Lancashire County Council Service Changes

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Lancashire County Council Service Changes
July 2012 changes:

FYLDE & WYRE SERVICES
From 22 July 2012 Blackpool Transport Services will introduce the following changes to their commercial local bus services on the Fylde Coast:

1 Fleetwood - Cleveleys - Blackpool - Starr Gate (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability.

2 Blackpool - Victoria Hospital - Staining - Poulton (BLA leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised to divert all Service 2 journeys to additionally serve Staining village, replacing the withdrawn Service 15 from this area.

The service will continue to operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, with an hourly Sunday daytime and daily evening service.

These revisions will create a new direct link for Staining Village to Poulton, together with the introduction of a daily evening service to Blackpool and Poulton.

2C Blackpool - Victoria Hospital - Poulton - Knott End (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability.

3 Mereside - Blackpool - Cleveleys - Cleveleys Park (BLA leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised extending the service beyond Cleveleys to serve Cleveleys Park, replacing the withdrawn Service 4 from this area.

4 Mereside - Blackpool - Cleveleys (BLA leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised terminating the service in Cleveleys. The section of route beyond Cleveleys serving Cleveleys Park will be replaced by the extension to Service 3 in this area.

7 Cleveleys - Blackpool - St. Annes - Lytham (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability and in conjunction with service 11 reduce the layover and ease congestion on Saltcotes Road at the Lytham Terminus.

9 Cleveleys - Bispham - Blackpool (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability.

11 Grange Park - Blackpool - St. Annes - Lytham (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability and in conjunction with Service 7 reduce the layover and ease congestion on Saltcotes Road at the Lytham Terminus.

15 Staining - Blackpool - Bispham - Poulton (BLA leaflet)
The service will be withdrawn.

The section between Blackpool and Staining will be replaced by the diversion of Service 2 through to Poulton (see above for details).

Lancashire County Council's subsidised section of route between Bispham and Poulton via Norcross will transfer to the revised Service 16 (see over for details).

16 Blackpool - Mereside - Victoria Hospital - Bispham - Poulton (BLA leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised amending the service from Bispham to terminate in Poulton, covering Lancashire County Council's subsidised service on this section, and no longer serving Cleveleys and Thornton.

Alternative direct services are available for most passenger destinations, with other frequent connecting services available at Poulton or Cleveleys.

17 Blackpool - Spring Gardens - St. Annes (BLA leaflet)
The timetable will be revised to improve overall service reliability.

PRESTON SERVICES
29/29A Preston - Frenchwood (Leaflet 228)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will withdraw the route in its entirety with Frenchwood continuing to be served by the revised Services 112 & 114 (please refer to leaflet 255 for further details).

SOUTH RIBBLE SERVICES
3A Preston - Broadgate (Leaflet 227)
12/12A/13/13A Preston - Penwortham - New Longton - Longton (Leaflet 240)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, renumbering the core routes from Services 3A & 3B.

Revised Services 12 & 13 will continue to operate between Preston and Penwortham via Middleforth Green with Service 13 continuing into Penwortham via Central Avenue with Service 12 continuing to Longton via Whitestake and New Longton.

The service runs half-hourly in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime between Preston and Penwortham extending hourly to each route destination.

The revised timetable will provide additional Monday to Saturday peak journeys between New Longton and Preston restoring a halfhourly service.

Broadgate will be served between 0900 and 1500 by Service 3A providing a Monday to Saturday daytime circular service to and from Preston city centre, with certain Monday to Saturday peak journeys on the through routes; these journeys will be numbered Services 12A & 13A.

The two-hourly daily evening and Sunday daytime Service 2B will be renumbered Service 12A and still operate between Preston and Longton, via Broadgate, Penwortham, Whitestake and New Longton continuing to Ormskirk via Tarleton and Burscough. There will be no changes to the timetable for this service and the revised number will fit in with the revisions to the Monday to Saturday daytime service between Preston and Longton as well as complimenting the core Monday to Saturday daytime Service 2A between Preston and Ormskirk.

Preston Bus will continue operating this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

112 Croston - Leyland - Bamber Bridge - Preston (Leaflet 255)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve Clayton Brook between Leyland & Bamber Bridge and Frenchwood between Preston and Walton-le-Dale.

Service 112 will operate between Croston and Preston via Wymott, Leyland, Clayton-le-Woods, Clayton Brook, Bamber Bridge and Frenchwood.

