Lancashire County Council Service Changes

[buses7675 (Website Founder)]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
I know this isn't strictly a service change but it will involve various bus routes in Lancashire...

Ormskirk Bus Station has finally reopened today (13/03/2023) after its rebuild - it has been shut since mid April 2022!

[Barney]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes

(13/03/2023 17:23)buses7675 Wrote:  I know this isn't strictly a service change but it will involve various bus routes in Lancashire...

Ormskirk Bus Station has finally reopened today (13/03/2023) after its rebuild - it has been shut since mid April 2022!

I was there yesterday and was not overly impressed. The layout of the interchange has changed very little apart from moving the new toilet facilities to the opposite side and I do wonder why it was deemed necessary to construct a two-way cycle lane that must be all of 60 metres in length.

The new stainless steel and glass bus shelters do improve the look of the place and the bus timetables are clear and positioned at a height that can be easily read but why, oh why, is a Merseyrail timetable dating from June 2021, when services were reduced because of the pandemic, displayed?

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
April's changes:

Wyre and Fylde services
Service 1 Blackpool – Cleveleys – Fleetwood (Blackpool Leaflet)

From 16 April 2023 Blackpool Transport will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the service to operate through Larkholme between Cleveleys and Fleetwood.
Service 2 Blackpool – Victoria Hospital – Poulton (Blackpool Leaflet)

From 16 April 2023 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, introducing additional peak time journeys.
Service 3 Mereside – Blackpool – Cleveleys – Cleveleys Park (Blackpool Leaflet)

From 16 April 2023 Blackpool Transport will revise the route, introducing a minor route adjustment on the Cleveleys Park loop to return via Cleveleys Avenue and West Drive to Rossall Road.
Service 11 Blackpool – St. Annes – Lytham (Blackpool Leaflet)

From 16 April 2023 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, introducing minor adjustments to Sunday times to interwork with Service 14 through to Fleetwood.
Service 14 Fleetwood – Blackpool (Blackpool Leaflet)

From 16 April 2023 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, revising Sunday times to operate every 30 minutes and interwork with Service 11 through to Lytham St. Annes.
Service 15 Blackpool – Victoria Hospital – (Staining Blackpool Leaflet)

Renumbered from Service 72, from 16 April 2023 Blackpool Transport will take over operation of this service from Transporabus. There are no changes to the route and timetable.
Ribble Valley, Burnley and Pendle services
Transdev's The Burnley Bus Company Service Revisions – (Transdev Leaflets)

From 16 April 2023 The Burnley Bus Company will introduce a number of revisions to their bus service network as follows:
Service 1 Burnley – Stoops

The timetable will be revised, with timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability.
Service 2/2A Burnley – Hospital – Nelson – Barrowford – Higherford – Colne

The timetable will be revised to maintain the regular service between Burnley and Nelson, with Service 2 continuing to operate via Waidhouse Road and Service 2A operating direct omitting Waidhouse Road. In partnership with Lancashire County Council, Service 2 will be extended through to Colne to partially replace LCC's tendered bus Service 68.

The combined services will operate generally every 30 minutes, extending every hour through to Colne, during Monday to Saturday daytime along with a new hourly Sunday daytime service throughout the whole route between Burnley, Nelson and Colne.
Service 5 Harle Syke – Burnley – Rose Grove

The timetable will be revised, introducing new evening Monday to Saturday journeys together with minor timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability.
Mainline Service M1 Burnley – Padiham – Accrington
Mainline Service M2 Burnley – Padiham – Clitheroe

The timetable will be revised, with changes to Monday to Friday peak journeys and other minor timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability.
Mainline Service M3 Burnley – Nelson – Colne – Trawden
Mainline Service M4 Burnley – Nelson – Colne – Keighley
Mainline Service M5 Burnley – Nelson – Colne – Earby – Barnoldswick
Mainline Service M6 Burnley – Nelson – Colne – Barnoldswick – Skipton

The route and timetable will be revised, with new Service M6 being introduced to replace Pendle Wizz. Service M3 will be revised to operate hourly with additional journeys Monday to Friday peak times and other minor timing adjustments across the routes to improve overall service reliability.
Pendle Wizz Burnley – Colne – Barnoldswick – Skipton

This service will be withdrawn and replaced by new Mainline Service M6.
Lancashire County Council Tendered Bus Service Network Revisions

Several of the Lancashire County Council's key tendered bus services operating in Ribble Valley, Burnley and Pendle have been subject to the award of new contracts. In preparing the new contracts, customer feedback into the current service provision has been taken into consideration, therefore with the utilisation of the funding available, the county council will introduce revisions to the tendered bus network of services across the Burnley, Pendle and Ribble Valley communities.

