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24 June 2012 bus service chan g es to the Network

See inside for details of changes from 24 June 2012 in the Ribble Valley and surrounding areas.

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w w w . .gov.u k/buses Changes to Bus Services ­ 24 June 2012 Ribble Valley Subsidised GROUP 1 Bus Service Review Local Services Lancashire County Council financially Service 2 Leaflet 42 support the majority of bus services – Dill Hall Circular operating in the Ribble Valley. The route and timetable will be revised, Whilst the regular bus services from key amending the service to operate between Lancashire towns into Ribble Valley are Accrington and Dill Hall via Asda. run by bus operators on a commercial Customers from Eachill Gardens will basis, the local town services in continue to be served by the revised Service and the rural bus links across the 14/14A; please refer to service Group 3 for further details. Ribble Valley are all subsidised by Lancashire County Council. Service 9 Leaflet 42 To improve the future viability of the Accrington – Laneside Circular network, a full review of the subsidised The route and timetable will be revised, routes has taken place with an emphasis amending the service to operate between on reshaping the network to ensure Accrington and Laneside. Customers from current resources are better utilised. Barnfield will continue to be served by the A number of service requests have been revised Service 19 (see below for details). taken into consideration in offering a The section of route on Alice Street will continue to be served by Pilkington Bus' more sustainable network of routes within commercial Service 3/3A between existing funding levels. Accrington and Huncoat.

Incorporated within the Ribble Valley bus Service 19 Leaflet 42 service review are a number of revisions to Accrington – Barnfield Circular subsidised bus services in neighbouring Hyndburn, Pendle and Preston, as well as The route and timetable will be revised, with . amending the service to operate between Accrington and Barnfield via Avenue Lancashire County Council consulted Parade. Customers from Laneside will widely on the proposals and received continue to be served by the revised Service feedback from local County and Borough 9 (see above for details). The section of route on Alice Street will continue to be representatives, Parish Councils together served by Pilkington Bus' commercial with current bus users and local residents Service 3/3A between Accrington and before finalising the revisions to the Huncoat. subsidised bus service network. These circular services will each run hourly Therefore from 24 June 2012 Lancashire on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis and County Council will introduce the to improve accessibility, a low floor easy following revisions to routes and access bus will now be used on these timetables to improve accessibility, services. reliability and overall sustainability of services. To be able to better explain the M & M Coaches Ltd will operate this group revisions, these services are split into six of services on behalf of Lancashire County Council. separate groups as follows: www.lancashire.gov.uk/buses

service between Fulwood Wychnor and GROUP 2 Preston City Centre. The two-hourly Service 4 on Thursday, Preston to Friday and Saturday evenings between Service Longridge and Preston will continue to operate but with revised times. Service 4/4A Leaflet 234 Stagecoach in Lancashire will operate this Preston – Fulwood – group of services on behalf of Lancashire Whittingham – Longridge County Council. The route and timetable will be revised, amending the service to operate between GROUP 3 Longridge and Preston, no longer serving Chipping. Ribble Valley Services – The section between Chipping and Longridge has been added to the revisions to Services 5 Longridge, Chipping, & 35 (please refer to service Group 3 for Mellor, Blackburn & further details). Instead of serving Chipping the service will loop around Longridge Town Accrington areas centre and Beacon Fell Caravan Park, which Service 5/5A Leaflet 103 is currently served by Services 3 & 5. Chipping – Longridge – There are approximately 1,500 annual – Clitheroe passenger trips made between Chipping and Preston across Longridge. This equates to The route and timetable will be revised, with around 30 passenger trips per week and 5 per the service continuing to operate between day across 12 journeys. Connection Longridge and Clitheroe via Ribchester, opportunities in Longridge will be available Hurst Green, and Whalley. from the revised Services 5 & 35, already The service will run every two hours in each used by some through passengers, with direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime Stagecoach's frequent Service 1 operating between Longridge and Clitheroe. There are direct between Longridge and Preston. additional direct journeys between Service 4 will continue to operate between Longridge and Clitheroe, numbered 5A. Longridge and Preston via Whittingham, Furthermore a two hourly evening service , Broughton, , on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings Fulwood and Royal Preston Hospital. on a six month trial basis will be introduced The route and timetable of Service 4A will be on this route; please refer to service revised between Fulwood and Preston to Group 5 for further details. operate between Preston and Fulwood Conway Drive outbound then return to Preston Service 14/14A Leaflet 105 via Wychnor, Lightfoot Lane and normal – Clitheroe – Accrington – Service 4 route past Royal Preston Hospital. Royal Blackburn Hospital Whilst this will mean a slight increase in The route and timetable will be revised, journey time inbound from Conway Drive to renumbering from Service 241. Service Preston City Centre, Wychnor and Lightfoot 14/14A will operate between Clitheroe and Lane will have an increase in service frequency Royal Blackburn Hospital via Whalley, Great from hourly to half-hourly, during Monday to Harwood, Rishton, Clayton-le-Moors Saturday daytime. (Service 14A), Accrington and Services 4 & 4A will both run hourly in each . Certain journeys will operate direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime beyond Clitheroe to Chatburn via Pimlico, basis, combining to provide a half-hourly maintaining a service for this area. Changes to Bus Services ­ 24 June 2012

