Lancashire County Council Service Changes

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Lancashire County Council Service Changes
July 2012 changes:

FYLDE & WYRE SERVICES
From 22 July 2012 Blackpool Transport Services will introduce the following changes to their commercial local bus services on the Fylde Coast:

1 Fleetwood - Cleveleys - Blackpool - Starr Gate (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability.

2 Blackpool - Victoria Hospital - Staining - Poulton (BLA leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised to divert all Service 2 journeys to additionally serve Staining village, replacing the withdrawn Service 15 from this area.

The service will continue to operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, with an hourly Sunday daytime and daily evening service.

These revisions will create a new direct link for Staining Village to Poulton, together with the introduction of a daily evening service to Blackpool and Poulton.

2C Blackpool - Victoria Hospital - Poulton - Knott End (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability.

3 Mereside - Blackpool - Cleveleys - Cleveleys Park (BLA leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised extending the service beyond Cleveleys to serve Cleveleys Park, replacing the withdrawn Service 4 from this area.

4 Mereside - Blackpool - Cleveleys (BLA leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised terminating the service in Cleveleys. The section of route beyond Cleveleys serving Cleveleys Park will be replaced by the extension to Service 3 in this area.

7 Cleveleys - Blackpool - St. Annes - Lytham (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability and in conjunction with service 11 reduce the layover and ease congestion on Saltcotes Road at the Lytham Terminus.

9 Cleveleys - Bispham - Blackpool (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability.

11 Grange Park - Blackpool - St. Annes - Lytham (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability and in conjunction with Service 7 reduce the layover and ease congestion on Saltcotes Road at the Lytham Terminus.

15 Staining - Blackpool - Bispham - Poulton (BLA leaflet)
The service will be withdrawn.

The section between Blackpool and Staining will be replaced by the diversion of Service 2 through to Poulton (see above for details).

Lancashire County Council's subsidised section of route between Bispham and Poulton via Norcross will transfer to the revised Service 16 (see over for details).

16 Blackpool - Mereside - Victoria Hospital - Bispham - Poulton (BLA leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised amending the service from Bispham to terminate in Poulton, covering Lancashire County Council's subsidised service on this section, and no longer serving Cleveleys and Thornton.

Alternative direct services are available for most passenger destinations, with other frequent connecting services available at Poulton or Cleveleys.

17 Blackpool - Spring Gardens - St. Annes (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability.

PRESTON SERVICES
29/29A Preston - Frenchwood (Leaflet 228)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will withdraw the route in its entirety with Frenchwood continuing to be served by the revised Services 112 & 114 (please refer to leaflet 255 for further details).

SOUTH RIBBLE SERVICES
3A Preston - Broadgate (Leaflet 227)
12/12A/13/13A Preston - Penwortham - New Longton - Longton (Leaflet 240)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, renumbering the core routes from Services 3A & 3B.

Revised Services 12 & 13 will continue to operate between Preston and Penwortham via Middleforth Green with Service 13 continuing into Penwortham via Central Avenue with Service 12 continuing to Longton via Whitestake and New Longton.

The service runs half-hourly in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime between Preston and Penwortham extending hourly to each route destination.

The revised timetable will provide additional Monday to Saturday peak journeys between New Longton and Preston restoring a halfhourly service.

Broadgate will be served between 0900 and 1500 by Service 3A providing a Monday to Saturday daytime circular service to and from Preston city centre, with certain Monday to Saturday peak journeys on the through routes; these journeys will be numbered Services 12A & 13A.

The two-hourly daily evening and Sunday daytime Service 2B will be renumbered Service 12A and still operate between Preston and Longton, via Broadgate, Penwortham, Whitestake and New Longton continuing to Ormskirk via Tarleton and Burscough. There will be no changes to the timetable for this service and the revised number will fit in with the revisions to the Monday to Saturday daytime service between Preston and Longton as well as complimenting the core Monday to Saturday daytime Service 2A between Preston and Ormskirk.

Preston Bus will continue operating this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

112 Croston - Leyland - Bamber Bridge - Preston (Leaflet 255)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve Clayton Brook between Leyland & Bamber Bridge and Frenchwood between Preston and Walton-le-Dale.

Service 112 will operate between Croston and Preston via Wymott, Leyland, Clayton-le-Woods, Clayton Brook, Bamber Bridge and Frenchwood.

The diversion of the service via Frenchwood, in Preston, will partially replace the withdrawn Service 29/29A, and operate in conjunction with Service 114 through this area.

The diversion of the service via Clayton Brook will restore a regular bus link to Leyland from Clayton Brook and Clayton-le-Woods, whilst also linking Leyland with the edge of the employment area at Walton Summit. Furthermore, with the withdrawal of Stagecoach's commercial Service 12, the area around the A6 at Clayton Brook will continue to be linked to Preston.

The diversion via Clayton Brook will result in the service omitting A49 Wigan Road, between Bamber Bridge and Clayton-le-Woods past Cuerden Residential Park. This area will continue to be served by Service 114 catering for the majority of passenger journeys and the revised Service 118 route past Cuerden Residential Park will maintain a link to Leyland. Analysis of passenger surveys and electronic ticket machine data show approximately 350 annual passenger trips would no longer have a direct service available. This equates to on average
around 7 passenger trips per week across 15 daily journeys.

The service will continue to run hourly in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis. In conjunction with Service 114 it provides a half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service between Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Preston via Marlborough Drive and Frenchwood. A new daily evening service between Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Preston via Frenchwood will be introduced, on Service 114 (see below), replacing the withdrawn Service 29A.