The diversion of the service via Frenchwood, in Preston, will partially replace the withdrawn Service 29/29A, and operate in conjunction with Service 114 through this area.

The diversion of the service via Clayton Brook will restore a regular bus link to Leyland from Clayton Brook and Clayton-le-Woods, whilst also linking Leyland with the edge of the employment area at Walton Summit. Furthermore, with the withdrawal of Stagecoach's commercial Service 12, the area around the A6 at Clayton Brook will continue to be linked to Preston.

The diversion via Clayton Brook will result in the service omitting A49 Wigan Road, between Bamber Bridge and Clayton-le-Woods past Cuerden Residential Park. This area will continue to be served by Service 114 catering for the majority of passenger journeys and the revised Service 118 route past Cuerden Residential Park will maintain a link to Leyland. Analysis of passenger surveys and electronic ticket machine data show approximately 350 annual passenger trips would no longer have a direct service available. This equates to on average
around 7 passenger trips per week across 15 daily journeys.

The service will continue to run hourly in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis. In conjunction with Service 114 it provides a half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service between Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Preston via Marlborough Drive and Frenchwood. A new daily evening service between Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Preston via Frenchwood will be introduced, on Service 114 (see below), replacing the withdrawn Service 29A.

Preston Bus will take over operation of this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

114 Chorley - Clayton-le-Woods - Bamber Bridge - Preston (Leaflet 255)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve Chorley Hospital Main Entrance, instead of the stops on the A6 outside, and Frenchwood between Preston and Walton-le-Dale. Service 114 will operate between Chorley and Preston via Chorley Hospital, Whittle-le-Woods, Asda, Wood End, Clayton-le-Woods, Sainsburys, Lostock Hall Four Lane Ends, Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Frenchwood. The diversion of the service via Frenchwood, in Preston, will partially replace the withdrawn Service 29/29A, and operate in conjunction with Service 112 through this area.

The diversion of the service via Clayton Brook will restore the link to Leyland from Clayton Brook and Clayton-le-Woods, whilst also linking Leyland with the edge of the employment area at Walton Summit. Furthermore with the withdrawal of Stagecoach's commercial Service 12, the area around the A6 at Clayton Brook will continue to be linked to Preston.

The service will continue to run hourly in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis, with a two-hourly Sunday daytime service. In conjunction with Service 112 it provides a half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service between Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Preston via Marlborough Drive and Frenchwood. A new daily evening service between Bamber Bridge Duddle Lane and Preston via Frenchwood will be introduced replacing the withdrawn Service 29A.

Preston Bus will take over operation of this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

118 Leyland - Clayton Brook - Brindle - Blackburn
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve Cuerden Residential Park, on A49 Wigan Road, maintaining the link with Leyland following the revisions to Service 112. Furthermore, Service 118 will serve Clayton-le-Woods Lancaster Lane, instead of the estate around Pendle Road, Mendip Road and Spring Meadow, which would continue to be served by the revisions to Service 112

The service will continue to run two hourly in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis.

Darwen Coach Services Ltd will continue operating this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council

WEST LANCASHIRE SERVICES
378/385 Wigan - Skelmersdale - Ormskirk - Southport (TfGM leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Arriva Merseyside will revise the timetable amending the 1800 Monday to Saturday journey from Southport to Wigan to terminate at Ormskirk, no longer operating through to Skelmersdale and Wigan. Alternative departures are available at 1711 & 1840 from Southport or 1757 & 1912 from Ormskirk.

CHORLEY SERVICES
1/1A/2/2A Chorley Hospital - Eaves Lane - Chorley - Coppull (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the route and timetable merging with Services 11, 12 & parts of Service 18 which will extend these services through to Chorley Hospital via Eaves Lane.

Services 1, 2 & 2A are commercial services run by Stagecoach between Chorley Hospital, Chorley and Coppull. The loops within Coppull off the main B5251 road around Chapel Lane, Lancaster Street and The Heys as well as serving Springfield Road and Park Road will continue to be served as present.

Also incorporated within these extended services are the sections of the withdrawn Service 18 route, part subsidised by Lancashire County Council, as follows:
Walgarth Drive and Collingwood Road will be served by Service 1; Harrison Road and Eaves Green Road will be served by Service 2/2A.

These revisions will create a new direct link between Coppull and parts of south west Chorley through the town centre with Chorley Hospital.