The route between Rishton and Accrington This service will continue to run every will be revised, serving Eachill Gardens in two hours in each direction on a Monday Rishton (Service 14 journeys during the to Saturday daytime between Clitheroe day) replacing the withdrawn Service 2 from and Blackburn. this area. Service 35 Leaflet 103 Also the daytime route (Service 14) will be Chipping – Longridge – revised between Rishton and Accrington to Ribchester – Blackburn operate direct from Clayton Park via Dunkenhalgh Way and Asda creating new The route and timetable will be revised, travelling opportunities, omitting renumbering from Service 3/3A and extending Clayton-le-Moors. the service through to Chipping. Service 35 will operate between Chipping and Blackburn The morning and afternoon peak time via Longridge, Ribchester, , journeys will continue to serve Clayton-le- (additionally serving Durham Road Moors (Service 14A) to ensure students and between 0930 & 1530) and Pleckgate. workers who currently use the service to and from this area will be unaffected. The service will continue to run every two hours in each direction on a Monday to The general service will be increased to run Saturday daytime and evening basis every hour (extended two-hourly through to between Chipping, Longridge and Chatburn) in each direction on a Monday to Blackburn. Saturday daytime basis. Co-ordinated timetables Service 15 Leaflet 107 These revisions aim to address those – Mellor – sections of routes where a more co- ordinated approach can be achieved and Blackburn will allow the following co-ordinated The route and timetable will be revised, frequencies to be introduced:- renumbering from Service 13. Service 15 will continue to operate between Mellor Service 5 (Chipping – Clitheroe) and Service Brook and Blackburn via Mellor, 35 (Chipping – Blackburn) will combine to and Pleckgate. provide an even hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service between Chipping, The service will be increased to run every Longridge and Ribchester. hour in each direction on a Monday to Service 5 (Chipping – Clitheroe) and Service Saturday daytime basis between Mellor 25 (Clitheroe – Blackburn) will combine to Brook and Blackburn, with a morning and provide an even hourly Monday to Saturday afternoon journey continuing through to daytime service between Whalley and Blackburn St. Wilfrids CEHS. Clitheroe. Service 25 Leaflet 103 Service 15 (Mellor – Blackburn), Service 25 Clitheroe – Whalley – (Clitheroe – Blackburn) and Service 35 (Chipping – Blackburn) will combine to Brockhall – Blackburn provide an even half-hourly Monday to The route and timetable will be revised, Saturday daytime service between renumbering from Service C25. Service 25 Pleckgate and Blackburn. will operate between Clitheroe and Blackburn via Low Moor, Great Mitton, Service 25 (Clitheroe – Blackburn) and Whalley, , , Service 35 (Chipping – Blackburn) will Salesbury and Wilpshire. combine to provide an even hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service between Salesbury and Blackburn. www.lancashire.gov.uk/buses

Connecting timetables Service 4 Leaflet 101 With the co-ordinated timetables there will Clitheroe – Peel Park Circular be better interchange opportunities at Longridge and Clitheroe. The route and timetable will be revised, combining part of Service C1 and the whole In Longridge, Services 5 & 35 will have of Service C4. Service 4 will continue to improved connections with Stagecoach's operate a circular town service between frequent Service 1 through to Preston. Clitheroe and Peel Park. In Clitheroe, Services 5 & 25 will have This circular service will continue to run hourly improved connections with Train Services on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis. and other local bus services. Holmeswood Coaches Ltd will operate this Service 7/7A/7B Leaflet 101 group of services on behalf of Lancashire Clitheroe – Waddington – County Council. Chatburn – Barley/ – Nelson GROUP 4 The route and timetable will be revised, renumbering from Service 71. The route Clitheroe Local Services between Clitheroe and Chatburn will be and Pendle Witch Hopper revised to operate via Waddington and West Bradford, to replace services C5 & C15, and Service 2 Leaflet 101 journeys between Downham and will operate alternately via Barley or Rimington Low Moor – Clitheroe – during the middle of the day. Chatburn – Sawley – Service 7 will operate between Clitheroe and The route and timetable will be revised, Nelson via Waddington, West Bradford, renumbering from Service C2. Service 2 will Chatburn, Downham, Barley, Newchurch, operate between Low Moor, Clitheroe and Spenbrook, Roughlee, Blacko and Grindleton via Chatburn and Sawley. . Certain Peak journeys will run as This service will run half-hourly, between Service 7B and additionally serve Grindleton. Low Moor and Clitheroe (partially replacing Service 7A will operate between Clitheroe Service C1), and continue hourly through to and Nelson via Waddington, West Bradford, Grindleton in each direction on a Monday to Chatburn, Downham, Rimington, Howgill, Saturday daytime basis. Certain Peak Todber, Blacko and Barrowford. journeys on new Service 7B (see below for details) will additionally serve Grindleton to The service will run hourly in each direction maintain an half-hourly link with Clitheroe at on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis, these times. with most journeys running as Service 7 and There will also be an hourly Sunday daytime three/four journeys per day in each direction service between Low Moor and Clitheroe as Service 7A. only. A new Sunday service for Grindleton There will also be an hourly Sunday daytime will be provided by Service 7B (see below circular service between Clitheroe, for details). Chatburn, Grindleton, West Bradford and Furthermore a two hourly evening service Waddington, numbered Service 7B. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings Furthermore a two hourly evening service on a six month trial basis will be introduced on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings in the Low Moor area on Service 5A and in on a six month trial basis will be introduced the Chatburn & Grindleton areas on Service on this route; please refer to service 7B; please refer to service Group 5 for Group 5 for further details. further details. Changes to Bus Services ­ 24 June 2012

