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bus service chan g es October 2011 This leaflet has been produced by Lancashire County Council. It is issued at the beginning of each month to help you keep up-to-date with changes made to bus services in the County. Changes to Bus Services - October 2011 Service Service RIBBLE VALLEY SERVICES 11 Settle - Horton-in-Ribblesdale Bowland Transit This new Bowland Transit Services 10/11 service, replacing Service B1, will (currently B1/B10/B11) operate two-hourly on Monday to (Leaflet 104) Saturday daytime, in conjunction with new Service 10, from Settle From 31 October 2011 to Horton-in-Ribblesdale via Lancashire County Council, in Langcliffe and Stainforth. partnership with North Yorkshire County Council, will revise On both routes more appropriate the Bowland Transit services 16 seat low-floor minibuses will as follows: be used throughout the whole route. These are better suited to B1/B10/B11 Clitheroe - the rural roads and the level of Slaidburn - Settle - Horton passenger demand. (Bowland Transit) These service numbers will be A dedicated school bus, numbered withdrawn and replaced by new 510, will be provided for the Bowland Transit Services 10 & 11. 23 students entitled to free home to school transport attending 10 Clitheroe - Dunsop Bridge - Bowland High School and Clitheroe Newton - Slaidburn - Settle Royal Grammar School from This new Bowland Transit service, Bashall Eaves, Cow Ark, replacing Services B1, B10 & B11, Whitewell and Dunsop Bridge. will operate two-hourly on Monday to Saturday daytime from The section of the existing route Clitheroe direct through to Settle between Newton and Waddington via Bashall Eaves, Cow Ark, (via Waddington Fell) will no longer Whitewell, Dunsop Bridge, be served on most journeys with Newton, Slaidburn, Tosside, these revisions. On average there Wigglesworth and Rathmell. are less than 5 weekly passenger trips made to/from this section. All morning and afternoon peak journeys will be maintained, Little Red Bus will take over as currently by Service B10/B11, operation of both routes on with certain journeys running behalf of Lancashire and North through Waddington, Yorkshire County Councils. renumbered Service 10A. www.lancashire.gov.uk Service Service 71 Clitheroe - Barley - Nelson evening journeys to remove the (Pendle Witch Hopper) diversion via Frenchwood. (Leaflet 106) Sunday evening journeys to Frenchwood will be covered by From 31 October 2011 the revised Service 29A. Lancashire County Council will revise the service, renumbering the Pendle Witch Hopper routes SOUTH RIBBLE SERVICES from P70 & P71 to run as Service 71 in both directions. There will 109 Preston - be minor amendments to the Leyland - Chorley timetable. Also the Summer (STG leaflet) Sunday Service 70/71/72 will be From 30 October 2011 withdrawn for the winter period. Lancashire County Council will Holmeswood Coaches Ltd will revise the timetable of the take over operation of this Monday to Saturday evening and service on behalf of Lancashire Sunday journeys. The route of County Council. all the Sunday journeys, between Leyland and Lostock Hall, PRESTON SERVICES will be revised in line with 29A Preston - Frenchwood the Monday to Saturday (Leaflet 228) evening journeys to serve Clayton-le-Woods and Cuerden. From 30 October 2011 Lancashire County Council will revise the Tyrer Bus Ltd will take over timetable of the Monday to operation of these Monday to Saturday evening journeys between Preston and Frenchwood. The Saturday evening and Sunday timetable will also include Sunday subsidised journeys, on behalf of evening journeys to replace the Lancashire County Council. removal of the Frenchwood diversion on the Preston to There will be no changes to Bamber Bridge Service 150. Stagecoach's or Fishwick's commercial Monday to 150 Preston - Bamber Bridge Saturday daytime service and (Leaflet 242) their range of tickets will From 30 October 2011 Lancashire continue to be accepted for County Council will revise the route travel on Lancashire County and timetable of the Sunday Council's journeys. Changes to Bus Services - October 2011 Service Service 113 Preston - 319 St. Helens - Bamber Bridge - Leyland - Ormskirk Eccleston - Wigan (MerseyTravel leaflet) (Leaflet 248) From 23 October 2011 From 31 October 2011 Strawberry will revise the route Stagecoach in Lancashire will and timetable to operate hourly take over operation of all Monday to Saturday daytime journeys, all Monday to Friday daytime throughout the existing route journeys direct via Rainford from Preston to Wigan, on a bypass omitting Bickerstaffe and commercial basis. There will be Barrow Nook. The whole Saturday some minor timetable timetable will be withdrawn. amendments to certain peak journeys. 