The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be every 30 minutes in each direction, with each of the diversions within Chorley and the loops in Coppull served hourly. Harrision Road and Pilling Lane will be additionally served by revised Service 3 (see below for details).

Lancashire County Council's subsidised hourly Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday daytime Service 11A, which operates a circular route between Chorley and Chorley via Eaves Lane, will be renumbered Service 1/1A in line with the commercial Monday to Saturday daytime service.

3/3A Chorley - Adlington - (Blackrod) (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the route and timetable to operate between Chorley and Adlington only. The section through to Blackrod will be withdrawn with the exception of a single return journey on Tuesday and Friday market days.

The route between Chorley and Adlington will also be revised with all journeys operating via Harrison Road, Pilling Lane, Carr Lane and Kirkstall Road to the A6 Bolton Road, and then continue through to Adlington serving Rawlinson Lane at Heath Charnock.

The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be every hour in each direction, with the additional single return Service 3A journey, between Blackrod and Chorley, on Tuesday and Friday market days. The sections of route serving Lower Burgh and Limbrick will be withdrawn; however Lower Burgh will continue to be served by Lancashire County Council's revised Service 337 which runs every two hours Monday to Saturday daytime (please refer to Leaflet 264 for details).

Analysis of manual surveys and Electronic Ticket Machine (ETM) data for Limbrick has shown that on average there are 1,250 annual passenger trips made on the withdrawn section. This equates to 25 passenger trips per week and less than 1 per journey over the 30 weekly journeys. Due to this low usage it would not be sustainable for Lancashire County Council to provide a replacement service for Limbrick.

10 Chorley - Astley Village - Chorley Hospital (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the route and timetable, restoring the service to its previous route between Chorley and Chorley Hospital via Astley Village, removing the trial service around Buckshaw Village. This revision will meet requests from Astley Village residents to restore the direct link to Chorley Hospital.

The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be every 30 minutes in each direction. Lancashire County Council's subsidised hourly Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday daytime Service 10A, which operates between Chorley and Chorley Hospital via Astley Village, will be renumbered Service 10 in line with the commercial Monday to Saturday daytime service.

Stagecoach introduced the extension around Buckshaw Village in September 2011 in an attempt to provide a regular bus service for the residential areas of the village off Central Drive, which is served by the regular Service 109, which already links Buckshaw Village with Chorley, Leyland and Preston. Stagecoach has decided that it is not commercially viable to maintain this link. Analysis of manual survey and Electronic Ticket Machine (ETM) data has shown that, on average, there are 8,000 annual passenger trips made on the withdrawn section without an alternative service available. This equates to 160 passenger trips per week and less than 2 per journey over the 100 weekly journeys.

A standalone replacement service would be unsustainable based on the current frequency but, as part of a contract renewal with Services 337 & 347, Lancashire County Council will introduce a new replacement service generally maintaining a 30 min peak/60 min off-peak bus service between Chorley and Buckshaw Village, via the Hospital (A6 Stops) and Buckshaw Avenue, accessing the employment areas which are currently not served. For full details please refer to Leaflet 265.

11/12 Chorley - Eaves Lane - Chorley Hospital - Whittle-le-Woods - Preston (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will merge parts of this service with the revised Services 1, 2 & 2A between Chorley Hospital, Chorley and Coppull, see above for details.

However, the Service 12 extension beyond Chorley Hospital to Preston will be withdrawn. The majority of this route is covered by the frequent core Service 125, which operates between Bolton, Chorley and Preston.

All Monday to Friday daytime journeys on Service 125 operate via Walton Summit industrial area, which leaves the section of the A6, between Clayton Brook and Bamber Bridge, past Mallards Walk, no longer being served by public transport.

As part of Lancashire County Council's revisions to Service 112, between Preston, Leyland and Croston, a bus service will be maintained during Monday to Friday daytime along this section (see below for details).

14 Chorley - Buckshaw Village (Leaflet 265)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will introduce this new service, partially replacing Stagecoach's withdrawal of Service 10 from Buckshaw Village.

This new service will operate Monday to Saturday daytime; generally an half hourly peak & hourly off-peak bus service between Chorley and Buckshaw Village, via the Hospital (A6 Stops) and Buckshaw Avenue, accessing the employment areas which are currently unserved.

R S Tyrer Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

18 Chorley - Walgarth Drive - Eaves Green Square (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will merge this service with the revised Services 1, 2 & 2A between Chorley and Coppull, see above for details.