Preston Bus will take over operation of this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

114 Chorley - Clayton-le-Woods - Bamber Bridge - Preston (Leaflet 255)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve Chorley Hospital Main Entrance, instead of the stops on the A6 outside, and Frenchwood between Preston and Walton-le-Dale. Service 114 will operate between Chorley and Preston via Chorley Hospital, Whittle-le-Woods, Asda, Wood End, Clayton-le-Woods, Sainsburys, Lostock Hall Four Lane Ends, Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Frenchwood. The diversion of the service via Frenchwood, in Preston, will partially replace the withdrawn Service 29/29A, and operate in conjunction with Service 112 through this area.

The diversion of the service via Clayton Brook will restore the link to Leyland from Clayton Brook and Clayton-le-Woods, whilst also linking Leyland with the edge of the employment area at Walton Summit. Furthermore with the withdrawal of Stagecoach's commercial Service 12, the area around the A6 at Clayton Brook will continue to be linked to Preston.

The service will continue to run hourly in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis, with a two-hourly Sunday daytime service. In conjunction with Service 112 it provides a half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service between Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Preston via Marlborough Drive and Frenchwood. A new daily evening service between Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Preston via Frenchwood will be introduced replacing the withdrawn Service 29A.

Preston Bus will take over operation of this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

118 Leyland - Clayton Brook - Brindle - Blackburn
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve Cuerden Residential Park, on A49 Wigan Road, maintaining the link with Leyland following the revisions to Service 112. Furthermore, Service 118 will serve Clayton-le-Woods Lancaster Lane, instead of the estate around Pendle Road, Mendip Road and Spring Meadow, which would continue to be served by the revisions to Service 112

The service will continue to run two hourly in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis.

Darwen Coach Services Ltd will continue operating this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council

WEST LANCASHIRE SERVICES
378/385 Wigan - Skelmersdale - Ormskirk - Southport (TfGM leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Arriva Merseyside will revise the timetable amending the 1800 Monday to Saturday journey from Southport to Wigan to terminate at Ormskirk, no longer operating through to Skelmersdale and Wigan. Alternative departures are available at 1711 & 1840 from Southport or 1757 & 1912 from Ormskirk.

CHORLEY SERVICES
1/1A/2/2A Chorley Hospital - Eaves Lane - Chorley - Coppull (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the route and timetable merging with Services 11, 12 & parts of Service 18 which will extend these services through to Chorley Hospital via Eaves Lane.

Services 1, 2 & 2A are commercial services run by Stagecoach between Chorley Hospital, Chorley and Coppull. The loops within Coppull off the main B5251 road around Chapel Lane, Lancaster Street and The Heys as well as serving Springfield Road and Park Road will continue to be served as present.

Also incorporated within these extended services are the sections of the withdrawn Service 18 route, part subsidised by Lancashire County Council, as follows:
Walgarth Drive and Collingwood Road will be served by Service 1; Harrison Road and Eaves Green Road will be served by Service 2/2A.

These revisions will create a new direct link between Coppull and parts of south west Chorley through the town centre with Chorley Hospital.

The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be every 30 minutes in each direction, with each of the diversions within Chorley and the loops in Coppull served hourly. Harrision Road and Pilling Lane will be additionally served by revised Service 3 (see below for details).

Lancashire County Council's subsidised hourly Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday daytime Service 11A, which operates a circular route between Chorley and Chorley via Eaves Lane, will be renumbered Service 1/1A in line with the commercial Monday to Saturday daytime service.

3/3A Chorley - Adlington - (Blackrod) (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the route and timetable to operate between Chorley and Adlington only. The section through to Blackrod will be withdrawn with the exception of a single return journey on Tuesday and Friday market days.

The route between Chorley and Adlington will also be revised with all journeys operating via Harrison Road, Pilling Lane, Carr Lane and Kirkstall Road to the A6 Bolton Road, and then continue through to Adlington serving Rawlinson Lane at Heath Charnock.

The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be every hour in each direction, with the additional single return Service 3A journey, between Blackrod and Chorley, on Tuesday and Friday market days. The sections of route serving Lower Burgh and Limbrick will be withdrawn; however Lower Burgh will continue to be served by Lancashire County Council's revised Service 337 which runs every two hours Monday to Saturday daytime (please refer to Leaflet 264 for details).

Analysis of manual surveys and Electronic Ticket Machine (ETM) data for Limbrick has shown that on average there are 1,250 annual passenger trips made on the withdrawn section. This equates to 25 passenger trips per week and less than 1 per journey over the 30 weekly journeys. Due to this low usage it would not be sustainable for Lancashire County Council to provide a replacement service for Limbrick.

10 Chorley - Astley Village - Chorley Hospital (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the route and timetable, restoring the service to its previous route between Chorley and Chorley Hospital via Astley Village, removing the trial service around Buckshaw Village. This revision will meet requests from Astley Village residents to restore the direct link to Chorley Hospital.

The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be every 30 minutes in each direction. Lancashire County Council's subsidised hourly Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday daytime Service 10A, which operates between Chorley and Chorley Hospital via Astley Village, will be renumbered Service 10 in line with the commercial Monday to Saturday daytime service.

Stagecoach introduced the extension around Buckshaw Village in September 2011 in an attempt to provide a regular bus service for the residential areas of the village off Central Drive, which is served by the regular Service 109, which already links Buckshaw Village with Chorley, Leyland and Preston. Stagecoach has decided that it is not commercially viable to maintain this link. Analysis of manual survey and Electronic Ticket Machine (ETM) data has shown that, on average, there are 8,000 annual passenger trips made on the withdrawn section without an alternative service available. This equates to 160 passenger trips per week and less than 2 per journey over the 100 weekly journeys.

