus hrly Westhaughton - BN. Supported ESu hrly. Diverted in Aspull no longer serve north side of Ladybridge Est | 16-0848 | 715 | 715 | y | p | View timetable | |
| DIA | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 03/09/2017 | Rerouted in Bolton town centre to serve the new Interchange. | 17-1217 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| DIA | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 30/10/2017 | MS1625 from Wigan retimed to 1615. 1730 from Westhoughton to Bolton now 1725. Addtl MF 0840 from Bolton to Westhoughton. | 17-4197 | 715 | 715 | y | View timetable | ||
| DIA | Bolton - Ladybridge - Westhaughton - Aspull - Wigan | 02/09/2018 | M-S daytime times changed. Jnys towards Bolton diverted via Moor La and Ormrod St in Bolton town centre. | 18-1051 | 715 | 715 | y | p | View timetable | |
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 27/01/2019 | Times of M-S daytime journeys changed | 18-1800 | 715 | 715 | y | p | View timetable | |
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 27/01/2019 | Addtl S jnys: 0808 from Westhaughton - Bolton; 0840 Bolton - WH | 190119 | 715 | 715 | CL | y | p | |
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 26/01/2020 | M-S daytime journeys changed to run between Westhoughton and Bolton only. Times are also changed. New 715 timetable | 20-SC-0006 | 715 | Y | View timetable | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 28/03/2020 | hrly S daytime services between Westhoughton and Bolton. Normal ESu services. hrly | 265993 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 30/03/2020 | hrly S daytime services between Westhoughton and Bolton. Normal ESu services. hrly | 265994 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 14/04/2020 | M-S daytime hrly Bolton - Westhaughton plus E hrly Wigan - Bolton | 265991 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| WOB | Wigan - Aspull - Ladybridge - Deane - Bolton | 19/04/2020 | Run by Diamond. All journeys will be run by Warrington’s Own Buses on SuPH. A temporary Timetable will also be in operation. 715 (Diamond/Warrington's Own Buses): All Su journeys between Wigan and Bolton taken over by Warrington's Own Buses. M-S journeys remain unchanged. | 265767 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 20/04/2020 | Run by Diamond M-S hrly no changes: SuPH journeys will be run by Warrington’s Own Buses on SuPH. All Su journeys between Wigan and Bolton taken over by Warrington's Own Buses. M-S journeys remain unchanged. | 265992 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 11/05/2020 | M-S hrly daytime; E ev2hrs; | 265768 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 26/05/2020 | ev30mins M-S daytime (Bolton-Westhoughton); ev2hrs M-S E (Bolton-Wigan) | 265769 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| WOB | Wigan - Aspull - Ladybridge - Deane - Bolton | 08/06/2020 | 715: Ev 130 mins Sunday services | 265491 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 14/06/2020 | 715: ev30mins M-S daytime (Bolton-Westhoughton); hrly M-S E (Bolton-Wigan) | no tt | ||||||
| DIA | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 15/06/2020 | ev30mins M-S daytime (Bolton-Westhoughton); hrly M-S E (Bolton-Wigan) | 265490 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| DIA WOB | Wigan - Aspull - Ladybridge - Deane - Bolton | 22/06/2020 | SuPH hrly : 0950 - 2050; 1050 - 2150 from Wigan DIA M-S daytime hrly | 265287 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| DIA WOB | Bolton - Deane - Ladybridge - Aspull - Wigan | 30/08/2020 | TfGM Bus Guide issued | 20-SC-0462 | 715 | 715 | 266597 | Y | View timetable | |
| WOB | Wigan - Aspull - Ladybridge - Deane - Bolton | 07/09/2020 | SuPH hrly 0950 - 2050 | 266361 | 715 | 715 | Y | |||
| WOB | 25/10/2020 | 520/715: Looks like the Sunday 715 services is being continued to be operated by Warrington's Own Buses until 8 November, running to Wigan. Vision Bus are running the Monday-Saturday E journeys on services 520 until 8 November, when they start the Sunday services too. | 20-SC-0530 | View timetable | ||||||
| DIA | 715 Bolton – Westhoughton – (Wigan) | 25/10/2020 | This services will be renumbered to services 520. Combined with new services 20, there will be Buses along Deane Rd into Bolton ev15mins Mon-Sat daytime. There are also some minor Timetable changes. Following changes to TfGM contracts, the subsidised E journeys will be operated by another operator, on a revised Timetable, and will only operate to Westhoughton, no longer extending to Wigan. | 20SC0571 | View timetable |