337 Chorley - Eccleston - Mawdesley - Parbold - Ormskirk (Leaflet 265)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable to additionally serve Lower Burgh Way following Stagecoach's decision to revise their Service 3 away from this area. The main stop on Lower Burgh Way will once again be served following its removal at a previous network review by Stagecoach. This will restore the service closer to where most customers live and, at the same time, provide new direct travel opportunities to West Lancashire.

Service 337 will continue to operate between Chorley and Ormskirk via Lower Burgh, Charnock Richard, Eccleston, Mawdesley, Parbold and Burscough.

The service will continue to run every two hours in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis between Chorley and Ormskirk. In conjunction with Service 347 an hourly link between Chorley, Eccleston and Mawdesley will still be provided.

R S Tyrer Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

347 Chorley - Eccleston - Mawdesley - Rufford - Southport (Leaflet 264)
From 22 July 2012 Lancashire County Council will revise the timetable to maintain the hourly link in conjunction between Chorley, Eccleston and Mawdesley with Service 337.

There are no proposed changes to the route and the service will continue to run every two hours in each direction on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis between Chorley and Southport via Euxton, Eccleston, Mawdesley and Rufford. In conjunction with Service 337 an hourly link between Chorley, Eccleston and Mawdesley will still be provided.

R S Tyrer Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

X25 Preston - Chorley - Manchester/Trafford Centre (STG leaflet)
From 22 July 2012 Stagecoach in Lancashire will withdraw these remaining journeys on this service. This service previously operated as Service X61 and provided an hourly service between Preston, Chorley and Manchester which has been gradually reduced over the last couple of years.

Alternative journeys are available for the majority of the remaining customers using the rail network, with the other journeys possible by connecting services.

BURNLEY SERVICES
3 Clifton Farm - Burnley - Healey Wood Circular (Leaflet 73)
From 23 July 2012 Rossendale Travel Ltd will take over operation of this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council. There are no changes to the route or timetable.

65 Burnley - Padiham - Higham - Nelson - Burnley Hospital (Leaflet 65)
From 23 July 2012 Rossendale Travel Ltd will take over operation of this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council. There are no changes to the route or timetable.

ROSSENDALE SERVICES
From 29 July 2012 Rossendalebus will introduce the following changes to their local bus services:

63/63A/63C Rawtenstall - Newchurch - Waterfoot - (Edgeside - Water) (ROS leaflet)
New Services 63A and 63C will be introduced during Monday to Saturday daytime, operating a circular route between Rawtenstall, Newchurch & Waterfoot. Service 63A will operate anti-clockwise via Bacup Road to Waterfoot, returning via Newchurch & Staghills, High Cloughfold to Rawtenstall. Service 63C will operate Clockwise via Newchurch Road, Higher Cloughfold to Staghills & Newchurch returning via Waterfoot and Bacup Road

Combined, these services will continue to provide a half-hourly service between Newchurch, Staghills and Waterfoot and Rawtenstall for most of the daytime, replacing current Services 273 & 483.

Service 63 will operate Monday to Saturday evenings between Rawtenstall and Water, serving Staghills / Newchurch, Waterfoot, Edgeside & Whitewell Bottom in the same format as the current Sunday service. Service 63 will be operated with financial support from Lancashire County Council, replacing current evening journeys on services 65 & 483.

64/65 Rawtenstall - Bacup - Todmorden (ROS leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor amendments. Monday to Saturday evening journeys between Rawtenstall and Edgeside will be replaced by new service 63, operating in the same format as Sunday journeys.

Services will continue to be operated with financial support from Lancashire County Council.

244 Rawtenstall - Haslingden - Royal Blackburn Hospital - Blackburn (ROS leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised withdrawing the extension beyond Blackburn town centre to St Mary's College. Fewer students are travelling from the Rossendale area to St Mary's College and this will reduce further in the next college year.

There will be more buses between the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Blackburn town centre but fewer buses between Haslingden & Rawtenstall via Helmshore. There will be an additional journey starting at Bacup during the morning peak period, which should be useful for pupils travelling from the Bacup & Stacksteads area to Haslingden High School as well as students
and workers travelling through to Blackburn who currently are required to change buses in Rawtenstall.

Certain journeys will continue to be operated with financial support from Lancashire County Council.

