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Sunday, 22 November 2009

Blackpool's Lancets

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Lancet 597 loads outside St Johns Church as 599 prepares to overtake. When Blackpool Transport was a council department prior to deregulati...
Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Unlucky Numbers Pt 1 "Unlucky 17"

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Centre entrance PD2s 291 and 298 at the 'Showground' terminus of the three days a year service 17 in 1968. There are several long e...
Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Talbot Gateway Bus Impacts

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The proposals for Talbot Gateway are likely to improve interchange at North Station. Presently Line 2/2C runs to the station forecourt. Tal...
Monday, 9 November 2009

Excels return

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218 back in service after an absence of over a year on 5 November. The two latest Excels to be overhauled returned to use on 4 November. 2...
Monday, 26 October 2009

The Ones that Got Away

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Fylde RE 37 chases a speeding cyclist down Woodlands Road bridge on route 4 towards Lytham Green Drive in original livery. Fylde Borough acq...

Line 11 goes orange

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Following last week's Solo exploits, its the turn of the Trent Olympians today. 401 and 409 have both, briefly, operated on Line 11 befo...
Saturday, 24 October 2009

Solos Broaden their Horizons

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An apparent full size vehicle shortage has stimulated some unusual Solo workings on 'big bus' routes: Tuesday 20th: 262 on Line 11 ...
Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Repaints

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More Solo repaints have taken place with 282 now out in pool livery joining 279 and 281 - all three having lost Line 2 colours. 294 is now i...
Monday, 19 October 2009

Route 53 The “Easyway” to run a bus service?

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Easyway JWU248N at the Royal Oak on its main service 53 towards the Airport Deregulation provided the opportunity for new bus operators to c...

Buses run on normal routes

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With 2009 as the year of the diversion, an element of normality returned this morning when buses began operating through the newly titled S...
Saturday, 17 October 2009

Town Centre Diversions and Pontins closure

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Lines 2 and 15 (and the 3 and 4) have been on diversion via Talbot Square since February. Monday 19 October is the scheduled date for the e...
Monday, 5 October 2009

Atlantean Afterlife

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The sole surviving Atlantean with Blackpool Transport is 364 seen here on Line 2 in August 2009 Blackpool's solitary Atlantean has had s...

Every Little Helps

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Olympian 415 (A719YFS) leaves Staining for Tesco on the new free bus service on 7 October Last month's changes to Line 15 saw the end o...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009

The Metrorider Story (so far)

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The ‘minibus revolution’ of the mid 1980s was predicated on replacing big buses with cheaper, smaller, more frequent minibuses. NBC led the ...
Saturday, 26 September 2009

124 fire

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Reports have been received that Delta 124 suffered an electrical fire at Rigby Road at 0030 on Saturday morning. Depending on the damage thi...