24 June 2012 bus service chan g es to the Ribble Valley Network See inside for details of changes from 24 June 2012 in the Ribble Valley and surrounding areas. l Specia Valley Ribble Edition w w w . lancashire.gov.u k/buses Changes to Bus Services ­ 24 June 2012 Ribble Valley Subsidised GROUP 1 Bus Service Review Local Hyndburn Services Lancashire County Council financially Service 2 Leaflet 42 support the majority of bus services Accrington – 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 Rishton Eachill Gardens will basis, the local town services in Clitheroe 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, Blackburn with Darwen. 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 Longridge 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 Ribchester – 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, Great Mitton 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 Goosnargh, Broughton, Woodplumpton, 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 Chatburn – 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 Oswaldtwistle. 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, Salesbury, journeys will continue to serve Clayton-le- Wilpshire (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 Brook – 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 Ramsgreave 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, Brockhall Village, Dinckley, 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