When Bee Network bus services launch on 24 September, improvements are planned in Bolton, Wigan and parts of Bury, Salford and Manchester – the first to be brought under local control – that will see them run earlier and later, better integrating them with first and last train and tram services.
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3/4: Wigan - Kitt Green Circular
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- Monday - Friday: services start 30 minutes earlier.
- Saturdays and Sundays: services start 2 hours earlier.
- Monday – Saturday evenings: improved to every 30mins until end of service.
- Sunday daytime: frequency improved to every 30 mins.
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- Monday - Friday: services will run 90 minutes longer.
- Monday – Saturday evenings: improved to every 30 mins until end of service.
- Sundays: services will start 60 minutes earlier and will run 60 minutes later.
- Sunday daytime: improved to every 30 minutes.
7: Bolton - Wigan
Towards Wigan
- Services start 30 minutes earlier Monday - Friday.
- Services start 2 hours earlier on Saturdays.
- Services start an hour earlier on Sundays.
- Services will run 60 minutes later Monday - Sunday.
Towards Bolton
- Services start 30 minutes earlier Monday - Friday.
- Services will start 90 minutes earlier on Saturdays.
- Services will start 60 minutes earlier on Sundays.
- Services will run 60 minutes later Monday - Saturday.
- Services with finish 2 hours later from Wigan.
8: Bolton - Manchester City Centre
- Monday - Friday: increase in frequency to 12 minutes (down from 15 minutes).
- Extended to Shudehill from Market St.
8: Leigh - Wigan
Towards Wigan
- Monday - Saturday evenings: services improved to every 30 minutes until the end of service.
- Monday - Friday: 90 minutes earlier start.
- Monday - Saturday: 30 minutes later finish from Leigh.
- Saturdays: 2 hour earlier start.
- Sunday: 90 minutes earlier start.
- Sunday: 60 minutes later finish from Leigh.
Towards Leigh
- Monday - Saturday evenings: improved to every 40 minutes until the end of service.
- Monday - Saturday: 90 minute later finish from Wigan.
- Sunday: 2 hour later finish from Wigan.
9: Higher Folds - Wigan
Towards Wigan
- Monday - Friday: 60 minutes earlier start.
- Saturday - Sunday: 2 hour earlier start.
- Sunday daytime: improved to every 30 minutes.
Towards Leigh
- Monday - Friday: 60 minutes later finish.
- Saturday - Sunday: 90 later finish.
- Sunday daytime: improved to every 30 minutes.
10: Brookhouse - Manchester City Centre
- Monday - Friday: services will run 30 minutes earlier and 30 minutes later from Manchester.
- Saturday: services will run 60 minutes earlier to Manchester and 30 minutes later from Manchester.
- Sundays: services will run 90 minutes earlier to Manchester and 30 minutes later from Manchester.
- Better integration with first and last Eccles trams.
34 / 34A: Bryn - Manchester City Centre
- Renumbering to 35 to remove clash with Arriva 34 to St Helens.
36/37: Bolton - Manchester City Centre
- Monday – Saturday: Increase in frequency from 15 to 12 minutes.
- Sundays: frequency changed to every 20 minutes (from 30 minutes) during shopping hours
126: Leigh - Trafford Centre
- Sunday: daytime services increased to hourly services, coordinated with route 132 over common section.
163: Bury - Manchester City Centre
- Monday – Saturday: Increase in frequency from 15 to 12 minutes.
362: Standish - Wigan
Towards Wigan
- Monday - Friday: services start 2 hours earlier.
- Saturday: services start 2.5 hours earlier.
- Sunday: services start 30 minutes earlier.
Towards Standish
- Monday - Friday: services finish 60 minutes later.
- Sunday: services finish 30 minutes later.
471: Bolton - Rochdale
- Monday – Saturday: services will run 30 minutes later from Bolton and 60 minutes later from Rochdale.
- Saturdays: Services will run 60 minutes earlier and will finish 30 minutes later from Manchester.
- Sundays: Services will run 30 minutes later from Bolton, the frequency will also be increased to every 20 minutes during shopping hours.
- Improved train connection.
- Frequency increased to every 20 minutes during shopping hours.
472 / 474: Bury - Ramsbottom Circular
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- Monday – Saturday: services will run 60 minutes later from Bury
- Sunday: services will run 2 hours earlier from Ramsbottom and 90 minutes later from Bury.
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- Monday - Friday: services will run 30 minutes earlier from Ramsbottom and 90 minutes later from Bury.
- Saturdays: services will start 2 hours earlier from Ramsbottom and 90 minutes later from Bury.
- Sunday: services will start 3 hours earlier from Ramsbottom and 90 minutes later from Bury.
501: Farnworth - Bolton
- Monday - Saturday: late evening services improved to every 30 minutes until the end of the service.
524: Bolton - Bury
- Monday - Saturday: late evening services improved to every 12 minutes (down from 15 minutes).
- Sundays: services improved to every 20 minutes (down from 30 minutes).
534: Oldhams Estate - Bolton
- Monday - Friday: services start 40 minutes earlier from Oldhams Estate.
- Saturdays: services start 60 minutes earlier from Oldhams Estate.
- Sundays: services start 2 hours earlier from Oldhams Estate. Frequency of services increased to every 30 minutes during shopping hours.
562: Bolton - Withins Estate Circular
- Monday - Friday: services start 40 minutes earlier and will run for 60 minutes longer.
- Saturdays: services start 75 minutes earlier and will run 60 minutes later.
- Sundays: services start 60 minutes earlier and will run 60 minutes later.
575 / 576: Wigan - Bolton
- Sundays: services start 60 minutes earlier from Wigan.
582: Leigh - Bolton
- Monday - Saturday: services improved to every 12 minutes (down from 15 minutes).
- Sundays: services improved to every 20 minutes (down from 30 minutes).
- New times for train connections in Bolton.
635: Shevington - Vale Wigan Infirmary
Towards Wigan
- Monday - Friday: services start 2 hours earlier.
- Saturday: services start 2.5 hours earlier.
- Sunday: services start 30 minutes earlier.
Towards Shevington
- Monday - Friday: services finish 60 minutes later.
- Sunday: services finish 30 minutes later.
640 / 641: Wigan - Shevington Moor Circular
- Saturdays: services start 60 minutes earlier.
- Monday - Saturday: services start 60 minutes earlier.
- Monday - Saturday: services finish 2 hours later.
V1: Leigh - MRI
V2: Atherton - MRI
V4: Ellenbrook - MRI
- Revised timetable to bring back eight buses per hour on core section (four buses per hour on Sundays) and through service to Atherton.
- V4 reinstated.
- Last three buses from MRI extend from Leigh to Atherton to provide through journeys rather than connection.