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1: Bolton - Blackburn

*UPDATED 10th July 2022*

The 1 connects Bolton in Greater Manchester with Blackburn in Lancashire. It runs every 20 minutes Mon-Sat daytimes, hourly in the evenings with a half-hourly daytime-only service on Sundays. Additional short journeys run between Blackburn and Darwen only. This service is operated by The Blackburn Bus Company, part of Transdev. Click here to discover more bus routes in the North West.




Places served




The 1 starts from Stand B at Bolton Interchange


Next is the Wood Street stop on Bradshawgate:



Timetable

You can find the full timetable on the following websites



Here are your links for live scheduled bus times from major stops towards Blackburn:

...and back towards Bolton:


Fares


The cheapest ticket that is valid the full length of route 1 is the Transdev Lancashire 1 Day ticket at £7.50 for an adult. It is valid all day on all Transdev buses within their Lancashire Zone which stretches as far as Keighley, Skipton, Clitheroe, Preston, Chorley, Bury, Littleborough and Todmorden.

If you're travelling further afield on Transdev routes, then the Transdev Daytripper ticket at £12 for an adult is also valid throughout route 1 and on all Transdev routes throughout Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Yorkshire (except for their CityZap and Coastliner services).

For shorter journeys, the Transdev Blackburn 1 Day ticket at £5 is valid on the 1 between Blackburn and Darwen Cemetery, and the Transdev Blackburn Local 1 Day ticket at £4.40 is valid between Blackburn and Earcroft, Darwen Vale School.

See single fares here and below, and return fares here (for longer journeys, the day tickets described above act as the return fare). An adult single from Blackburn to Bolton is currently £6.50.


If you're only going to be travelling within Greater Manchester, which on the 1 means between Bolton and Moss Cottages in Dimple, then you can use System One's range of multi-operator and multi-modal tickets, which are valid on all buses in Greater Manchester. An adult off-peak any bus Day Saver is currently £6.40.

The TfGM Wayfarer day out ticket at £15.20 for an adult is valid on the 1 between Bolton and Darwen Town Centre. It's valid throughout Greater Manchester and into parts of the neighbouring counties, including most of the Peak District, on buses, trains and trams. It can't be bought on the bus, so make sure you buy one before you board.


If you're connecting by train, then Greater Manchester Plusbus tickets have the same validity as the System One Day Saver mentioned above, which on the 1 means Bolton to Dimple only.

Blackburn & Accrington Plusbus has the same validity as Transdev's Blackburn zone tickets, which on the 1 means Blackburn to Darwen Cemetery only.


Connections


See a map of all bus routes in Bolton here. From Bolton Interchange, you can connect with the following major routes:

Connect in Blackburn for the following major destinations:


The 1 passes close to the following railway stations:



Alternatives

Diamond 533 provides an alternative route between Bolton and Egerton.

Within Bolton, additional routes along Blackburn Road are Arriva 534, Vision 535 & 537.

For direct journeys between Bolton, Darwen and Blackburn, the only alternative to the 1 is the train service operated by Northern Rail. Timetable here. An adult off-peak single from Bolton to Blackburn on the train costs £6.80 and an off-peak (travel after 0859 weekdays, anytime weekends) return costs £6.90, making the train cheaper than the bus for a simple end-to-end return journey. See more train fares here.


Long Distance Footpaths










Click here to discover more bus routes in the North West.


All of the information in this post is correct at the time of writing, but please check the relevant links before travelling.


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