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Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Fleet Update

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June has proven to be the calm before the storm with little in the way of fleet changes prior to the major service changes at the end of Jul...
Monday, 14 June 2010

News Round up

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Blackpool Transport Optare Excel 214 (T214HCW) is the latest Excel to be refurbished and is now ready for its engine change - the 11th to be...
Saturday, 5 June 2010

Happy Birthday Line 11 - 75 years young

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Bought for new route 11 in 1935 this ex demonstrator Lion (Lytham 24 TJ6760) is now privately preserved and nearing the completion of its re...
Sunday, 30 May 2010

Service Changes confirmed

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26 July is the confirmed date for Blackpool Transport's service changes - the biggest change since the introduction of the Metro network...
Thursday, 27 May 2010

Fleet Update

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Metrorider 518 has now returned to use on Line 10 and sister bus 515 has been reinstated to replace the failed 517 on Line 15. Optare Delta ...
Saturday, 15 May 2010

New livery and Metrorider end (for now)

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341's repaint is nearing completion with just silver/red vinyl "swoops" outstanding - click on this link  341 on flickr  to vi...
Sunday, 2 May 2010

124 ready for disposal

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Withdrawn Optare Delta 124 has now been stripped for disposal. New in 1991, 124 was refurbished in Spring 2000 and was repainted into the ea...
Thursday, 29 April 2010

First Olympians Withdrawn

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Blackpool's first Olympians - 365-367 acquired from West Yorkshire PTE in October 1986 to replace fire damaged Atlanteans were withdraw...
Sunday, 25 April 2010

Swift at 40

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554 recreating its original route - 7 at Bispham Hotel 8 December 2009 marked the 40th anniversary of the introduction of one man operation...
Saturday, 24 April 2010

Nearly new livery; nearly new buses

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Trident 341 is now in the paint shop and is to be the first bus in the much rumoured new livery. This is understood to retain the pool colou...
Saturday, 17 April 2010

Another Trident arrives

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The first of Blackpool Transport's recent second hand purchases arrived on Thursday 15 April in the form of PL52XAD - an East Lancs bodi...
Thursday, 15 April 2010

Open Toppers are Back

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Easter saw the return of the City Sightseeing open top 'tour' Line 20. This year - following the demise of Pontins - the route start...
Friday, 26 March 2010

340 arrives

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The second of the two newly purchased ex Blue Triangle Tridents arrived yesterday (Thursday). This will be 340 (PO51UMT) and follows sister ...
Saturday, 20 March 2010

Park - Don't Ride

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Diverted MetroRider 518 on Line 10 leads Olympian 372 on Line 11 across Bloomfield Road junction on Seasiders Way March has seen closure to...
Sunday, 14 March 2010

News Round Up

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Excel 214 is now being prepared for overhaul following the return of 215 which is nearly ready for service. 214 is the last of the 'home...