In line with the Enhanced Partnership commitment to avoid duplicated service numbers across the county where possible, some service numbers will also be revised.

From 16 April 2023 Lancashire County Council will introduce the following bus service revisions:
Service 60/60A Colne – Marsden Park – Nelson – Hospital – Burnley (LCC Leaflet 4)

Renumbered from Service 6, the county council will revise the route and timetable of Service 60 together with introducing a new Service 60A to enhance the frequency of the core section of route between Colne and Nelson from an hourly service to every 30 minutes. The timetable will be amended along with some minor route alterations to improve overall service reliability.

Service 60 will operate as the current route between Colne and Burnley, with new Service 60A introduced between Colne and Nelson via Birtwistle Avenue, South Valley Drive (to replace the amended Service 68) and Marsden Park.

This service will continue to link Colne, Nelson and Burnley town centres via Boundary Mill (60) or South Valley Drive (60A), Marsden Park, General Hospital (60) and Lower Manor Estate (60).

The route of the Sunday service, between Colne and Nelson, will be revised to follow the standard route, removing confusion and providing a daily bus service across the whole route between Colne and Nelson.

The services will each operate hourly during Monday to Saturday daytime, combining to operate half hourly over common sections between Colne and Nelson along with hourly Sunday daytime.

Vision Bus will operate these services on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 62 Burnley – Rose Hill Circular (LCC Leaflet 5)

Renumbered from Service 15, the county council will introduce minor adjustments to the timetable.

This service will continue to link Manchester Road Railway Station, Rose Hill and Moorland Road areas with Burnley town centre.

The service will continue to operate every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly during Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime.

Vision Bus will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 63 Burnley – Clifton Farm Circular (LCC Leaflet 5)

Renumbered from Service 14, the county council will revise the timetable.

This service will continue to link Lakeland Way and Clifton Farm estate with Burnley town centre.

The service will continue to operate every hour daily daytime.

Vision Bus will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 64 Burnley – Padiham – Sabden – Whalley – Clitheroe (LCC Leaflet 3)

The county council will revise the timetable, with minor timing adjustments to improve service reliability.

This service will continue to link Burnley and Clitheroe via Sycamore Avenue, Lowerhouse, Padiham, Sabden, Whalley and Barrow Brook.

The service will continue to operate every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime and every two hours during Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime.

Pilkingtonbus will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 65 Burnley – Padiham – Higham – Fence – Nelson (LCC Leaflet 3)

The county council will revise the route and timetable, adjusting both ends of the route. Between Nelson and Fence, the route will be revised to serve Barrowford and Nelson and Colne College, with Lomeshaye replaced with the extension of Service 69. Between Padiham and Burnley, the service will operate direct, improving journey times throughout the route, with Lowerhouse and Sycamore Avenue continuing to be served by the more frequent Service 64.

This service will continue to link Burnley and Nelson via Padiham, Higham, Fence and Barrowford.

The service will operate generally every two hours during Monday to Saturday daytime and in conjunction with Service 66, will continue to maintain an hourly service between Fence and Nelson.

Preston Bus will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 66 Clitheroe – Chatburn – Barley – Fence – Barrowford – Nelson (LCC Leaflet 3)
Service 67 Clitheroe – Chatburn – Barley – Blacko – Barrowford – Nelson

The county council will revise the route and timetable, better coordinating both services to maintain the direct service over Pendle between Clitheroe and Nelson.

On the Nelson side, both routes will continue to serve Barrowford and Nelson and Colne College, and on the Ribble Valley side the services will maintain the regular bus services for those rural communities between Barley and Clitheroe.

Following customer requests, times of key journeys serving Clitheroe schools will be adjusted to better meet student movements within the restricted capacities of the vehicles required to access the route.

These services will continue to link Clitheroe and Nelson via Waddington, West Bradford, Grindleton, Chatburn, Downham, Barley, Newchurch and Fence (66) or Roughlee and Blacko (67), Barrowford and Nelson and Colne College.

The Sunday Service 66S, previously just Summer only, will operate all year round to offer daily public transport access across the main communities of the combined Service 66/67 routes.

The services will each operate generally every two hours, combining to operate every hour, during Monday to Saturday daytime over common sections, and the Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime Service 66S will operate every two hours.

Preston Bus will operate these services on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 68 Nelson – Barrowford – Higherford – Alkincoats – Colne

The county council will withdraw this service as it will be amalgamated within the revisions to The Burnley Bus Company's extended Service 2.

