Blackpool Transport
From Sunday 18th December BTS withdrew service 20 and reduced the 1 to run from Affinity Fleetwood to Blackpool Tower. The 20 is replaced by a new LCC contract numbered 72 from Staining to Blackpool via Hospital and Layton operated by Transport North West every hour. Other than a brief spell in 1995/6 when Town Bus and the Fylde ran the 15, Blackpool Transport has provided the Staining to Blackpool link since 1927.
An earlier change was the 74 which has been extended to serve Rossall Point via Affinity and Fleetwood Esplanade. A new 74/75 timetable has increased PVR from 7 to 8.
Enviro 428 has recently been adorned with stickers as a ‘festive’ bus.
Coastliner Buses becomes Transpora North West
Earlier this year the Transpora group which includes operations in Bristol, Hampshire, Manchester and London. It has now started to trade as Transpora North West and has introduced a fleet numbering system. The fleet list on this page is being updated to reflect this.
Recent fleet additions include:
- YT09ZCJ - ex RATP London Scania Omnicity (2902)
- YR59FYW - ex RATP London Scania (2903)
- BX56XBY - at National Express West Midlands B7RLE (1301)
- YX68URG - ex Powells, Rotherham Enviro 200MMC (1298)
- YW68PDV - ex Stuarts, Carluke Enviro 200MMC (1296)
Stagecoach
From 28 November, with Lancashire County Council Bus Service Improvement Plan funding, Stagecoach reintroduced evening buses on the 42 to Lancaster.
