Sunday, 12 March 2017

Service Changes

Blackpool Transport has released timetables for their April changes. The network is summarised below and needs 102 buses + 7 for schools (or 3 for the 20 holidays/weekends). This compares with the winter network of 96+7 and last summers of 100+7.

New route 2 takes the traditional route, latterly served by the 10/17 between Blackpool and Poulton via Newton Drive, Victoria Hospital (old terminus) and Highcross Avenue. From Poulton, once per hour Monday to Saturday, it continues via Tithebarn Street, Poulton Road, Arundel Drive, Fleetwood Road, Fleetwood Road South, Four Lane Ends, Victoria Road East and West to terminate at Victoria Square. This is the first time BTS has regularly served Arundel Drive other than a few months when the 16 terminated at Castle Gardens during bridge work in Poulton in 2013.

All routes appear stand-alone except the 2C and 17 which interwork on Sundays. 


No
Reg
Days
Eves
Sunday Days
MF Requirement
1
Starr Gate to Fleetwood 
20
30
20
8
2
Blackpool to Poulton
extends to Cleveleys
30
60
60
-
60
-
3
2C
Blackpool to Poulton
Extends to Knott End
30
30
-
-
30
-
5
3
Cleveleys Park to Mereside
20
60
60
15 (with 4)
4
Cleveleys to Mereside 
20
60
60
15 (with 3)
5
Halfway House to Victoria Hospital
12
30
30
9
6
Mereside to Grange Park
2 journeys to/from Peel Park
12
30
20
10
7
Cleveleys to Lytham Saltcotes Road
15
30
30
12
9
Blackpool to Cleveleys
12
30
30
9
11
Blackpool to Lytham Hospital
15
30
30
8
14
Blackpool to Fleetwood 
10 MF
12 Sat 
30
20
13
15
16
South Circular 
30 ew
-
60
7
17
Blackpool to St. Annes 
30
-
60
3
20
Blackpool to Marton mere weekends
and school holidays 
30
-
30
(3)
Schools 
12 Blackpool to Baines
400 Fleetwood to St Marys
401 Lytham to St Marys
402 Mereside to St Marys
403 Halfway House to St Marys
414 Norcross/Aspire/Blackpool/Mereside 
1RT
1RT
1RT
1RT
1RT
2/3RT
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
2