With Service 2 operating direct between Nelson and Barrowford, the section of the current Service 68 route through Lomeshaye Village and Carr Hall will be replaced with the extension of Service 69.

The extended Service 2 will terminate in Colne town centre, no longer continuing through to Colne South Valley Drive, with new Service 60A maintaining the service for this area.
Service 69 Carr Hall – Nelson – Brierfield – General Hospital (LCC Leaflet 4)

The county council will revise this service extending the route to additionally serve Carr Hall and Lomeshaye village to cover the route adjustments to Services 65 and 68. With this extension, it will also restore the requested link across Nelson town centre enabling customers to access Morrisons and the Health Centre from throughout the route.

Service 69 will operate between Carr Hall, Nelson and General Hospital (Casterton Avenue) via Lomeshaye village, Chapel House Road, Kings Causeway, Brierfield centre and Chatburn Park.

The service will operate every 75 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime.

Preston Bus will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service C2 Clitheroe Town Circular (LCC Leaflet 1)

Renumbered from Service 2, there will be no other changes to this service.

Holmeswood Coaches will continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service C3 Clitheroe – Sawley Circular (LCC Leaflet 1)

Renumbered from Service 3, there will be no other changes to this service.

Pilkingtonbus will continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service C4 Clitheroe – Peel Park Circular (LCC Leaflet 1)

Renumbered from Service 4, the county council will revise the timetable, retiming and adding later afternoon journeys.

The service will continue to operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime.

Preston Bus will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Preston, South Ribble and Chorley services
Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire Timing Adjustments - (Stagecoach Leaflets)

From 16 April 2023 Stagecoach will revise the timetables on the following services, with minor timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability:
Service 2/2A Preston – Tarleton – Southport/Ormskirk
Service 9 Preston – Moor Nook
Service 109 Preston – Leyland – Chorley
Service 111 Preston – Leyland – Wigan
Service 125 Preston – Chorley – Bolton
Service X2 Preston – Southport – Liverpool
Service 12 Preston – New Longton – Longton (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 3 April 2023 Stagecoach will step in to provide a replacement service on this route following Preston Bus decision to withdraw their service with the cessation of funding from Longton Parish Council.

Stagecoach's replacement Service 12 will initially operate every hour Monday to Saturday daytime.

The Saturday service will be operated with financial support and in partnership with Lancashire County Council.
Service 113 Preston – Bamber Bridge – Leyland (LCC Leaflet 13)

Renumbered from Service 153, from 16 April 2023 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, extending the Sunday service to operate the full route through to Leyland.

Vision Bus will take over operating this service from Transdev on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service X8 Chorley – Preston – Windermere – Keswick

From 1 April 2023 Stagecoach will reintroduce the service to operate Saturday only for Summer 2023.
West Lancashire services
Service 152 St.Helens – Rainford – Bickerstaffe – Ormskirk - Haskayne – Halsall – Southport (Merseytravel Leaflet)

From 17 April 2023, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, Merseytravel will extend the service through to Southport incorporating and replacing Service 315.

Within Lancashire, the route and timetable will be revised to operate all daytime journeys via a standardised route through Bickerstaffe and Barrow Nook together with maintaining the service through Haskayne, Halsall and Shirdley Hill. The extended service will offer new public transport links across West Lancashire to Southport, Ormskirk and St.Helens.

The service will operate generally every two hours during Monday to Saturday daytime.

Huyton Travel will continue to operate this service on behalf of Merseytravel and Lancashire County Council.
Service 315 Ormskirk – Haskayne – Halsall – Southport

From 17 April 2023 Lancashire County Council will withdraw this service as it will be amalgamated within the extension to Service 152.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
May changes:


Preston and Ribble Valley services
Preston services

From 1 May 2023 Preston Bus will introduce the following bus service revisions:
Service 8 Preston – Ribbleton – Moor Nook (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The timetable will be revised, with timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability.
Service 19 Preston – Deepdale – Royal Preston Hospital (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The timetable will be revised, with timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability. All short Service 19A journeys will no longer operate.
Service 23 Preston – Plungington – Royal Preston Hospital (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The timetable will be revised, with timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability.
Service 31 Preston – Savick – Lea (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting the route in Lea to no longer serve the Thornpark/Hawthorn Crescent Loop. However, the Monday to Saturday daytime service frequency will be increased to operate up to every 20 minutes with other timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability.
Service 35 Preston – Tanterton (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The timetable will be revised, with timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability.
Preston North and Ribble Valley tendered bus service revisions

From 1 May 2023 Lancashire County Council, in partnership with Preston Bus, will introduce the following bus service revisions:
Service 25/25A Clitheroe – Mellor – Blackburn (LCC Leaflet 2)

From 1 May 2023 Lancashire County Council will revise the timetable, adjusting Sunday Service 25A journeys times. There are no changes to the Monday to Saturday service.