375/385 Wigan - Skelmersdale - The Monday to Saturday evening Ormskirk - Southport service will continue to be (TfGM leaflet) subsidised by Lancashire County Council and the timetable will be From 30 October 2011 Arriva amended to operate every North West will revise the 75 minutes. Preston Bus will timetable withdrawing the operate these journeys on behalf following Monday to Saturday of Lancashire County Council and evening journeys: Stagecoach's range of valid tickets will be accepted for travel. 1910 from Southport to Wigan and 2040 from Wigan to WEST LANCASHIRE Southport. SERVICES Alternative journeys are available 47 Riverside - at 1840 & 1940 from Southport to Southport - Liverpool Wigan and at 2010 & 2110 from (MerseyTravel Leaflet) Wigan to Southport. From 30 October 2011 Arriva North West will revise the Sunday timetable, reducing the daytime frequency from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes. www.lancashire.gov.uk Service Service CHORLEY SERVICES throughout. The Sunday timetable will also be revised, increasing the 114 Chorley - daytime frequency from every Clayton-le-Woods - hour to every 30 minutes. Sainsburys - Walton-le-Dale - Preston (Leaflet 255) HYNDBURN SERVICES From 30 October 2011 241/242 Accrington - Lancashire County Council will Clitheroe (BPT leaflet) revise the timetable, amending the departure times of the From 31 October 2011 Transdev following Monday to Saturday Burnley & Pendle will withdraw journeys: their school day journeys on this route. Alternative journeys are From Chorley to Preston available by M&M Coaches and The 0835 and 0935 journeys will Holmeswood Coaches depart 5 minutes earlier and operate 5 minutes earlier X40/X41 throughout. The 1435 journey Gt. Harwood/Blackburn - will depart at 1455 and operate Accrington - Manchester 20 minutes later throughout. (Leaflet 102) From Preston to Chorley From 31 October 2011 Transdev The 0835, 0940, 1040, 1450 Lancashire United will revise and 1710 journeys will depart the timetable adjusting a number 5 minutes earlier and operate of departure times to operate 5 minutes earlier throughout. earlier throughout to improve overall reliability. Stagecoach in Lancashire will continue operating these BURNLEY SERVICES services on behalf of Lancashire County Council. 215 Burnley - Nelson - Colne - Barnoldswick - Skipton 362 Chorley - Coppull - (PEN leaflet) Standish - Wigan (TfGM leaflet) From 2 October 2011 Pennine Motor Services will revise the From 30 October 2011 Arriva timetable, adjusting most of the North West will revise the Monday to Saturday daytime timetable amending most Monday journeys between Burnley and to Saturday evening journeys to Barnoldswick to operate up to run up to 10 minutes earlier 5 minutes earlier throughout. Changes to Bus Services - October 2011 Service Service PENDLE SERVICES around Chatburn Park Drive/ Clitheroe Road (a link much 93 Nelson - Marsden Park requested in recent years by Circular (Leaflet 93) local residents). From 31 October 2011 Lancashire County Council will 95 Colne - Nelson - withdraw this service, it will be General Hospital - incorporated within revisions to Lower Manor - Burnley Pendle Green Line Services 94 & The route and timetable of the 95, see below for details. main Pendle Green Line service will be revised adjusting it to the Pendle Green Line Services single service number 95. 94/95 (Leaflet 94) The revised service will continue From 30 October 2011 to operate every half hour Lancashire County Council will during Monday to Saturday revise these Pendle Green Line daytime as currently from Colne subsidised bus services to to Nelson Regent Street then incorporate Marsden Park into the re-route across the A56 around route, using the opportunity to the Marsden Park circle to revise the route, improve bus Barkerhouse Road to Nelson service access and restore a Interchange. Then via the current number of links withdrawn in route to Burnley Town Centre, January 2011. The timetables will half hourly to Nelson Chapel also be revised to improve overall House Road and extending hourly service reliability within existing to Burnley via Burnley via resources. The revisions to the Casterton Avenue (for Burnley services are as follows:- General Hospital), Lower Manor 94 Brierfield - Nelson - Estate and Stoneyholme. Carvendale Avenue - Key Improvements with these Marsden Park Circular revisions to Pendle Green line The route and timetable will be network are: revised adjusting this Pendle • the restoration of links from Green Line service to operate Marsden Park towards Burnley hourly during Monday to Saturday and the General Hospital; daytime between Brierfield and Marsden Park via Hibson Road, • the introduction of new direct Nelson Town Centre and travelling opportunities from Cravendale Avenue. The service Marsden Park though to Colne will additionally