A standalone replacement service would be unsustainable based on the current frequency but, as part of a contract renewal with Services 337 & 347, Lancashire County Council will introduce a new replacement service generally maintaining a 30 min peak/60 min off-peak bus service between Chorley and Buckshaw Village, via the Hospital (A6 Stops) and Buckshaw Avenue, accessing the employment areas which are currently not served. For full details please refer to Leaflet 265.

11/12 Chorley - Eaves Lane - Chorley Hospital - Whittle-le-Woods - Preston (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will merge parts of this service with the revised Services 1, 2 & 2A between Chorley Hospital, Chorley and Coppull, see above for details.

However, the Service 12 extension beyond Chorley Hospital to Preston will be withdrawn. The majority of this route is covered by the frequent core Service 125, which operates between Bolton, Chorley and Preston.

All Monday to Friday daytime journeys on Service 125 operate via Walton Summit industrial area, which leaves the section of the A6, between Clayton Brook and Bamber Bridge, past Mallards Walk, no longer being served by public transport.

As part of Lancashire County Council's revisions to Service 112, between Preston, Leyland and Croston, a bus service will be maintained during Monday to Friday daytime along this section (see below for details).

14 Chorley - Buckshaw Village (Leaflet 265)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will introduce this new service, partially replacing Stagecoach's withdrawal of Service 10 from Buckshaw Village.

This new service will operate Monday to Saturday daytime; generally an half hourly peak & hourly off-peak bus service between Chorley and Buckshaw Village, via the Hospital (A6 Stops) and Buckshaw Avenue, accessing the employment areas which are currently unserved.

R S Tyrer Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

18 Chorley - Walgarth Drive - Eaves Green Square (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will merge this service with the revised Services 1, 2 & 2A between Chorley and Coppull, see above for details.

337 Chorley - Eccleston - Mawdesley - Parbold - Ormskirk (Leaflet 265)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve Lower Burgh Way following Stagecoach's decision to revise their Service 3 away from this area. The main stop on Lower Burgh Way will once again be served following its removal at a previous network review by Stagecoach. This will restore the service closer to where most customers live and, at the same time, provide new direct travel opportunities to West Lancashire.

Service 337 will continue to operate between Chorley and Ormskirk via Lower Burgh, Charnock Richard, Eccleston, Mawdesley, Parbold and Burscough.

The service will continue to run every two hours in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis between Chorley and Ormskirk. In conjunction with Service 347 an hourly link between Chorley, Eccleston and Mawdesley will still be provided.

R S Tyrer Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

347 Chorley - Eccleston - Mawdesley - Rufford - Southport (Leaflet 264)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the timetable to maintain the hourly link in conjunction between Chorley, Eccleston and Mawdesley with Service 337.

There are no proposed changes to the route and the service will continue to run every two hours in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis between Chorley and Southport via Euxton, Eccleston, Mawdesley and Rufford. In conjunction with Service 337 an hourly link between Chorley, Eccleston and Mawdesley will still be provided.

R S Tyrer Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

X25 Preston - Chorley - Manchester/Trafford Centre (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will withdraw these remaining journeys on this service. This service previously operated as Service X61 and provided an hourly service between Preston, Chorley and Manchester which has been gradually reduced over the last couple of years.

Alternative journeys are available for the majority of the remaining customers using the rail network, with the other journeys possible by connecting services.

BURNLEY SERVICES
3 Clifton Farm - Burnley - Healey Wood Circular (Leaflet 73)
From 23 July 2012 Rossendale Travel Ltd will take over operation of this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council. There are no changes to the route or timetable.

65 Burnley - Padiham - Higham - Nelson - Burnley Hospital (Leaflet 65)
From 23 July 2012 Rossendale Travel Ltd will take over operation of this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council. There are no changes to the route or timetable.

ROSSENDALE SERVICES
From 29 July 2012 Rossendalebus will introduce the following changes to their local bus services:

63/63A/63C Rawtenstall - Newchurch - Waterfoot - (Edgeside - Water) (ROS leaflet)
New Services 63A and 63C will be introduced during Monday to Saturday daytime, operating a circular route between Rawtenstall, Newchurch & Waterfoot. Service 63A will operate anti-clockwise via Bacup Road to Waterfoot, returning via Newchurch & Staghills, High Cloughfold to Rawtenstall. Service 63C will operate Clockwise via Newchurch Road, Higher Cloughfold to Staghills & Newchurch returning via Waterfoot and Bacup Road

Combined, these services will continue to provide a half-hourly service between Newchurch, Staghills and Waterfoot and Rawtenstall for most of the daytime, replacing current Services 273 & 483.

Service 63 will operate Monday to Saturday evenings between Rawtenstall and Water, serving Staghills / Newchurch, Waterfoot, Edgeside & Whitewell Bottom in the same format as the current Sunday service. Service 63 will be operated with financial support from Lancashire County Council, replacing current evening journeys on services 65 & 483.

64/65 Rawtenstall - Bacup - Todmorden (ROS leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor amendments. Monday to Saturday evening journeys between Rawtenstall and Edgeside will be replaced by new service 63, operating in the same format as Sunday journeys.

Services will continue to be operated with financial support from Lancashire County Council.

244 Rawtenstall - Haslingden - Royal Blackburn Hospital - Blackburn (ROS leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised withdrawing the extension beyond Blackburn town centre to St Mary's College. Fewer students are travelling from the Rossendale area to St Mary's College and this will reduce further in the next college year.

