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125
Stagecoach North West Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 in Chorley, November 2014
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach In Lancashire
Garage	Chorley
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 Dennis Trident 2
Peak vehicle requirement	24
Predecessors	Stagecoach In Lancashire Route 125/126/12
Night-time	Final service is at 2305 from Chorley and 2335 from Preston
Route
Start	Preston and Bolton and Chorley
Via	Horwich Chorley Clayton-le-Woods Bamber Bridge
End	Preston and Bolton and Chorley
Length	13.1 miles (21.1 km)
Service
Level	Daily Service
Frequency	Every 10 Mins (Mon to Saturday Daytimes) Every 30 Mins (Evenings and Sundays)
Journey time	Up to 2 hours
Operates	Daily Service until 2335 from Preston and 2305 from Chorley

The Route 125 is a major bus route operating between Bolton and Preston, operated by Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire. Originally the '125' was operated by Ribble Motor Services from the 1940's onward.

History

A Ribble Motor Services, Northern Counties, Volvo Olympian, operating on the 125's sister service, route 126.

Originally the Route 125 was the mainstream route between Preston and Bolton. The route operated alongside Ribble's *12_* bus services. These included the 123, which operated between Preston and Wigan; the 124, that operated between Chorley and Blackburn; the 125 between Bolton and Preston and the 126 between Preston and Horwich.

Nearly all of these routes have either been replaced or phased out. The Route 123 was subsequently replaced by a new Route 113 in the 1970's , which has lasted until today. The Route 124 has lasted until today although is now operated by Transdev Lancashire United as Route 24. The Route 126 lasted until 2009 when Stagecoach North West decided merge both the 125 and 126 together.

In 2009 Stagecoach announced the purchase of 24 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400's to replace an aging fleet off Dennis Trident 2's that had been operating since 2004.

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  Dennis Trident 2 on Route 126.
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  Chorley Interchange

In 2015 Stagecoach announced that they would be re branding the Route 125 as a Stagecoach Gold route, operating from November 2015.

Route

The Route 125 operates between Preston and Bolton.

Stop	Route 125
Preston Bus Station	125,125C
Walton -le- Dale, Yew Tree	125, 125C
Walton -le -Dale, Chorley Road	125, 125C
Walton -le- Dale, Preston Road	125, 125C
Bamber Bridge, Preston Road	125, 125C
Bamber Bridge, Withy Trees	125
Bamber Bridge, Sainsbury's	125C
Bamber Bridge, Hob Inn	125
Clayton -le- Woods, Holiday Inn	125/125C
Clayton -le- Woods, ESSO	125/125C/125PHS
Clayton Brook, Barn Meadow	125/125C/125PHS
Clayton Brook, Village Ctr'	125/125C/125PHS
Clayton Brook, Westwood Rd	125/125C/125PHS
Clayton -le- Woods, The Pines	125/125PHS
Clayton -le- Woods, Cloverfield	125/125PHS
Clayton -le- Woods, Swansey Garage	125/125PHS
Whittle -le- Woods, St John's Church	125/125PHS
Whittle -le- Woods, Sea View	125/125PHS
Chorley, Hospital	125
Chorley, All Seasons Leisure Ctr	125
Chorley, Booths	125
Chorley, Interchange Stand J	125/125C/125PHS
Chorley, Albany HS	125
Adlington, Chorley Old Road	125
Adlington, Elephant and Castle	125
Horwich, The Crown Hotel	125
Horwich, Montserrat Road	125
Horwich, Ivy Road	125
Bolton, Town Centre	125
Bolton, Bus Station	125

Notes

Route 125C Operates to Preston College on a limited stop basis at 0730 from Chorley and 1635 from Preston College. Route 125PHS operates to Bolton from the Holiday Inn hotel in Clayton-le-Woods, via Parklands High School. Although the route is for Parklands' students the bus route is a public one.

Buses from Preston after 2100 (Mon-Sat) and 1700(Sundays) operate only to Horwich. On Sundays the 125 terminates at Clayton Brook after 2305.