273 Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Ramsbottom - Bolton (ROS leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised to operate between Rawtenstall & Bolton only. The Burnley to Rawtenstall section of the route will be replaced by additional journeys on service 483.

Certain journeys will continue to be operated with financial support from Lancashire County Council.

446 Rochdale - Falinge - Shawclough (- Wallbank) (ROS leaflet)
The route and timetable will be revised to operate mainly between Rochdale & Shawclough running a circular route, hourly for most of the daytime on Mondays to Saturdays. Wallbank will be mainly served by new service 463 but some 446 buses will serve Wallbank, particularly at school times.

463 Rochdale - Whitworth Road - Wallbank (ROS leaflet)
This new service will partially replace service 446 operating direct via Whitworth Road between Rochdale & Wallbank. This will supplement service 464 between Rochdale and Whitworth and supplements service 464 between Whitworth & Rochdale.

464 Accrington - Haslingden - Rawtenstall - Bacup - Rochdale (ROS leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with later buses between Accrington and Rawtenstall on Monday to Saturday evenings and earlier buses into Accrington on Saturday mornings, as requested by customers.

In general, on Monday to Saturday daytime, buses will operate every 15 minutes with increased frequencies at busier times. Busier sections of the route will be supplemented by additional buses on services 463, 482 & 484. There are no changes to Sunday journeys.

482 Bacup - Waterfoot - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury
483 Burnley - Water - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury (ROS leaflet)
Service 483 will be re-routed to operate direct via Bacup Road between Waterfoot and Rawtenstall, omitting the Newchurch / Staghills area. These areas will continue to be served by new Services 63, 63A & 63C, see those services for more information. This will reduce the overall journey time between Burnley and Bury by 10 minutes.

The frequency of buses operating between Rawtenstall & Bury will be increased to operating every 15 minutes for most during Monday to Saturday daytime.

In general, on Monday to Saturday daytime, 2 buses per hour will operate as Service 483 between Burnley & Bury and 2 buses per hour will operate as Service 482 between Bacup & Bury. There will be other improvements to the timetables including additional journeys from Bury to Rawtenstall on Mondays to Fridays during the morning peak period, in response to requests from customers.

484 Burnley - Accrington - Haslingden - Edenfield - Ramsbottom - Bury (ROS leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with additional through journeys from Burnley to Bury at peak times.

HYNDBURN SERVICES
From 23 July 2012 Transdev Lancashire United will make revisions to ALL their local bus services for the six week school summer holiday period, with normal services resuming on Monday 3 September 2012.

Generally peak hour timings will be revised during the school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels, with minor alterations to departure times throughout the day. There are no changes to Saturday and Sunday services.

BURNLEY & PENDLE SERVICES
From 23 July 2012 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will make revisions to their local bus services for the six week school summer holiday period, with normal services resuming on Monday 3 September 2012.

Generally peak hour timings will be revised during the school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels, with minor alterations to departure times throughout the day. There are no changes to Saturday and Sunday services.

4/5 Harle Syke - Burnley - Rosegrove (BPT leaflet)
Peak hour timings revised during school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels. Timetable returns to normal from September.

8/X8 Bleak House - Burnley - Bacup - Rawtenstall - Bury/Manchester (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor retiming to take account of quieter summer traffic levels and then from September minor amendments to existing school term timetable.

Some timing points will be removed to simplify timetables but no change to route.

9 Burnley - Rosegrove - Network 65 - Accrington (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with minor hour timings revised during school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels. Timetable returns to normal from September.

The Mainline
Clitheroe/Accrington - Padiham - Burnley - Nelson - Colne - Barnoldswick/Skipton/Keighley (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with peak hour timings amended during school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels. Timetable returns to normal from September.

Some timing points will be removed to simplify timetables but no change to route. Those journeys serving Silentnight will be renumbered Service 28A

The last journey from Barnoldswick (2328) will run via Earby on a trial basis following requests from customers.

The 0917 journey from Read to Burnley on Sundays (service 26) will commence from Whalley at 0910.

X43 Nelson - Burnley - Rawtenstall - Manchester (The Witch Way) (BPT leaflet)
The timetable will be revised with peak hour timings amended during school holidays to take account of lower traffic levels. Timetable will return to normal from September with a small number of minor changes to improve reliability.

These are the changes for July 2012 that have been reported to Lancashire County Council by 26 June 2012. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, however further changes can occur, it is advisable to contact your local County Information Centre, Traveline or bus operator for the latest information.