There will be more buses between the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Blackburn town centre but fewer buses between Haslingden & Rawtenstall via Helmshore. There will be an additional journey starting at Bacup during the morning peak period, which should be useful for pupils travelling from the Bacup & Stacksteads area to Haslingden High School as well as students
and workers travelling through to Blackburn who currently are required to change buses in Rawtenstall.

Certain journeys will continue to be operated with financial support from Lancashire County Council.

273 Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Ramsbottom - Bolton (ROS leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised to operate between Rawtenstall & Bolton only. The Burnley to Rawtenstall section of the route will be replaced by additional journeys on service 483.

Certain journeys will continue to be operated with financial support from Lancashire County Council.

446 Rochdale - Falinge - Shawclough (- Wallbank) (ROS leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised to operate mainly between Rochdale & Shawclough running a circular route, hourly for most of the daytime on Mondays to Saturdays. Wallbank will be mainly served by new service 463 but some 446 buses will serve Wallbank, particularly at school times.

463 Rochdale - Whitworth Road - Wallbank (ROS leaflet)
This new service will partially replace service 446 operating direct via Whitworth Road between Rochdale & Wallbank. This will supplement service 464 between Rochdale and Whitworth and supplements service 464 between Whitworth & Rochdale.

464 Accrington - Haslingden - Rawtenstall - Bacup - Rochdale (ROS leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with later buses between Accrington and Rawtenstall on Monday to Saturday evenings and earlier buses into Accrington on Saturday mornings, as requested by customers.

In general, on Monday to Saturday daytime, buses will operate every 15 minutes with increased frequencies at busier times. Busier sections of the route will be supplemented by additional buses on services 463, 482 & 484. There are no changes to Sunday journeys.

482 Bacup - Waterfoot - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury
483 Burnley - Water - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury (ROS leaflet)
Service 483 will be re-routed to operate direct via Bacup Road between Waterfoot and Rawtenstall, omitting the Newchurch / Staghills area. These areas will continue to be served by new Services 63, 63A & 63C, see those services for more information. This will reduce the overall journey time between Burnley and Bury by 10 minutes.

The frequency of buses operating between Rawtenstall & Bury will be increased to operating every 15 minutes for most during Monday to Saturday daytime.

In general, on Monday to Saturday daytime, 2 buses per hour will operate as Service 483 between Burnley & Bury and 2 buses per hour will operate as Service 482 between Bacup & Bury. There will be other improvements to the timetables including additional journeys from Bury to Rawtenstall on Mondays to Fridays during the morning peak period, in response to requests from customers.

484 Burnley - Accrington - Haslingden - Edenfield - Ramsbottom - Bury (ROS leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with additional through journeys from Burnley to Bury at peak times.

HYNDBURN SERVICES
From 23 July 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will make revisions to ALL their local bus services for the six week school summer holiday period, with normal services resuming on Monday 3 September 2012.

Generally peak hour timings will be revised during the school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels, with minor alterations to departure times throughout the day. There are no changes to Saturday and Sunday services.

BURNLEY & PENDLE SERVICES
From 23 July 2012 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will make revisions to their local bus services for the six week school summer holiday period, with normal services resuming on Monday 3 September 2012.

Generally peak hour timings will be revised during the school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels, with minor alterations to departure times throughout the day. There are no changes to Saturday and Sunday services.

4/5 Harle Syke - Burnley - Rosegrove (BPT leaflet)
Peak hour timings revised during school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels. Timetable returns to normal from September.

8/X8 Bleak House - Burnley - Bacup - Rawtenstall - Bury/Manchester (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor retiming to take account of quieter summer traffic levels and then from September minor amendments to existing school term timetable.

Some timing points will be removed to simplify timetables but no change to route.

9 Burnley - Rosegrove - Network 65 - Accrington (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor hour timings revised during school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels. Timetable returns to normal from September.

The Mainline
Clitheroe/Accrington - Padiham - Burnley - Nelson - Colne - Barnoldswick/Skipton/Keighley (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with peak hour timings amended during school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels. Timetable returns to normal from September.

Some timing points will be removed to simplify timetables but no change to route. Those journeys serving Silentnight will be renumbered Service 28A

The last journey from Barnoldswick (2328) will run via Earby on a trial basis following requests from customers.

The 0917 journey from Read to Burnley on Sundays (service 26) will commence from Whalley at 0910.

X43 Nelson - Burnley - Rawtenstall - Manchester (The Witch Way) (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with peak hour timings amended during school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels. Timetable will return to normal from September with a small number of minor changes to improve reliability.

These are the changes for July 2012 that have been reported to Lancashire County Council by 26 June 2012. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, however further changes can occur, it is advisable to contact your local County Information Centre, Traveline or bus operator for the latest information.

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RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
August 2012 (just the one change listed):

WEST LANCASHIRE SERVICES
319 St. Helens - Ormskirk (Merseytravel leaflet)

From 12 August 2012 Strawberry will revise the route and timetable to remove certain peak time journeys. The Monday to Friday journeys at 0945 from St. Helens to Ormskirk and 1226 from Ormskirk to St. Helens will be rerouted to serve Bickerstaffe and Barrow Nook.

The following Monday to Friday peak time journeys will be withdrawn:
0715, 0823, 1445 & 1715 from St. Helens - Ormskirk;
0750, 0910, 1531 & 1805 from Ormskirk - St. Helens.

The whole Saturday timetable will be withdrawn following the end of funding from MerseyTravel.