Pilkingtonbus will continue to operate the Monday to Saturday service and Preston Bus will continue to operate the Sunday service, both on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 43 Preston – Cottam – Fulwood Royal Preston Hospital (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The route and timetable will be revised, amending the route in Cottam to additionally serve parts of the new East-West Link Road between Hoyles Lane and Lightfoot Lane (when it opens), penetrating further into the new housing areas. Within the city centre, the service will be routed via the University Quarter and Corporation Street, maintaining reasonable access to the railway station.

With weight restrictions in place on the current route, this adjustment is required to enable the option of using full-sized buses allowing for increased capacity at peak times. Whilst Service 43 will no longer directly serve the railway station, Service 44 will be revised to serve the railway station, maintaining the direct connection, as well as retaining a service for the community around Maudland Bank and Peddar Street.

There will also be timing adjustments to improve overall reliability and all Sunday daytime journeys will be extended to operate the full route from Wychnor through to Royal Preston Hospital.

This direct service links the City Centre with Fulwood Royal Preston Hospital via University, Tom Benson Way, Cottam and Fulwood Lightfoot Lane.

The service will continue to operate up to every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime. In conjunction with Service 44 the frequency between the City Centre and Cottam will remain up to every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime. The hourly Sunday daytime service will also continue to operate throughout the whole route.
Service 44 Preston – Ashton – Ingol – Cottam (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting all journeys to additionally serve Cadley Mill Lane, replacing the amended Service 46 from this area, and via Fylde Road to directly serve the Railway Station, maintaining the link with the revisions to Service 43. With Service 44 route revised, the section of the current route through Blackpool Road, Inkerman Street, Eldon Street and Brook Street will continue to be served by Preston Bus' commercial Service 31.

The service will continue to operate the circular section around Cottam in an anti-clockwise direction to remain coordinated with Service 43. There will also be timing adjustments to improve overall service reliability.

The service will continue to operate up to every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime. In conjunction with Service 43 the frequency between the City Centre and Cottam will remain up to every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime. The hourly Sunday daytime service will also continue to operate between the City Centre and Ingol.
Service 45 Preston – Broughton – Whittingham – Longridge – Blackburn (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The timetable will be revised, adjusting times to better coordinate with other services between Preston and Broughton. The service will continue to operate in conjunction with Service 46, enhancing the service frequency between Preston and Longridge via Broughton and Whittingham.

The service will continue to operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime and two-hourly Sunday daytime service. In conjunction with Service 46 the frequency between Preston City Centre and Longridge via Broughton, Goosnargh and Whittingham will remain up to every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and now every hour during Sunday daytime.
Service 46 Preston – Woodplumpton – Broughton – Whittingham – Longridge (Preston Bus Leaflet)

The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting the service between Preston and Woodplumpton to operate more direct via Ashton Lane Ends and the University Quarter, with Cadley Mill Lane served by the revised Service 44, and introducing a new Sunday daytime service.

This will offer a more direct service from the outer sections of the route together with offering a new link through to the University Quarter and Corporation Street areas of the city centre, improving access to the railway station.

In Longridge town centre, the service will continue to loop Calder Avenue and Higher Road serving additional areas within the town including Beacon Fell Caravan Park.

The service will operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime and a new two-hourly Sunday daytime service. In conjunction with Service 45 the frequency between Preston City Centre and Longridge via Broughton, Goosnargh and Whittingham will remain up to every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and now every hour during Sunday daytime.
Service 48 Preston – Holme Slack – Longsands – RPH – Cottam – Lea (Preston Bus Leaflet)

New Service 48 will be introduced by amalgamating current Services 14, 49 & 88 into a single route. This new service will operate between Preston and Lea via Holme Slack (as per the Service 14 route), then via Ronaldsway and Cromwell Road to Longsands, restoring a bus service for this area, and onto Royal Preston Hospital via Fulwood Asda (as per the Service 49 route) before extending via Garstang Road, Lytham Road, Cadley, Tanterton, Cottam to Larches and Lea (covering the Service 88 route).

This will restore a more direct service across north Preston linking east and west to both the Hospital and key employment areas with enhanced frequencies for the busier sections of route.

