This is a list of bus routes in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. First Greater Manchester and Maytree Travel (whose headquarters are based in Bolton) are the major operator of bus services in the area, which includes Farnworth, Horwich and Westhoughton. Other services in the Bolton area are provided by Arriva North West, Rossendalebus, South Lancs Travel, Stagecoach Manchester, Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire and Tyrer Bus.
Services[]
The following services operate in the Bolton area:[1][2]
Key
- File:BSicon BUS.svg - Service serves or stops within walking distance of a bus/coach station
- File:National Rail logo.svg - Service serves or stops within walking distance of a railway station
- File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG - Service serves or stops within walking distance of a Metrolink station
- File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG Date - Service serves or stops within walking distance of a future Metrolink station with opening date.
- File:BSicon MBAHN.svg - Service serves or stops within walking distance of a East Lancashire Railway station
| No | Operator(s) | From | To | Via | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancashire United | Blackburn File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Darwen File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg, Egerton, Astley Bridge | |
| 8 | First Greater Manchester | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Manchester Shudehill File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg Manchester Victoria File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG | Moses Gates File:National Rail logo.svg, Farnworth, Kearsley, Pendlebury, Pendleton | First Overground: Green Line |
| 8 night bus |
Manchester Piccadilly File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG | Nightbus | |||
| 22 | First Greater Manchester | Stockport File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Burnage, Barlow Moor Road Metrolink station File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG from 2016, Chorlton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG, Stretford File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG, Urmston File:National Rail logo.svg, Davyhulme, Trafford Centre File:BSicon BUS.svg, Eccles File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG, Monton, Swinton File:National Rail logo.svg, Pendlebury, Kearsley, Farnworth | |
| Stagecoach Manchester | Daytime only | ||||
| Arriva North West | Evenings only | ||||
| 31 | Maytree Travel | Farnworth File:BSicon BUS.svg | Manchester Shudehill File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg Manchester Victoria File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG | Little Hulton, Walkden File:National Rail logo.svg, Pendleton | Monday-Saturday daytime |
| First Greater Manchester | Sunday daytime | ||||
| 36 | First Greater Manchester | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Manchester Piccadilly File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG | Little Hulton, Walkden, Swinton, Pendleton | First Overground: Cyan Line |
| 37 | First Greater Manchester | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Manchester Piccadilly File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG | Moses Gates File:National Rail logo.svg, Farnworth, Walkden, Swinton, Pendleton | First Overground: Rose Pink Line |
| 68 | First Greater Manchester | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | The Trafford Centre File:BSicon BUS.svg | Farnworth, Little Hulton, Walkden File:National Rail logo.svg, Worsley, Eccles File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG | |
| 125 | Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire | Preston File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bamber Bridge File:National Rail logo.svg, Chorley File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg, Adlington, Horwich | |
| Arriva North West | Rivington Blackrod High School | Horwich | Schooldays only (some journeys display 126) | ||
| Tyrer Bus | |||||
| 273 | Rossendalebus | Rawtenstall File:BSicon BUS.svg File:BSicon MBAHN.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Edenfield, Ramsbottom File:BSicon MBAHN.svg, Holcombe Brook, Hawkshaw, Bradshaw, Tonge Moor | Monday-Saturday daytime |
| Maytree Travel | Sunday daytime only | ||||
| 300 | South Lancs Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | The Trafford Centre File:BSicon BUS.svg | M61 motorway, M60 motorway | |
| 471 | First Greater Manchester | Rochdale File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG from 2012 | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Sudden, Heywood File:BSicon MBAHN.svg, Bury File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG File:BSicon MBAHN.svg, Breightmet | First Overground: Pink Line |