Lancashire County Council and MerseyTravel are assessing whether any replacement service would be sustainable.

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/w...p?id=88695

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RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
LANCASTER SERVICES

55/55A Lancaster - Carnforth (STL leaflet)
From 3 September 2012 Stagecoach in Lancaster will revise the timetable making minor amendments to journeys serving Carnforth High School together with the introduction of a new Schoolday journey at 0750 from Lancaster to Carnforth High School.

WYRE SERVICES
22 Cleveleys - Bispham - Blackpool - Mereside (OAK leaflet)
From 10 September 2012 Oakwood Travel will introduce this new service. The new service will operate every 30 minutes on Monday to Friday daytime and every hour on Saturday daytime in
each direction.

RIBBLE VALLEY SERVICES
22 Clitheroe - Whalley - Blackburn (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will revise the route and timetable renumbering from Service 225 and operating between Clitheroe and Blackburn only.
The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be every 20 minutes with the evening and Sunday service levels as current. Connections can be made at Blackburn with Service 1 for onward journeys through to Darwen and Bolton.

PRESTON SERVICES
From 3 September 2012 Preston Bus will introduce the following changes to their services:

8 Preston - Ribbleton Lane - Moor Nook (PBT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor timing adjustments to the early morning, evening and Sunday journeys.

14 Preston - Holme Slack - Brookfield (PBT leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised extending the Monday to Saturday daytime service in Brookfield to terminate at the junction of Watling Street Road and Fulwood Row. There are no changes to Lancashire County Council's subsidised daily evening and Sunday service journeys.

16 Preston - Farringdon Park (PBT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor timing adjustments to improve overall reliability.

19/19A Preston - Deepdale - Royal Preston Hospital (PBT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with additional running time and other timing adjustments to improve overall reliability.

22/23 Preston - Plungington Road - Royal Preston Hospital - Asda (PBT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised introducing an additional early morning Monday to Friday journey at 0540 as well as other minor timing adjustments to improve overall reliability and meet demand to Fulwood Academy HS.

31/31A Preston - Savick - Lea (PBT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with timing adjustments to the early morning Monday to Saturday journeys.

35 Preston - Ingol - Tanterton (PBT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor timing adjustments to improve overall reliability.

86/88A/88C Preston Orbit (PBT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with additional running time at Monday to Friday afternoon peak times The Sunday service 88A/88C between Preston and Royal Preston Hospital will be renumbered Service 86 with minor adjustments to the timetable. The Sunday service 88A/88C between Preston and Cottam will be withdrawn, as originally planned from 21 May 2012,
and replaced by additional Service 89 journeys between Preston and Larches only.

89 Preston - Larches - (Lea) (PBT leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised amending the terminus in Preston City Centre to be the Bus Station rather than Lune Street.

From 3 September 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will introduce the following changes to their services:

2 Preston - Tarleton - Southport (STG leaflet)
The timetable will be revised amending the journeys serving Tarleton High School, with minor amendments to the timetable around these journeys.

4C Preston - Preston College (STG leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with an additional journey at 0835 from Preston to the College on College days only.

59/59C Preston - Blackburn (STG leaflet)
The timetable will be revised amending the Service 59C journeys serving Preston College, with minor amendments to the timetable around these journeys.

61/61C Preston - Kirkham - Blackpool (STG leaflet)
The timetable will be revised amending the Service 61C journeys serving Preston College, with minor amendments to the timetable around these journeys.

68 Preston - Lytham St. Annes - Blackpool (STG leaflet)
The timetable will be revised amending the journeys serving Preston College, with minor amendments to the timetable around these journeys.

125 Preston - Chorley - Bolton (STG leaflet)
The timetable will be revised amending the journeys which extend to Preston College, with minor amendments to the timetable around these journeys.

SOUTH RIBBLE SERVICES
109 Preston - Leyland - Chorley (FWK leaflet)
From 10 September 2012 John Fishwick & Sons will revise the timetable withdrawing the 1805 Monday to Saturday journey from Preston to Leyland. Alternative Service 109 journeys are available at 1735 & 1835.

111 Preston - Leyland (FWK leaflet)
From 10 September 2012 John Fishwick & Sons will revise the timetable reducing the Monday to Saturday daytime frequency from every 10 minutes to run every 12 minutes. There are no changes to the evening and Sunday timetable.

119 Leyland - Chorley (FWK leaflet)
From 10 September 2012 John Fishwick & Sons will revise the timetable withdrawing the 0755 Monday to Friday journey from Leyland to Chorley and 0825 Monday to Friday journey from
Chorley to Leyland. Alternative journeys are available on Services 109 & 115 between Chorley and Leyland.

WEST LANCASHIRE SERVICES
312 Tanhouse Circular (Arriva leaflet)
From 2 September 2012 Arriva Merseyside will revise the timetable withdrawing the 1319 Monday to Friday journey. Alternative journeys are available at 1249 & 1349.

375/385 Wigan - Skelmersdale - Ormskirk - Southport (TfGM leaflet)
From 2 September 2012 Arriva Merseyside will revise the timetable adjusting running times between Ormskirk and Southport.

395 Wigan - Skelmersdale - Ormskirk (TfGM leaflet)
From 2 September 2012 Arriva Merseyside will revise the timetable adjusting the running times of the 1758 Monday to Saturday journey from Wigan to arrive in Ormskirk 5 minutes earlier.

