Route History

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
And now, Wigan Corporation Transport Department routes from September 1969. Some infrequent schools / works services are omitted.

1. Wigan - Beech Hill.
2. Wigan - Ashton in Makerfield via Wigan Road
2A. Wigan - Ashton in Makerfield via Old Road.
3. Wigan - Hindley (Castle Hill Estate)
3A. Wigan - Hindley (Whiteside Avenue)
3D. Wigan - Lower Ince
3E. Wigan - Belle Green Lane
4. Wigan - Evan House Farm.
5. Wigan - Standish (Graham Farm)
5A. Wigan - Standish (Pepper Lane)
5B. Wigan - Standish (Bradley Mills) (infrequent)
7. Wigan - Abbey Lakes
8. Wigan - Bleachworks
8A. Wigan - Bleachworks - Red Rock (infrequent)
8B. Occasional peak hour variant of 8.
9. Wigan - Norley Hall.
10. Wigan - Worsley Mesnes - Stubshaw Cross.
10B. Wigan - Hawkley Hall.
10C. Wigan - Worsley Mesnes.
12. Wigan - Abram (Crankwood Road)
13. Wigan - Bickershaw
14. Wigan - New Springs.
15. Wigan - Bolton via Aspull / Wingates.
(Joint with Bolton)
16. Wigan / Blackrod - Horwich
17. Wigan - Blackrod via Haigh.
18. Wigan - Blackrod via Scot Lane.
18A. Blackrod - Horwich.
19. Wigan - Windy Arbour
19A Wigan - New Houses
(joint with Ribble & St. Helens)
20. Standish - Orrell Post / Kitt Green (infrequent)
21. Wigan - Kitt Green via City Road
21C. Wigan - Kitt Green via Bell Lane.
22. Wigan - Marsh Green.
23. Wigan - Worsley Hall.
24. Wigan - Bottling Wood.
25. Wigan - Beech Hill.

Several routes had some journeys that were linked across Wigan Town Centre, changing route numbers at the town centre:
1 with 2/2A;
3/3A with 4;
5/5A with 7;
12 with 22/23;
13 with 23;
14 with 25;

Joint services
With LUT : 32
With LUT & Leigh : X85
With Ribble: 333 /343
With Ribble & St. Helens: 342 /352 /352, plus St. Helens local services 51A, 52, 53 & 55.
With LUT, Ribble & St. Helens : 320

X85. Wigan - Culcheth - Irlam
(rail replacement service for the Wigan Central branch)
320 Wigan - Liverpool
333 / 343 Wigan - Wrightington / High Moor
342 Wigan - Billinge.
352 /362 Wigan - St. Helens.
352 Wigan - St. Helens - Widnes (Su only)

Apart from 320, and (I think) 333 /343, I don't think that Wigan provided any vehicles for these joint services (although it could possibly have provided some duplicates on 352 / 362 when Wigan RLFC were playing at St. Helens).