Lancashire County Council Service Changes

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
October and November's changes:

Lancaster Services

Service 555 Lancaster - Carnforth - Keswick
Service 755 Heysham - Morecambe - Carnforth - Windermere
From 2 November 2026, Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting journeys for the winter period.

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Services

Service 1 Fleetwood - Cleveleys - Blackpool - St.Annes
Service 2 Fleetwood - Cleveleys - Blackpool Zoo
From 1 November 2026 Blackpool Transport Services will withdraw these services for the winter period.

Preston, South Ribble and Chorley Services

Service X8 Chorley - Preston - Lancaster - Windermere
From 1 November 2026, Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire will withdraw the service for the winter period.

Service 1 Preston - Ribbleton - Grimsargh - Longridge
Service 1A Preston - Ribbleton - Red Scar
From 1 November 2026, Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire will revise the route and timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability. There is a minor route change to Service 1A which will no longer serve Grange Avenue towards Red Scar and all journeys will serve Longridge Road instead in both directions.

Service 3 Preston - Penwortham - Kingsfold
From 1 November 2026, Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability.

Service 9 Preston - Moor Nook
From 1 November 2026, Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting times to offer a more consistent frequency throughout the day on Mondays to Saturdays.

Service 61 Preston - Kirkham - Blackpool
From 1 November 2026, Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting Sunday times to improve overall service reliability.

Service 68 Preston - Lytham St. Annes - Blackpool
From 1 November 2026, Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting Sunday times to improve overall service reliability, along with a minor tweak to the 0800 Monday to Friday journey from Blackpool.

Service 125 Preston - Bamber Bridge - Chorley - Horwich - Bolton
From 1 November 2026, Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability.

West Lancs Services

Service 375/385 Southport - Ormskirk - Skelmersdale - Wigan
From 8 November 2026, Arriva North West will revise the timetable, reducing the general service frequency to operate every 30 minutes.

Ribble Valley, Burnley and Pendle Services

Lancashire Combined County Authority Local Bus Service Changes
Lancashire Combined County Authority, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, will utilise Bus Grant funding awarded from HM Government and housing developers to meet some existing requests for a bus service where none currently exists, and to run buses more often where there is demand.

The main aim is to connect communities sustainably, especially in rural areas where many people rely on public transport by making bus services better and more appealing for the future. While it is not possible to fund every bus service people ask for, there is a commitment to improve links to employment, education, healthcare and local services.

From 25 October 2026, Lancashire Combined County Authority will be changing some services to expand the local bus network in Ribble Valley, Pendle and Burnley. These changes will mainly increase how often buses run and help make routes and timetables work better together. The improvements will mean better connections at key locations, more reliable times, and coordinated bus departures with the rest of the local bus network.

Vision Bus Ltd will operate all these services on behalf of Lancashire Combined County Authority.

These changes are as follows:

Service C1/C2 Clitheroe - Low Moor Circular
The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting alternate journeys to serve Primrose Victoria Street. Numbered Service C1, these journeys will partially replace the withdrawn Service C4 in this area.

The services combine to retain the generally every 30 minutes frequency Monday to Saturday daytime.

Service C3 Clitheroe - Ribble Valley East Circular
This service will be withdrawn and be replaced by the introduction of the new Service 80, linking Clitheroe and Colne via Sawley.

Service C4 Clitheroe - Peel Park Circular
This service will be withdrawn. Adjustments to the routes of Services 5 and 25 will generally cover the Peel Park area and Service C1 serving Primrose Victoria Street.

Service 5 Clitheroe - Whalley - Longridge - Chipping
The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability. There will be a minor route adjustment in Clitheroe to serve Peel Park Bollard Prospect to partially replace the withdrawn Service C4. In Longridge, school time journeys will divert to additionally serve Longridge Secondary Schools, offering students with improved links.

Those couple of journeys currently operating as Service 5A will be revised to operate as the standard Service 5 route. Edisford Bridge will continue to be served by Service 11.

The service will continue to run generally every hour, Monday to Saturday daytime and two-hourly on Sundays.

Service 15 Clitheroe - Whalley - Great Harwood - Rishton - Accrington
The timetable will be revised, adjusting some peak journey times to improve overall service reliability. The duplicate am and pm journeys between Rishton and Clitheroe operating on Clitheroe Ribblesdale Schooldays will be incorporated within the timetable.

The service will continue to run generally every hour, Monday to Saturday daytime and two-hourly on Sundays.

