St John's Square - terminus for the Illuminations

Blackpool Transport will be using the specially opened St John's Square on Saturday nights in the Illuminations. A revised set of timetables, plus the usual Promenade avoiding diversions take place every Saturday from 5 September to 7 November. Unusually this includes a reduced daytime frequency and extended evening running times. As a result routes 3 and 4 are reduced from 20 to 30 minutes, routes 5, 7, 9, 11 and 14 from every 10 to 12 minutes.

Diversions start at 1800 and include the closure of the normal Clifton Street and Market Street stops - though oddly the specially produced timetables continue to use these locations at timing points in the evening! 

Town Centre Diversions comprise:

• 2C, 12/13, 15/16 inbound to Town Centre from Church St direct to St John Square. Outbound via Abingdon St, Talbot Road and as normal
• 3 and 4 northbound - direct from Topping Street to Dickson Road (recently opened for northbound vehicles between Deangate and Talbot Road) Southbound - turns left Dickson Road onto Talbot Road omitting Abingdon St.
• 5, 7, 14 NB - from Central Drive via Albert Road, Regent Road, Church St, St Johns Square, Abingdon St, Talbot Road and as usual. SB to Talbot Road, Dickson Road, Springfield Road, High Street, Talbot Road, George St, Grosvenor Street, Park Road, Reads Avenue and Central Drive.
• 9 to Talbot Road then right into High St, Springfield Road, Dickson Road to terminate outside Wilkinsons on Talbot Road.
• 10 from Lytham Road via Tyldesley Road, Rigby Road, Central Drive, Albert Road, Regent Road, Church St, St Johns Square terminus. Return via Talbot Road, Cookson St, George St, Grosvenor Street, Park Road, Reads Avenue, Central Drive, Rigby Road, Tyldesley Road, Lytham Road.
• 11 from Lytham Road as 10 to St Johns Square, Abingdon St, Talbot Road and normal route to Grange Park. Returns as normal to Talbot Road (Wilkinsons), then Dickson Road, Springfield Road, High Street, Talbot Road, George St, Grosvenor Street, Park Road, Reads Avenue, Central Drive, Rigby Road, Tyldesley Road, Lytham Road.
• 17 from Central Drive as 10 diversion to St. Johns Square, returns as 10 diversion to Central Drive then as normal

Other diversions comprise:

• 1 suspended after 1630 south of Cleveleys and last bus from Fleetwood-Cleveleys 1724
• 3 Northbound from Warbreck Drive via Cavendish Road, Devonshire Road to Bispham Village. Southbound via Devonshire Road, Northgate, Cavendish Road, Warbreck Drive (diversion also on Fridays and school holidays)
• 4 as 3 but also from Bispham Village via Red Bank Road and Norcliffe Road then as normal (and vice versa southbound).
• 15/16 won't serve Promenade between Harrowside and Bond Street.