Pimlico will now be served by extended Service 5A Leaflet 103 journeys of new Service 14/14A between Longridge – Low Moor – Clitheroe Chatburn, Clitheroe, Accrington and Royal Blackburn Hospital; please refer to These will be additional Thursday, Friday & service Group 3 for further details. Saturday evening Service 5A journeys, departing Longridge at 1957 & 2157 and Co-ordinated and connecting timetables Clitheroe at 2059 & 2259. Connections from These proposed route and timetable Chipping to Clitheroe will be available at revisions will enable surrounding villages to Longridge via the evening Service 35 have improved connections at Clitheroe journeys between Chipping and Blackburn. Interchange with train services and other local bus services. These journeys will run via the Low Moor Holmeswood Coaches Ltd will operate this area in Clitheroe and can be accessed on group of services on behalf of Lancashire Edisford Road and Bawdlands from this area. County Council. Stagecoach in Lancashire will operate this group of services on behalf of Lancashire County Council. GROUP 5 New Ribble Valley GROUP 6 Evening Services Revised Summer Service During the consultation process, requests to were made for evening journeys to link the local communities to be available, allowing Service 5B Leaflet 103 later opportunities for returning from work, Clitheroe – Longridge – accessing leisure facilities in Clitheroe or social Chipping – Garstang days out. Most comments received recognised a daily evening service would most likely be The route and timetable will be revised, unsustainable and that the focus of any trial renumbering from Service B12. The route service should be centred on those days between Clitheroe and Chipping will be where usage is likely to be higher. revised to serve Hurst Green and Longridge Therefore a new two hourly evening service instead of and Cow Ark. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings The average 10 return passenger trips made will be introduced on a six month trial basis per operating day, in 2011, travelled from on the following services: either Clitheroe or Chipping with only the occasional passenger boarding at other Service 7B Leaflet 101 points along the route. It is hoped the revised route, serving more populated Clitheroe – Waddington – areas, will generate the additional Grindleton – Chatburn passenger journeys required to ensure the These will be additional Thursday, Friday & service can be sustainable. Saturday evening journeys, numbered 7B, Service 5B will continue to operate a single departing at 2025 & 2225 from Clitheroe, return summer Thursday only journey connecting with the train arrivals, serving between Clitheroe and Garstang via Waddington, West Bradford, Grindleton Longridge and Chipping. The journey will and Chatburn. continue to allow 2¼ hours visiting time in Garstang on Market days. www.lancashire.gov.uk/buses

The service will operate on summer approximately 600 annually. This equates Thursdays only from the last Thursday in to on average around 12 passenger trips May until the last Thursday in October. per week and 2 per day across the current 15 journeys. Connections will be Holmeswood Coaches Ltd will operate available at Clitheroe Interchange for this service on behalf of Lancashire these journeys to continue to be made. County Council. Service 280/X80 Leaflet 109 The following subsidised bus services will be withdrawn and replaced as Skipton – Clitheroe – detailed: Whalley – Preston

Service C1 From 24 June 2012 Transdev Lancashire Clitheroe Town Service United, on behalf of Lancashire County Council, will revise the timetable, (Low Moor & Peel Park) adjusting a number of journeys to improve overall service reliability. Service C1 will be withdrawn and replaced by new Services 2 & 4 (See service Group 4 for details). There will be NO changes to the following other subsidised bus services Service C2 operating within the Ribble Valley: Low Moor – Clitheroe – Chatburn – Sawley – Grindleton Services 7S/72 Service C2 will be withdrawn and replaced Nelson – Clitheroe – – by new Service 2 (See service Group 4 for – Nelson details). (Summer Sunday Pendle Service C4 Witch Hopper) Clitheroe – Peel Park Service 10/10A Service C4 will be withdrawn and replaced Clitheroe – – by new Service 4 (See service Group 4 for Newton – – Settle details). Service 11 Services C5/C15 Settle – Horton-in-Ribblesdale Clitheroe – Waddington – West Bradford – Clitheroe Service 231 Clitheroe – Whalley – Services C5/C15 will be withdrawn and replaced by new Services 7/7A/7B – Accrington (See service Group 4 for details). (Saturdays)

The section of West Bradford Road between Pimlico and West Bradford will no longer be served. The new Services 7/7A/7B will also result in the direct link between Waddington, West Bradford and Clitheroe Hospital being no longer available. There are extremely low passenger trips made on this section, For information about local bus services:

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