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Sunday, 24 January 2010

Blackpool and the Routemaster

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May 1986 and Grange Park becomes London as Routemasters 523 and 522 pass on service 5 Blackpool retained crew operation much later than mos...
Friday, 22 January 2010

Blackpool's Nationals - The afterlife

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Part one of the Leyland National story covered their time in Blackpool. Four National 2s were bought new and 15 mark ones second hand to re...
Friday, 15 January 2010

February Service Changes

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New timetables take effect on 1 February effecting all services except Lines 1 and 10. Some changes are quite minor, with most routes losing...
Thursday, 7 January 2010

338 Hits the Road

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Ex Blue Triangle Trident 338 celebrated its 443rd day in Blackpool by making its service depot on 5 January on Line 1. New in Oct 2001 as Bl...
Saturday, 2 January 2010

New Year's Day

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377 heads along Lindale Gardens on New Year's Day - a rare working for an Olympian. New years day bus services saw some unusual worki...
Monday, 21 December 2009

Blackpool in the Snow

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The early hours of Monday saw a rare overnight snow fall that settled. Observations showed that traffic on the main roads was quite heavy d...
Sunday, 20 December 2009

Unlucky Numbers Part 2: Blowing Sands

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The original bus to Blowing Sands was provided by William Smith's Motor Services Blowing Sands was the delightful early name for the out...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Blackpool's Nationals

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One of Blackpool's four mark 2 Nationals, 544 poses at Midgeland Road terminus on route 3A. The Leyland National was an iconic bus of...
Saturday, 12 December 2009

Christmas Bonus

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Blackpool Transport remains one of the few operators to provide services on Boxing Day and New Years Day. For many years a basic 14 bus oper...
Monday, 7 December 2009

February Service Changes

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Service changes take place on February 1st as part of the economies Blackpool Transport are striving to achieve to address its poor financi...
Thursday, 3 December 2009

The End of the Atlantean - out for 50.

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364's Indian summer appears over after 25 years of service. Here it deputises for a minibus on Line 2 to Poulton earlier this year. M...
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...