The new Service 48 timetable will operate up to every 30 minutes between Preston and Royal Preston Hospital extending every hour through to Lea during Monday to Saturday daytime. A new Sunday daytime service operating on the eastern side of the route between Preston and Fulwood Asda will be introduced.
Service 14 Preston – Holme Slack
Service 49 Preston – Longsands – Fulwood Royal Preston Hospital
Service 88 Lea – Cottam – Fulwood Royal Preston Hospital

These services will be withdrawn and be amalgamated within the new Service 48.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
June - No changes.

July:


Lancaster services
Service 1/1A Heysham – Morecambe – Lancaster - University (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 2 July 2023 Stagecoach will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the route in the Heysham area to restore the service around Mossgate Park. Minor timing adjustments will be made to some Monday to Friday peak journeys to improve overall service reliability.
Service 4/X4 Lancaster - University (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 2 July 2023 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting the times for the University holidays.
Fylde services
Blackpool Transport Service Amendments

From 23 July 2023 Blackpool Transport will introduce several revisions to their network for the summer season, including some general timing amendments to overall service reliability, as follows:
Service 1 Fleetwood – Cleveleys – Blackpool – St.Annes

The route and timetable will be revised, extending the route on weekends through to St.Annes.
Service 2 Blackpool – Poulton

The timetable will be revised, introducing additional am Monday to Friday peak journeys increasing the frequency at these times.
Service 2C Blackpool – Poulton – Knott End

The timetable will be revised, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, introducing additional evening journeys and increasing the weekend frequencies. Saturday daytime will be enhanced from hourly to half-hourly and Sunday daytime will be enhanced from every 90 minutes to hourly.
Service 3 Cleveleys Park – Cleveleys – Blackpool – Mereside

The timetable will be revised, adjusting the last evening Monday to Saturday journeys to finish up to an hour earlier.
Service 4 Cleveleys – Blackpool – Mereside

The timetable will be revised, adjusting some journey times.
Service 5 Victoria Hospital – Blackpool – Halfway House

The timetable will be revised, adjusting last evening Monday to Saturday journeys to finish up to 30 minutes earlier.
Service 6 Grange Park – Blackpool – Mereside

The timetable will be revised, adjusting last evening Monday to Saturday journeys to finish up to 30 minutes earlier.
Service 7 Cleveleys – Blackpool – Lytham St.Annes

The timetable will be revised, adjusting last evening Monday to Saturday journeys to finish up to 30 minutes earlier.
Service 9 Cleveleys – Blackpool

The timetable will be revised, adjusting some journey times.
Service 11 Lytham St.Annes – Blackpool

The timetable will be revised, adjusting some early morning Monday to Saturday journeys.
Service 14 Fleetwood – Blackpool

The timetable will be revised, adjusting some journey times.
Service 15 Staining – Victoria Hospital – Blackpool

No changes.
Service 17 St.Annes – Blackpool

The timetable will be revised, adjusting some journey times.
Service 18 Blackpool – Mereside

The timetable will be revised, adjusting some journey times.
Preston services
Preston Bus Service Amendments

From 23 July 2023 Preston Bus will introduce several timing revisions to their network for the summer season, including some general timing amendments to overall service reliability, on the following services:
Service 6 Preston – Brookfield – Red Scar
Service 8 Preston – Moor Nook
Service 19 Preston – Royal Preston Hospital
Service 31 Preston – Savick – Lea
Service 35 Preston – Tanterton
Service 100 Larches – Preston – Faringdon Park
Service 23 Preston – Royal Preston Hospital – Asda

Along with the timing adjustments, the route will be amended to operate both directions in Fulwood along Pittman Way/Olivers Place to/from Asda.
Service 61 Preston – Lytham St.Annes – Blackpool

From 23 July 2023 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting journey times to improve overall service reliability in and out of Blackpool during the summer holidays.
Service 68 Preston – Kirkham – Blackpool

From 23 July 2023 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting journey times to improve overall service reliability in and out of Blackpool during the summer holidays.
West Lancashire services
Service 300 Liverpool – Haskayne – Halsall – Southport

From 23 July 2023 Arriva will revise the timetable, adjusting some journey times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 310 Skelmersdale – Ormskirk – Maghull – Liverpool (Arriva Leaflet)

From 23 July 2023 utilising funding from HM Government through the Bus Service Improvement Plan, Arriva in partnership with Lancashire County Council, will revise the timetable to extend the Monday to Saturday Evening and Sunday daytime service beyond Maghull throughout the whole route to Ormskirk and Skelmersdale.

These new Monday to Saturday Evening and Sunday daytime service journey extensions will operate every hour.
Service 313 Skelmersdale – Birch Green – Ashurst Circular (LCC Leaflet 21)

From 23 July 2023 utilising funding from HM Government through the Bus Service Improvement Plan, Lancashire County Council will introduce a new Monday to Saturday Evening and Sunday daytime service on the route between Skelmersdale, Birch Green and Ashurst.