Service 25 Clitheroe - Whalley - Mellor - Blackburn
The route and timetable will be revised, merging Service 25A and enhancing the overall service frequency to generally run hourly across the whole route. The route will be revised to additionally serve Pendleton village, following customer requests, and in the Clitheroe area to additionally serve Peel Park to partially replace the withdrawn Service C4.

The enhanced frequency will enable students travelling from Brockhall to Clitheroe Ribblesdale CHS to use Service 25 and will replace dedicated school Service 464.

A schooldays variation, numbered Service 25S, serving Sabden instead of Barrow Brook, will replace dedicated school Service 638 to Billington St.Augustine's RCHS.

The service will now run generally every hour, Monday to Saturday daytime and continue two-hourly on Sundays, between Blackburn, Mellor and Mellor Brook only.

Service 60/60A Burnley - Lower Manor - General Hospital - Nelson - Marsden Park - Colne
The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting journey times to improve overall service reliability. The services in Colne will terminate at Colne Bus Station, no longer serving the Venables Avenue/Castle Road Circular, which will now be served by the extension of Service 68.

The services will continue to run up to every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly on Sundays.

Service 60B Nelson - Marsden Heights - Brierfield
This new service will be introduced, replacing Service 69 between Nelson and Brierfield.

The service will run up to every hour Monday to Saturday daytime.

Service 61 Nelson - Lomeshaye Industrial Estate
This new service will be introduced, linking Nelson Interchange with Lomeshaye Industrial Estate.

The service will run up to every hour Monday to Saturday daytime.

Service 64 Burnley - Padiham - Sabden - Whalley - Clitheroe
The timetable will be revised, with minor timing adjustments to the last two Monday to Saturday evening departures from Clitheroe.

The service will continue to combine with the enhanced Service 65 to run up to every half hour Monday to Saturday daytime and every hour Sunday daytime between Burnley and Sycamore Avenue.

Service 65 Burnley - Padiham - Fence - Carr Hall - Nelson
The route and timetable will be revised, utilising funding secured through the planning process, and supported by Bus Grant funding from HM Government, to increase the service frequency and adjust the route to serve the expanding Carr Hall Riverside Community and Business Park instead of serving Barrowford, which will continue to be served by Services 66, 67 and 68.

The timetable will be revised increasing the frequency to operate generally every hour Monday to Saturday daytime and the introduction of a new two-hourly Sunday daytime service.

The service will continue to combine with Service 64 to run up to every half hour Monday to Saturday daytime and every hour Sunday daytime between Burnley and Sycamore Avenue.

Services 66/67 Nelson - Barley - Chatburn - Waddington - Clitheroe
The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting departure times to combine with the amended Service 68 to run up to every half hour Monday to Saturday daytime between Nelson and Higherford. The Sunday Service will be enhanced to operate the standard Service 66/67 route, replacing Service 66S, with journeys on each service operating every two hours, combining to hourly across common sections.

Service 68 Nelson - Higherford - Alkincoats - Colne
The route and timetable will be revised, extending the service beyond Colne Town Centre to additionally serve the Venables Avenue/Castle Road Circular loop, replacing the revised Service 60/60A.

The timetable will continue to operate generally every hour daily daytime, with Monday to Saturday evening journeys between Nelson and Colne only.

The service will combine with the revised Services 66/67 to run up to every half hour Monday to Saturday daytime and every hour Sunday daytime between Nelson and Higherford.

Service 69 Nelson - Carr Hall - Lomeshaye - Nelson
The route and timetable will be revised, revising the service to operate a single loop between Nelson, Carr Hall and Lomeshaye Business Park.

Between Nelson and Brierfield the service will be replaced by new service 60B. The section between Brierfield and Burnley General Hospital is proposed to be withdrawn, however Service 60 and Burnley Bus Company Services 2, 2A, M3, M4, M5 and M6 provide alternative links from Nelson and Brierfield to Burnley General Hospital.

The service will run up to every hour Monday to Saturday daytime.

Service 80 Clitheroe - Bolton-by-Bowland - Barnoldswick - Colne
This new service will be introduced, creating a direct link between Clitheroe and Colne, serving additional rural communities in the east of Ribble Valley following customer requests.

The new service, replacing Service C3, will run between Clitheroe and Colne via Pimlico, West Bradford, Sawley, Bolton-by-Bowland, Gisburn, Barnoldswick and Foulridge.

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

Service X43 Burnley - Rawtenstall - Manchester
From 1 November 2026, The Burnley Bus Company will revise the timetable, temporarily introducing additional journeys until 19th December inclusive to cater for additional customer demand in the run up to Christmas and covering the Manchester Christmas Markets event.