CHORLEY SERVICES
124 Blackburn - Ewood - Feniscowles - Chorley (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will revise the route and timetable to operate via Livesey Branch Road between Feniscowles and Blackburn, omitting Preston Old Road. The general Monday to Friday timetable will be maintained as current with the daytime frequency operating every 30 minutes. The Saturday daytime frequency will be increased from hourly to every 30 minutes.

Most journeys during Monday to Saturday daytime will run through Blackburn Town Centre onto their Service 2, operating between Blackburn and Darwen via Royal Blackburn Hospital, which will provide a cross town link to Royal Blackburn Hospital. The Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday service route operated on behalf of Lancashire County Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council will be revised in line with the commercial Monday to Saturday daytime service.

HYNDBURN SERVICES
From 3 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will resume normal timetables on their local bus services following the six week school summer holiday period.

1 Blackburn - Darwen - Bolton (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will revise route and timetable amending the service to operate between Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton. The general timetable will be
maintained with Monday to Friday daytime frequency every 6/7 minutes between Blackburn and Darwen extending to Bolton every 20 minutes. There will be a similar number of evening
and weekend journeys as current.

The section of route between Accrington and Blackburn will be served by the Service X41 and new Service 41 - see following page for details.

6/6A/7/7A Hyndburn Circular (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will revise the route and timetable amending the services to operating a circular service in both directions.

All Monday to Saturday daytime journeys will be renumbered to Service 6 operating in a clockwise direction and to Service 7 in an anticlockwise direction. Services 6/7 will operate an off peak frequency of 12 minutes, with varying peak frequencies up to every 10 minutes depending on the direction of travel.

Monday to Saturday daytime Service 6 will operate as follows, with Service 7 operating as the opposite:
Blackburn Boulevard, Ainsworth Street, Rishton, Wordsworth Drive, Great Harwood, Harwood Bar, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, Oswaldtwistle, Shadsworth, Royal Blackburn Hospital and Blackburn.

There will be no Monday to Saturday daytime variations to routes and the service will incorporate the withdrawn Service 18. Monday to Saturday daytime services will not serve Heys Lane, Thwaites Road, Windsor Road, Intack or Audley Range.

Sunday daytime Service 6A will operate as follows, with service 7A operating as the opposite:
Blackburn Boulevard, Ainsworth Street, Rishton, Great Harwood, Harwood Bar or The Heys, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, Oswaldtwistle, Thwaites Road and Intack.

Daily evening Services 6A/7A will operate hourly between Accrington and Blackburn only, until approximately 2230, via Intack, Thwaites Road and Oswaldtwistle.

There will be no daily evening service through Rishton, Great Harwood and Clayton-le-Moors. Lancashire County Council is assessing patronage to establish if a replacement service on this
section will be sustainable.

There are alternative Monday to Saturday daytime services available for The Heys in Great Harwood and Thwaites Road in Oswaldtwistle by M & M Coaches Ltd's Services 231 &
61 respectively.

18 Accrington - Shadsworth - Blackburn (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will withdraw this service. It will be replaced by revisions to Hyndburn Circular Services 6 & 7 - see above for details.

41 Blackburn - Intack - Church - Accrington (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will revise the route and timetable renumbering from Service 1 and operating between Accrington and Blackburn only.

The general Monday to Saturday timetable will be maintained as current with the daytime frequency operating up to every 10 minutes between Blackburn and Accrington, when combined with Service X41 which extends every 30 minutes through to Manchester.

The route into and out of Blackburn Town Centre will be revised as journeys from Blackburn to Accrington will operate via Eanam omitting Penny Street but will return via Ainsworth Street.

The Monday to Saturday evening service will operate hourly until approximately 2230.

152 Preston - Blackburn - Burnley (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will revise the timetable making minor adjustments to journeys where the schoolday only Service 352 PM journey will operate earlier on Tuesdays to cover the early finish at St. Wilfrid's CEHS and the 1650 School day only journey from Preston to Blackburn will be withdrawn where alternative departures are available within 15-20 minutes.

225 Clitheroe - Blackburn - Bolton (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will withdraw this service which will be replaced by new Service 22, between Clitheroe and Blackburn only (see Ribble Valley Services above for details) or the extension to Service 1, from Blackburn and Darwen to Bolton (see above for details).

X40/41 Blackburn (Great Harwood) - Accrington - Manchester (LUL leaflet)
From 16 September 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will revise the timetable making minor amendments to the Monday to Friday timetable. The service will operate a combined frequency with new Service 41 between Blackburn and Accrington (see above for details).

The route into and out of Blackburn Town Centre will be revised as journeys from Blackburn to Accrington will operate via Eanam omitting Penny Street but will return via Ainsworth Street.

The Monday to Saturday evening service will operate hourly until approximately 2230.

BURNLEY & PENDLE SERVICES
From 3 September 2012 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will resume normal timetables on all their local bus services following the six week school summer holiday period. Other revisions will be
as follows:

1 Stoops Estate - Burnley - Pike Hill - Mereclough - Todmorden (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will return to normal with a number of minor changes to pm peak journey times to improve reliability.

X43 Nelson - Burnley - Rawtenstall - Manchester (The Witch Way) (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will return to normal with a number of minor changes to am/pm peak journeys into and out of Manchester City Centre to improve reliability.

ROSSENDALE SERVICES
244 Rawtenstall - Haslingden - Royal Blackburn Hospital - Blackburn (ROS leaflet)
From 2 September 2012 Rossendalebus will revise the timetable extending the Monday to Saturday short journeys between Blackburn and Royal Blackburn Hospital through to Guide. There will be other minor timing adjustments to improve overall reliability.