| 480 | Rossendalebus | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bury File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG File:BSicon MBAHN.svg | Bradshaw, Hawkshaw, Greenmount, Tottington, Walshaw | |
| 500 | Maytree Travel | Bolton Town Centre File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bolton Town Centre File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bolton Interchange File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg, Sainsburys, Crompton Place Shopping Centre, Market Place Shopping Centre, Bolton bus station File:BSicon BUS.svg, University of Bolton | Metroshuttle |
| 501 | First Greater Manchester | Moss Bank Way | Farnworth File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg, Royal Bolton Hospital, Hollins | First Overground: Yellow Line |
| 502 503 |
Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg, | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg, | Royal Bolton Hospital, Morris Green, Ladybridge, Deane | Service 503 runs in opposite direction |
| 507 | First Greater Manchester | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Harwood | Tonge Moor | First Overground: Red Line. Daytime only. |
| Maytree Travel | Evenings only | ||||
| 510 | First Greater Manchester | Bury File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG File:BSicon MBAHN.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Walshaw, Ainsworth, Withins | Monday-Saturday daytime only. |
| Maytree Travel | Monday-Saturday evenings | ||||
| Arriva North West | Sundays | ||||
| 512 513 |
First Greater Manchester | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bury File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG File:BSicon MBAHN.svg | Great Lever, Farnworth File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg, Kearsley File:National Rail logo.svg, Outwood, Whitefield (513), Radcliffe | |
| 514 | South Lancs Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Middlebrook File:National Rail logo.svg | Daubhill, Ladybridge, Lostock | |
| 515 | South Lancs Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Ladybridge | ||
| 516 517 |
South Lancs Travel | Leigh File:BSicon BUS.svg | Horwich | Atherton, Daisy Hill File:National Rail logo.svg, Westhoughton File:National Rail logo.svg, Middlebrook File:National Rail logo.svg Horwich Parkway | Monday-Saturday daytime (516/517) plus Sunday evening journeys (516) |
| 516 | Maytree Travel | Monday-Saturday evenings | |||
| First Greater Manchester | Sunday daytime plus schoolday journeys | ||||
| Tyrer Bus | Schoolday afternoons between Horwich and Hindley | ||||
| Arriva North West | Schooldays between Horwich and Daisy Hill | ||||
| 519 | First Greater Manchester | Johnson Fold | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Chorley Old Road | First Overground: Indigo Line. Daytime only |
| Maytree Travel | Monday-Saturday evenings only | ||||
| Arriva North West | Sunday evenings only | ||||
| 521 | South Lancs Travel | Little Lever | Blackrod | Farnworth File:BSicon BUS.svg, Royal Bolton Hospital, Over Hulton, Westhougton | |
| Arriva North West | St Joseph's RC High School | Royal Bolton Hospital | Wingates, Westhoughton, Over Hulton | One schoolday journey only | |
| 524 | First Greater Manchester | Bury File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG File:BSicon MBAHN.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Radcliffe File:BSicon BUS.svg File:Manchester metrolink logo.PNG, Little Lever, Moses Gate File:National Rail logo.svg | First Overground: Purple Line |
| 525 527 |
Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Halliwell, Smithills, Astley Bridge, Hall i'th' Wood File:National Rail logo.svg | Circulars. Service 527 runs in opposite direction |
| 526 | Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Barrow Bridge | Halliwell, Smithills | |
| 533 | First Greater Manchester | Egerton | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bromley Cross File:National Rail logo.svg, Tonge Moor | |
| Olympia Travel | Canon Slade High School | Schooldays only | |||
| South Lancs Travel | Turton High School | ||||
| 534 | Arriva North West | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Oldhams Estate | Astley Bridge | Monday-Saturday daytime. |
| Maytree Travel | Evenings and Sundays | ||||
| 535 | Arriva North West | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Belmont | Astley Bridge | |
| 536 | First Greater Manchester | Breightmet | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Leverhulme Park | Monday-Saturday daytime |
