Lancashire County Council Service Changes

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RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
May's Service Changes (mainly Transdev gaining contract work in Pendle and Ribble areas)

Quote:From 2 May 2021 Lancashire County Council will introduce the following bus service revisions:

Ribble Valley, Burnley & Pendle Services
Service 4 Clitheroe – Peel Park Circular
The county council will revise the timetable, retiming journeys and adding an extra Saturday service.

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

Service 6 Colne – Marsden Park – Nelson – Hospital – Lower Manor – Burnley
Renumbered from Service 95, the county council will revise the route and timetable, enhancing the Monday to Saturday daytime frequency from an hourly service to every 30 minutes across the whole route and introduce a Sunday service between Colne and Nelson.

The timetable will be amended along with a couple of route alterations to improve overall service reliability. In Colne, between the town centre and Birtwistle Avenue, the route will operate direct via Langroyd Road and Windy Bank then operate the loop around the Venables Avenue and Castle Road section. This will offer customers from the wider area more direct journeys, whilst maintaining access to a bus service for all the residential communities as currently served. In Nelson, between the Interchange and Hill Place, the route will operate more direct via Hibson Road, with Chapel House Road being served by the new Service 69.

This service will continue to link Colne, Nelson and Burnley town centres via Boundary Mill, Marsden Park, General Hospital & Lower Manor Estate.

New Service 6S will operate Sundays and Bank Holidays to provide daily public transport access for the majority of the route between Colne and Nelson.

The service will operate every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and the new hourly Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime Service 6S will also be introduced.

Service 14 Burnley – Clifton Farm Circular
The county council will revise the timetable, enhancing the Monday to Saturday daytime frequency from an hourly service to every 30 minutes and introduce a Sunday service.

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

The service will operate every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and a new hourly Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime service will also be introduced.

Service 15 Burnley – Rose Hill Circular
The county council will revise the timetable to introduce a Sunday service.

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

The service will operate every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and a new hourly Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime service will also be introduced.

Service 64 Burnley – Padiham – Sabden – Whalley – Clitheroe
The county council will revise the timetable, enhancing the Monday to Saturday daytime frequency from a two hourly service to every hour and introduce a Sunday service.

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

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

Service 65 Burnley – Padiham – Higham – Fence – Nelson
The county council will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the route in Padiham to additionally serve the St. John's Road area of the town. The route between Fence and Nelson will also be revised to operate via Lomeshaye instead of Service 66, improving journey times throughout the route.

This service will continue to link Burnley and Nelson via Sycamore Avenue, Lowerhouse, Padiham, Higham, Fence and Lomeshaye.

The service will operate generally every two hours during Monday to Saturday daytime and in conjunction with Service 66, maintain the hourly service between Fence and Nelson. In conjunction with Service 64 the frequency between Burnley, Sycamore Avenue and Lowerhouse will increase from every hour up to every 30 minutes at certain times during Monday to Saturday daytime.

Service 66 Clitheroe – Chatburn – Barley – Fence – Barrowford – Nelson
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 and introduce a Summer Sunday service.

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

Key journeys serving Clitheroe schools will continue to be maintained within the limited 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 & Fence (66) or Roughlee & Blacko (67), Barrowford and Nelson & Colne College.

New Service 66S will initially operate Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays from April to October to establish demand, with an adjusted route between Fence and Nelson to offer daily public transport access for the majority of the route.

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

Service 68 Nelson – Barrowford – Colne
The county council will introduce this new service to provide a direct link between Nelson, Barrowford and Colne. In Colne, it will replace the withdrawn Service 95A for Alkincoats and South Valley Drive.

Service 68 will operate between Nelson and Colne via Carr Hall, Business Village, Barrowford, Alkincoats and Colne extending through to South Valley Drive.

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

Service 69 Nelson – Brierfield – General Hospital
The county council will introduce this new service to replace the withdrawn Service 95A on this section.

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

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

Service 95A Colne – Marsden Park – Nelson – Brierfield – Hospital
The county council will replace this service, with the majority of the route being incorporated within the enhanced Service 6 frequency. The section between Nelson, Brierfield & Burnley General Hospital will be replaced with new Service 69 and Alkincoats & South Valley Drive in Colne will be incorporated within the new Service 68.

Transdev's The Burnley Bus Company
Transdev's The Burnley Bus Company will operate all these local bus services on behalf of the county council. The services will be branded as Pendle & Ribble to help develop the services role as feeders to the wider bus service network including Transdev's other local core commercial services The Mainline, The Hotline, Witchway and Pendle Wizz.

The Burnley Bus Company will be introducing a modern fleet across all the area's tendered network, with accessible buses equipped with free Wi-Fi, USB power and audio visual next stop announcements. Integrated ticketing and contactless payments will be inter-available throughout both the commercial and tendered local bus service network.

Preston, South Ribble, Chorley & West LancashireServices
Service 111 Preston – Lostock Hall – Leyland – Eccleston – Standish – Wigan
The county council, in partnership with Stagecoach, will revise the route and timetable, extending the service through from Leyland to Wigan replacing Service 113 over this section.

The Monday to Saturday daytime service will operate as normal between Preston and Leyland Moss Side, then extend hourly from Leyland through to Wigan via Eccleston, Heskin, Wrightington Bar, Shevington Moor and Standish.

This more direct service between Preston, Leyland and Wigan will significantly improve journey times for those passengers travelling over the longer distances.

The section between Shevington Moor, Standish and Wigan will be revised to operate via Rectory Lane and Chorley Road and continue to be operated in partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester.

Service 113 Preston – Bamber Bridge – Leyland – Eccleston – Wigan
The county council will withdraw this service and it will be replaced by the extension to Service 111 between Leyland and Wigan, in partnership with Stagecoach, and by the new enhanced Service 153 between Preston and Leyland.

Service 153 Preston – Gregson Lane – Bamber Bridge – Tardy Gate – Leyland
The county council will introduce this new service replacing the withdrawn Service 113 between Preston and Leyland.

This new service will operate between Preston and Leyland via Higher Walton, Gregson Lane, Bamber Bridge, Tardy Gate, Lancashire Enterprise Park, Leyland Broadfield and Earnshaw Bridge.

With the funding support from the housing development on Brindle Road and investment of the county council, the Monday to Saturday daytime service frequency will be enhanced from hourly to every 30 minutes across the whole route, along with some additional early evening journeys.

A new hourly Sunday service between Preston and Bamber Bridge will also be introduced.

Transdev Rosso will operate this service on behalf of the county council. In conjunction with Transdev's commercial Hotline Service 152, the service frequency between Preston and Higher Walton will be enhanced further, offering an improved coordinated service for customers in this area. Integrated ticketing will be inter-available on both the tendered Service 153 and the commercial Service 152.

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/roads-park...e-changes/