Wigan Coachways

[thomasl1231]

RE: Wigan Coachways

(23/05/2014 18:00)VolvoB10M Wrote:  I've heard people (passengers and one of the drivers) on 600 mentioning a new bus next year to run the 600 (possibly the academic year in September), does anyone know if this is true and what will be replaced?

If it's a new bus for Wigan Coachways it will most definitely not be 'new' haha, probably a cast of B7TL or something like that. Also in terms of buses:

M56AWW usually goes the morning 655 from Golborne Queen Anne to St. John Rigby College via Winstanley, and then it usually does an evening journey from St. John Rigby College to Leigh via Golborne (not stopping at Winstanley) on a 655 I think.

F600GVO usually does a morning 663 service from Tyldesley to St. John Rigby College via Leigh Bus Station and Winstanley College, and then it usually does 'the dinner bus' 600 from St. John Rigby College to Leigh via Winstanley College, then a short 600 to Ashton then does a 600 from Winstanley to Leigh at 16:07, then does a 17:08 Leigh to Wigan 600.

N213TDU, N216TDU and N551VDC either usually do 633s throughout the day, then do the 'dinner bus' 960 from Winstanley College (not stopping at St. John Rigby College) to Wigan, then a short 575 up to Chorley New Road at Horwich, then a 16:35 540 from Bolton to Wigan;

OR! They will do an early bus in the morning from Leigh to St. John Rigby College via Winstanley College, and then do a 14:01 352 to Winstanley College and then back to Wigan, and then a 16:07 departure on a 963 from Winstanley College to Leigh Bus Station, and then a 598 from Leigh back to Wigan. N551VDC is usually found doing this;

OR! They will do not much throughout the day then end up on the 16:07 633 from Winstanley College to Wigan Bus Station. I think the return journey to Winstanley College afterwards has been cancelled now, but don't take my word on it!!!;

OR! One will end up doing the 'late bus' from Tyldesley to St. John Rigby College via Leigh Bus Station and Winstanley College at 08:45AM, and then some 600s throughout the morning.

Finally, T42PVM usually does a morning 963 service from Tyldesley to St. John Rigby College via Leigh Bus Station and Winstanley College, and then does 352s throughout the day from Wigan Bus Station to Winstanley College and vice versa, changing to 633s at 13:00 from Wigan to Winstanley College, then changing later on to do the 'long' 600 from St. John Rigby College to Tyldsley, changing to a 25 at Leigh Bus Station.

These do change, however, and you see the odd appearance of coaches and stuff sometimes on the routes!

Hope this helps!