464 Accrington - Haslingden - Rawtenstall - Bacup - Rochdale (ROS leaflet)
From 2 September 2012 Rossendalebus will revise the timetable amending certain journeys operating around morning and afternoon school times.

482 Bacup - Waterfoot - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury
483 Burnley - Water - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury (ROS leaflet)
From 2 September 2012 Rossendalebus will revise the timetable renumbering all the short journeys operating only between Rawtenstall and Bury to Service 483. There are no changes to the route or times of these journeys.

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/w...p?id=90540

[SF07]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
Changes to Bus Services - October 2012

LANCASTER SERVICES
1 Silverdale Shuttle (Leaflet 133)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the timetable, renumbering from Service L2.

Service 1 will continue to operate a circular service linking most parts of Silverdale village and provide connections to train services at the Railway Station.

The service will continue to run generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime with the timetable aligned with train departures/arrivals at Silverdale Railway Station where onward
connections are possible.

Silverdale will also be served by the proposed new Service 51 (see below for details), which will provide an hourly Monday to Saturday daytime local bus service direct through to Carnforth. A new two-hourly evening and Sunday service will also be available through to Carnforth and Lancaster.

Battersby Silver Grey will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

9 Lancaster - Primrose - Bowerham
18 Lancaster - Farms Circular
28 Lancaster - Scale Hall - Ryelands (Leaflet 134)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will introduce Low Floor Easy Access minibuses on these routes, ensuring the bus services are DDA compliant and more accessible to the communities they serve.

There are no changes to the actual routes or timetables and Battersby Silver Grey will continue to operate these services on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

5B Brookhouse - Morecambe (STL leaflet)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, renumbering from Service 431. Service 5B will continue to operate between Brookhouse and Morecambe via Caton, Halton and Hest Bank.

The service will continue to run a single am & pm off-peak journey during Monday to Saturday daytime between Brookhouse and Morecambe.

A Low Floor Easy Access bus will be introduced on this route, ensuring the bus service is DDA compliant and more accessible to the local communities they serve.

Stagecoach in Lancaster will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

5C Carnforth - Morecambe (STL leaflet)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, renumbering from Service 430. Service 5C will continue to operate between Carnforth and Morecambe via Crag Bank, Bolton-le-Sands and Hest Bank.

The service will run a single am & pm off-peak journey on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday daytime between Carnforth and Morecambe.

A Low Floor Easy Access bus will be introduced on this route, ensuring the bus service is DDA compliant and more accessible to the local communities en route.

The section of the current route between Silverdale and Carnforth will be covered by the revisions to Service 51 (see below for details) where service connections will be guaranteed at Carnforth to and from this area.

Stagecoach in Lancaster will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

33 Morecambe - Bare Circular (Leaflet 132)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, renumbering from Service 431. Service 33 will operate an anti-clockwise circular service from Morecambe via Branksome Estate, Beaufort Road, Oak Avenue and Marine Road.

This circular service will operate every 30 minutes off-peak on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis, with an hour break over the lunch time period.

Passenger surveys show that all customers were noted to be travelling through to Morecambe town centre and the increase in frequency from every 45 minutes to an every 30 minutes will represent a service improvement without inconveniencing any existing passengers.

A Low Floor Easy Access bus will be introduced on this route, ensuring the bus service is DDA compliant and more accessible to the local communities they serve.

The morning and afternoon journeys which currently extend to and from Brookhouse will be covered by new Service 5B (see above for details).

Battersby Silver Grey will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

50 Lancaster - The Kellets - Carnforth (STL leaflet)
From 29 October 2012 Stagecoach in Lancaster will revise the timetable operating all the daytime journeys on a commercial basis and continue to operate between Lancaster and Carnforth via Beaumont, Nether Kellet, Over Kellet and Windermere Road Estate.

The service will continue to run generally every hour in each direction during Monday to Saturday daytime between Lancaster and Carnforth, with certain Monday to Friday peak journeys operating to The Kellets as extensions to Stagecoach's Service 55.

Lancashire County Council will continue to subsidise the daily evening, Saturday afternoon and Sunday service linking The Kellets with Lancaster and Carnforth as Service 51 (see below for details).

51 (Lancaster - The Kellets) - Carnforth - Silverdale (STL leaflet)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable by extending the service to/from Silverdale, which will replace the Carnforth Connect Service L1 between Carnforth and Yealand Redmayne.

The service will continue to run generally every hour in each direction on Monday to Saturday daytime between Carnforth and Silverdale via Warton, Yealand Conyers and Yealand Redmayne.

A new two-hourly evening and Sunday service will be introduced extending the service through to Lancaster via The Kellets partially replacing the changes made to Service 55 at these times (see below for details).

The service will maintain connections, for villages north of Carnforth, with southbound train departures/arrivals at Carnforth Railway Station to/from Lancaster and Preston.

The Demand Responsive elements of the current Carnforth Connect will be revised as follows:

Leighton Hall
Experience has shown that difficulties exist in ensuring bookings are passed to the driver due to poor mobile phone signal coverage, which causes inevitable reliability issues.

To ensure a sustained level of service, the Demand Responsive element from Leighton Hall be replaced by four scheduled Monday to Saturday daytime journeys diverting to serve Leighton Hall.

Additionally, most Monday to Saturday daytime journeys returning from Carnforth to Silverdale will serve Leighton Hall on request.

Millhead Sand Lane

This Demand Responsive element of the service will be withdrawn. There have been no recent requests for this diversion.