The new Monday to Saturday Evening and Sunday daytime service extensions will operate every hour.

Arriva will operate these new journeys, there will be no changes to the Monday to Saturday service provided by Preston Bus Ltd on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 375/385 Wigan – Skelmersdale – Ormskirk – Southport

From 23 July 2023 Arriva will revise the timetable, adjusting some journey times to improve overall service reliability.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
August changes:


Lancaster services
Service 88 Lancaster – Cockerham – Garstang – Pilling – Knott End LCC Leaflet 7
Service 89 Lancaster – Cockerham – Pilling – Knott End

From 27 August 2023, utilising funding from HM Government through the Bus Service Improvement Plan and the Local Transport Fund, Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to introduce additional new public transport links in South Lancaster and Over Wyre.

New Service 88 will be introduced between Lancaster and Knott End via Garstang, to operate in conjunction with existing Service 89 between Lancaster and Knott End, enhancing the overall service frequency across much of the route. The services will operate between Lancaster and Knott End via Glasson Dock, Cockerham, Garstang (88), Nateby (88), Pilling and Preesall.

The combined Monday to Saturday service frequency will operate approximately hourly across the end-to-end route, with the unique sections approximately two-hourly. A new Sunday & Bank Holiday two hourly daytime service will also be introduced.

Certain new Service 88 journeys will additionally serve Garstang Academy on schooldays, replacing School Service 813 and partially replacing School Service 509 to improve sustainability by incorporating those duplicated sections of route.

Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches will continue to operate these services on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
September changes:


Lancaster services
Service 55 Lancaster – Carnforth (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting morning and afternoon peak times to improve overall service reliability and better coordination with Service 555.

The afternoon journey serving Ripley St.Thomas School will be revised with the change of school finish times.
Service 40/41 Lancaster – Garstang – Preston (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting the afternoon 1515 journey from Ripley St.Thomas School to depart at 1520 and operate 5 minutes later throughout due the change of school finish times.
Service 42 Lancaster – Garstang – Blackpool (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting the afternoon 1513 journey from Ripley St.Thomas School to depart at 1518 and operate 5 minutes later throughout due the change of school finish times.
Wyre services

Service 21 St.Annes – Blackpool – Cleveleys – Fleetwood (Transpora Bus Leaflet)

From 11 September 2023 Transpora Bus will revise the route and timetable, extending the service through from Cleveleys to Fleetwood via Cala Gran.
Fylde services

Service 78 St.Annes – Lytham – Kirkham – Great Eccleston (LCC Leaflet 11)

From 3 September 2023 Lancashire County Council will revise the timetable to extend the 1838 (Sat) and 1843 (Mon to Fri) journeys from Great Eccleston to Lytham through to St.Annes. There are no changes to any other journeys, Preston Bus Ltd will continue to operate the service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Preston services
Preston Bus Service Amendments (Preston Bus Leaflets)

From 3 September 2023 Preston Bus will introduce several timing revisions to their network for the start of the new school year, including some general timing amendments to improve overall service reliability, on the following services:

Service 8 Preston – Moor Nook

Service 19 Preston – Royal Preston Hospital

Service 23 Preston – Royal Preston Hospital – Asda

Service 35 Preston – Tanterton
Service 44 Preston – Ingol – Cottam

From 3 September 2023, Preston Bus, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, will revise the timetable, adjusting some journey times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 48 Preston – Holme Slack – Longsands – RPH – Cottam – Lea

From 3 September 2023, Preston Bus, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the service to operate in both directions along Tanterton Hall Road and no longer serve the loop around Larches Avenue. Customers from Larches will be able to access the service at the stops on Blackpool Road. This is required along with adjusted times to improve overall service reliability.
Stagecoach Bus Service Amendments

From 3 September 2023 Stagecoach will introduce several timing revisions to their network for the start of the new school year, including some general timing enhancements and amendments to improve overall service reliability, on the following services:

Service 1/1A/S1 Preston – Gamull – Longridge

Service 59 Preston – Blackburn – Royal Blackburn Hospital

Service 111 Preston – Leyland – Moss Side – Wigan

Service 125 Preston – Bamber Bridge – Chorley – Horwich – Bolton
West Lancashire services
Service 310 Skelmersdale – Ormskirk – Maghull – Liverpool (Arriva Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Arriva will revise the timetable, introducing an additional Monday to Friday departure at 1805 from Liverpool to Skelmersdale.
Service 635 Wigan – Shevington – Appley Bridge (TfGM Leaflets)
Service 640/641 Wigan - Standish - Shevington – Wrightington Hospital Circular

From 25 September 2023 Go North West will take over these services from Diamond under Transport for Greater Manchester's franchise. Although general times will be similar there could be some minor timing adjustments with the switchover of operators.
Chorley services
Service 2 Chorley – Brinscall – Feniscowles – Blackburn (Transdev Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Blackburn Bus Company will revise the route and timetable of their Monday to Saturday daytime service, adjusting the route within Blackburn Town Centre and in Chorley to additionally serve Eaves Lane. The timetable will be revised to accommodate these route revisions.