| Maytree Travel | Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime | ||||
| 537 | Arriva North West | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Edgworth | Astley Bridge, Andrew Lane, Dunscar, Bromley Cross File:National Rail logo.svg | |
| 538 | Arriva North West | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Andrew Lane | Astley Bridge | Monday-Saturday daytime route |
| 538 539 |
Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Astley Bridge, Eagley, Dunscar, Bromley Cross File:National Rail logo.svg, Hall i' th' Wood | Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime circulars. Service 539 runs in opposite direction |
| 540 | Stagecoach Manchester | Wigan File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Ince, Hindley, Castle Hill, Daisy Hill File:National Rail logo.svg, Westhoughton, Deane | |
| 541 | Arriva North West | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Toppings Estate | Bromley Cross, Hall i' th' Wood | |
| 544 | Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Little Lever | Darcy Lever | |
| 550 | South Lancs Travel | Farnworth | Little Hulton | New Bury | |
| 551 553 |
Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Leigh File:BSicon BUS.svg | Over Hulton, Little Hulton, Walkden File:National Rail logo.svg, Boothstown, Higher Green (551), Astley, Leigh Infirmary (553) | 551 runs evenings and Sundays only. 553 runs Monday-Saturday daytime only |
| 557 | South Lancs Travel | Prestolee | Highfield | Kearsley File:National Rail logo.svg, Farnworth File:BSicon BUS.svg, Harper Green | Most journeys run Prestolee-Farnworth only |
| 559 | Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Aspull | Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Hindley File:National Rail logo.svg, Pennington Green | |
| 561 562 |
First Greater Manchester | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Withins, Breightmet | Circular. Service 562 runs in opposite direction. Daytime only |
| Maytree Travel | Circular. Service 562 runs in opposite direction. Evenings only | ||||
| 570 | Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Sutton Estate | Deane | |
| 571 572 |
First Greater Manchester | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Great Lever | Circulars. Service 572 runs in opposite direction. Daytime only. |
| Maytree Travel | Circulars. Service 572 runs in opposite direction. Evenings only | ||||
| 574 | South Lancs Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Middlebrook File:National Rail logo.svg | Markland Hill | |
| 575 | Arriva North West | Wigan File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg (Arriva only) | Bolton Interchange File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | New Springs (Arriva only), Aspull (Arriva only), Blackrod File:National Rail logo.svg (Arriva only), Horwich, Chorley New Road | |
| First Greater Manchester | Horwich, Old Lord's Estate (First journeys plus Arriva evening journeys) | First Overground: Turquoise Line | |||
| Maytree Travel | Monday-Saturday evenings | ||||
| 576 | Maytree Travel | Wigan File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Bolton Interchange File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Aspull, Blackrod File:National Rail logo.svg, Horwich, Middlebrook File:National Rail logo.svg | Evenings only |
| 581 | South Lancs Travel | Leigh File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Astley, Tyldesley, Atherton File:National Rail logo.svg, Hag Fold, Over Hulton | |
| 582 | First Greater Manchester | Leigh File:BSicon BUS.svg | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Atherton File:National Rail logo.svg, Over Hulton, Daubhill | First Overground: Claret Line. |
| 685 | South Lancs Travel | Leigh File:BSicon BUS.svg | Farmworth | Atherton, Shakerley, Tyldesley, Mosley Common, Walkden File:National Rail logo.svg, Little Hulton, Royal Bolton Hospital | |
| 714 | Maytree Travel | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Blackrod File:National Rail logo.svg | Deane, Ladybridge, Lostock, Middlebrook File:National Rail logo.svg, Horwich | |
| 715 | Arriva North West | Bolton File:BSicon BUS.svg | Wigan File:BSicon BUS.svg File:National Rail logo.svg | Deane, Chew Moor, Westhoughton File:National Rail logo.svg, Wingates, Aspull, Haigh, Whelley | Monday-Saturday daytime |
| Maytree Travel | Evenings and Sundays |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Bus Times Leaflet Library. Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved on 11 April 2011.
- ↑ Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps. Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved on 21 September 2011.
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