Fell End Caravan Park
This Demand Responsive element of the service will be withdrawn. Surveys and checks show there have been less than a dozen passenger trip requests for the Fell End extension between
January and July 2012.

Stagecoach in Lancaster will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

55/55A Lancaster - Carnforth (STL leaflet)
From 29 October 2012 Stagecoach in Lancaster will revise the timetable to operate most of the evening and Sunday service on a commercial basis. They will revise the route and timetable of these Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday journeys to operate every hour in each direction between Lancaster and Carnforth only.

Stagecoach in Lancaster is not proposing any changes to their commercial Monday to Saturday daytime timetable. Lancashire County Council will continue to subsidise the last Monday to Saturday evening journey and the Sunday evening journeys.

Stagecoach in Lancaster will operate these journeys on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

The evening and Sunday extensions from Carnforth to The Kellets and The Yealands will now be covered by the revisions to Service 51 (see above for details).

55C Carnforth - Lancaster (STL leaflet)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, renumbering from Service 435. Service 55C will continue to operate between Carnforth and Lancaster Royal Infirmary via Crag Bank, Bolton-le-Sands, Hest Bank and Lancaster City Centre.

The service will run a single am & pm off-peak journey on Monday, Wednesday and Friday daytime between Carnforth and Lancaster.

A Low Floor Easy Access bus will be introduced on this route, ensuring the bus service is DDA compliant and more accessible to the local communities en route.

The section of the current route between Silverdale and Carnforth will be covered by the revisions to Service 51 (see above for details) where service connections will be guaranteed at Carnforth to and from this area.

Stagecoach in Lancaster will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

430/435 Silverdale - Carnforth - Morecambe/ Lancaster (Leaflet 132)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will withdraw these services and incorporate them into the new Services 5C/55C (see above for details).

431 Brookhouse - Bare - Morecambe (Leaflet 132)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will withdraw these services and incorporate them into the new Services 5B/33 (see above for details).

L1 Carnforth Connect (Leaflet 133)
From 29 October 2012 Lancashire County Council will withdraw this service and incorporate it into the new Service 51 (see above for details).

WEST LANCASHIRE SERVICES
311 Skelmersdale - Ashurst - Ormskirk - Liverpool (Merseytravel leaflet)
From 28 October 2012 Arriva Merseyside will revise the timetable, making minor timing adjustments throughout the route to improve overall reliability.

395 Wigan - Skelmersdale - Ormskirk (TfGM leaflet)
From 7 October 2012 Arriva Merseyside will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve part of Tanhouse Road, in Skelmersdale, on Saturdays. Tanhouse Road continues to be served by Service 312 on Mondays to Fridays.

BURNLEY SERVICES
1/1A/1B/1C Stoops Estate - Burnley - Pike Hill - Mereclough - Todmorden (BPT leaflet 71)
From 28 October 2012 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will revise the route and timetable, mainly adjusting the route at Stoops Estate end of the route to operate via Dalton Lane in Bleak House to partially replace the withdrawn Service 8 from this area. The Sunday journeys on Services 1B & 1C will be revised in line with this change (but not serving Dalton Street).

The evening journeys on Services 1B & 1C will be revised, to avoid the reversing manoeuvre on Billington Road, to instead operate a one way loop via Cog Lane, Accrington Road and Rossendale Road.

8 Burnley - Bacup (BPT leaflet 78)
From 28 October 2012 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will revise the route and timetable, returning the service to operate between Burnley and Bacup only. The Service 8 & X8 journeys through to Bury and Manchester as well as the Burnley to Bleak House section will be withdrawn. The area around Bleak House will continue to be served by adjustments made to Service 1 (see above for details).

Alternative services are available for journeys on the section between Bacup and Edenfield to Manchester by using the frequent services available to connect at Rawtenstall onto Service X43, or for journeys between Bacup and Bury by using Rossendalebus' Service 482.

Lancashire County Council is assessing patronage on the Burnley to Summit section to establish if a sustainable replacement service can be provided for Moorland Road and Glen View Road.

X43 Nelson - Burnley - Rawtenstall - Manchester (BPT leaflet 62)
From 28 October 2012 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will revise the timetable, making minor timing amendments to Monday to Saturday afternoon journeys to improve reliability. Also the 2230 Monday to Saturday journey from Manchester to Burnley will no longer serve Edenfield.

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/w...p?id=91370

[SandyDrew]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
Jeezy peeps, the proposed cuts to Lancashire CC supported bus services (Evenings and weekends) next year seems hefty...

http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/...asp?ID=225

There are links to the services affected in each area.

[WhiteVanMan]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes

(20/12/2013 20:11)SandyDrew Wrote:  Jeezy peeps, the proposed cuts to Lancashire CC supported bus services (Evenings and weekends) next year seems hefty...

http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/...asp?ID=225

There are links to the services affected in each area.

Reading through the full list of services effect, It would appear that some areas are going to left with-out a bus service at all in an evening or on Sundays. I sincerely hope the bus operators effected by these cut backs, can provide some kind of replacement service.

The government, keep tell us to use public transport more, how can we, when there is no public transport available.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
It is ironic in that it is the Government who are cutting all these Council budgets. Cutbacks to bus contract budgets seem to be a common thing across County Council areas.

[Squire of the Gate]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
A shocking amount of cuts.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
After an hiatus in bringing this information to the forum, it is now in a format I can now paste across, so this is February's changes although most changes are on 25/26th January:

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/46512...bruary.pdf

[wirralbus]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
This does show you how it can be done , like the format well Lancashire County Council , come on merseytravel we know you can do better than the offering your giving us at the moment , which is dreadful.