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Monday, 28 February 2011

Excels Everywhere

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Similar yet different. Purple Excels were been a familiar site in Lytham from 2004 to 2010 - sometimes in pairs when Line 7 struggled to k...
Saturday, 26 February 2011

Closed for Business

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Solo 256 heads down the still to be developed back road in the Business Park in October 2008 After four years Blackpool Business Park lo...

224 returns

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The 12th refurbished Optare Excel 224 has returned to service. It spent Saturday on the sole Excel duty on  service 2 and 2C. It carries the...
Thursday, 24 February 2011

Where are they now

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Redundant Blackpool buses have turned up in many places from Inverness to Devon over the years. Few remain now as most of Blackpool's re...

Diversions

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The tramway upgrade and Promenade road remodel work is entering a new phase with changes to the diversions. Broadwater crossing is open so t...
Tuesday, 22 February 2011

More repaints

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Trident 325 has replaced 327 in the paint shop and will become the 15th of the 40 Tridents to receive the new livery. The ex Go North East...
Wednesday, 16 February 2011

First Change on the 78

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Coastal Enviro KX57FMF passes the Blossoms pub on route 78 Coastal Coaches 78 seems to be keeping up with the pace of change set by its ...

More Olympian withdrawals

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 The Trent Olympians are perhaps most associated with Line 1 and its orange and yellow livery as shown here by 404  W ith a reduced req...
Monday, 14 February 2011

City Sightseeing 2011

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Initial details of the 2011 City Sightseeing service have been released. The City Sightseeing website reports a half hourly service operatin...
Sunday, 6 February 2011

Coastal on the 78

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Black and White - Coastal's on loan Enviro KX57EME in plain white contrasts with the black and yellow of Blackpool Volvo 524 which has...
Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Round Up

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Last Sunday's service change to Lines 7 and 17 has seen single deckers return to the 7 and Solos return to the 2/2C. The 17 has also bee...
Monday, 31 January 2011

The Original Number 5

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Route 5 originally used Church Street from Promenade to Winter Gardens. Northbound buses were diverted though Talbot Square in 1936 but it...
Sunday, 30 January 2011

Farewell to Wesham

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 Fylde's vividly painted Leyland Leopard 29 demonstrates the regular practise of using coaches on route 193 With the withdrawal of ...

Farewell to the 18

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Solo 266 heads along Folkestone Road in St. Annes on the final day of service 18 After 122 days service 18 came to an end with the 2234 d...