The route in Blackburn town centre of the evening and Sunday journeys operated by Stagecoach, on behalf of Lancashire County Council, will also be revised and standardise the service throughout the whole route.
Service 114 Chorley – Clayton Brook – Leyland (LCC Leaflet 12)

From 3 September 2023 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, withdrawing from the section between Chorley Interchange and Eaves Lane, which will be served by the Blackburn bus Company's revision to their Service 2.

Preston Bus Ltd will continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 362 Chorley – Coppull – Standish – Wigan (TfGM Leaflet)

From 25 September 2023 Go North West will take over this service from Arriva under Transport for Greater Manchester's franchise. Although general times will be similar there could be some minor timing adjustments with the switchover of operators.
Hyndburn services
Services 6/6A/7/7A Blackburn – Accrington – Great Harwood – Blackburn (Transdev Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Blackburn Bus Company will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability.
Burnley services
Service 152 Burnley – Padiham – Blackburn – Hoghton – Preston (Transdev Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Blackburn Bus Company will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability, primarily on Sundays.
Services M3/M4/M5/M6 Burnley – Nelson – Colne (Transdev Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Burnley Bus Company will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability. No changes to the Colne - Skipton/Keighley/Trawden legs of the Mainline.
Services M1/M2 Burnley – Padiham – Accrington/Clitheroe (Transdev Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Burnley Bus Company will revise the timetable, adjusting Sunday journey times to coordinate with reliability changes to Service 152 (see above).
Rossendale services
Service 464 Accrington – Haslingden – Rawtenstall – Bacup – Rochdale (Transdev Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Rosso will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability.
Service R3 Wallbank – Rochdale (Transdev Leaflet)

From 3 September 2023 Rosso will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
October changes:


Lancaster services
Service 1A Morecambe – Lancaster – University (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 1 October 2023, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, generally adjusting Sunday times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 2X Morecambe – Heysham – Lancaster – University (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 1 October 2023, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting some journey times to improve overall service reliability.
South Ribble services
Service 111 Preston – Leyland – (Wigan)

From 29 October 2023, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting some PM peak journey times to improve overall service reliability.
Hyndburn services
Service 15 Accrington – Great Harwood – Whalley – Clitheroe (LCC Leaflet 6)

From 29 October 2023, Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the service to operate between Accrington and Clitheroe and increase the frequency of the Monday to Saturday service. The section of route between Accrington and Royal Blackburn Hospital will be operated by the extension of Stagecoach's Service 59 (see below).

The service will operate between Accrington and Clitheroe via Clayton-le-Moors, Rishton, Great Harwood, Whalley and Barrow Brook.

The Monday to Saturday daytime service frequency will be increased from every 90 minutes to operate approximately every hour.

Through travel and ticketing across Accrington Town Centre with Service 59, to/from Royal Blackburn Hospital, will continue to be available.

Holmeswood Coaches Ltd will continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 59 Preston – Blackburn – Royal Blackburn Hospital – Accrington (Stagecoach Leaflet)

From 29 October 2023, Stagecoach in partnership with Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to extend regular journeys through to Accrington.

The Monday to Saturday daytime service frequency will be increased from every 90 minutes to operate approximately every hour. A new Sunday & Bank Holiday hourly daytime service will also be introduced.

Through travel and ticketing across Accrington Town Centre with Service 15, to/from Clitheroe, will continue to be available.
Rossendale services
Service 464 Accrington – Rawtenstall – Bacup – Rochdale (Rosso Leaflet)

From 29 October 2023, Rosso will revise the timetable, withdrawing the following early morning journeys:

0431 Monday to Saturday journey from Haslingden to Rochdale;

0528 Saturday journey from Rochdale to Haslingden.

This follows the withdrawal of funding provided by Transport for Greater Manchester to support these journeys. Alternative journeys are available within 30 minutes for most customers.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
Changes for November including extra journeys/new services from BSIP funding:

Service 5 Overton – Hesyham – Morecambe – Carnforth

From 6 November 2023, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, with minor adjustments to some journey times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 18 Lancaster – East Circular

From 6 November 2023, Stagecoach on behalf of Lancashire County Council, will revise the timetable, with minor adjustments to some journey times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 51 Carnforth – Silverdale

From 6 November 2023, Stagecoach on behalf of Lancashire County Council, will revise the timetable, with minor adjustments to some journey times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 555 Lancaster – Carnforth – Keswick

From 6 November 2023, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting a number of journeys for the winter period.
Service 755 Morecambe – Carnforth – Windermere

From 6 November 2023, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting a number of journeys for the winter period.
Preston services
Service 31 Preston – Savick – Lea (Preston Bus Leaflet)

From 27 November 2023, utilising funding from HM Government through the Bus Service Improvement Plan Plus Scheme, Preston Bus Ltd, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, will restore an hourly Monday to Saturday evening service.

These new Monday to Saturday evening return journeys from Preston to Lea and back will depart at 1905, 2005, 2105, 2205 & 2305.
Service 45 Preston – Longridge – Blackburn (LCC Leaflet 13)

From 27 November 2023, utilising funding from HM Government through the Bus Service Improvement Plan Plus Scheme, Lancashire County Council will enhance the service with the introduction of the following additional early morning and later evening journeys:

0515 Monday to Friday journey from Preston through Longridge to Blackburn;

0601 Monday to Friday journey from Longridge to Preston;

2120 Monday to Saturday journey from Preston to Longridge;

2205 Monday to Saturday journey from Longridge to Preston;

2250 Monday to Saturday journey from Preston to Longridge.

Preston Bus Ltd continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
West Lancashire services
Service 311 Ormskirk – Skelmersdale – Wrightington (LCC Leaflet 15)
Service 312 Ormskirk – Burscough – Skelmersdale – Rainford

From 27 November 2023, utilising funding from HM Government through the Bus Service Improvement Plan Plus Scheme, Lancashire County Council will be introducing two new bus routes, amalgamating, and replacing existing Services 312 & 313, to enhance existing provision and create new public transport links within West Lancashire.

New Services 311 & 312 will be introduced between Ormskirk and Skelmersdale, extending through to Wrightington and Rainford, as follows:

Service 311 will operate a more direct link between Ormskirk and Wrightington Hospital via Ormskirk Hospital, Lathom, Ashurst, Birch Green, Skelmersdale, Tanhouse, Upholland and Appley Bridge.

Service 312 will operate between Ormskirk and Rainford via Burscough, Newburgh, Parbold, Ashurst, Birch Green, Skelmersdale, Upholland and Crawford.

Both routes will operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime across the routes and combined will maintain the half hourly frequency through Ashurst and Birch Green.

All areas currently served will continue to be served with the new public transport links and frequency enhancements being created these include:

direct links serving Ormskirk and Wrightington Hospitals;
extra buses between Ormskirk and Burscough;
direct links to Ormskirk from many of the eastern parishes and parts of Skelmersdale;
a new link to Rainford, via Crawford village, offering onward connection opportunities for though routes to St.Helens.

New Service 312 will also serve Rainford High Academy, replacing our dedicated School Service 730 with a regular service, which will improve sustainability of the new routes by incorporating the duplicated sections.

Preston Bus Ltd will operate these services on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Burnley services
Burnley Bus Company Service Enhancements

From 26 November 2023, utilising funding from HM Government through the Bus Service Improvement Plan Plus Scheme, Burnley Bus Company, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, will introduce a number of daily evening enhancements to their services as follows:
Service 1 Burnley – Stoops Estate
Service 3 Burnley – Pike Hill Circular
Service 5 Harle Syke – Burnley – Rosegrove

The timetables on these routes will be revised to introduce a number of new later evening journeys operating until around 11pm Mon-Sat and 9pm Sunday.
Mainline Service M2 Burnley – Padiham – Whalley – Clitheroe

The following new Monday to Saturday evening journey will be introduced:

2258 M2 Burnley and Clitheroe.
Mainline Service M6 Burnley – Nelson – Colne - Barnoldswick

The following new Monday to Saturday evening journeys will be introduced:

1945 M6 Burnley to Skipton

2055 M6 Skipton to Burnley

2330 M6 Burnley to Colne

A number of other minor revisions to the Monday to Saturday timetable will be introduced in line with these additional journeys to improve reliability
Witch Way Service X43 Burnley – Rawtenstall - Manchester

The following new Monday to Thursday evening journey will be introduced:

2240 X43 Burnley to Rawtenstall

This will compliment the Friday and Saturday journey already operating.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
There are no planned changes to bus services in December.