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Thursday, 31 March 2011

Repaints

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Solo 255 is now ready for service following its repaint after its recent damage. Two more ex line 11 Tridents 324 and 326 are now under repa...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Round-up

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Monday 28th saw another Solo appear on route 11, this time 291 one of the two surviving Line 16 liveried examples Solos are continuing t...
Friday, 25 March 2011

Delta Preservation

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101 heads along Cambridge Road into Lytham on Line 7 deputising for an Excel in October 2009 Two Optare Deltas have joined the ranks of p...

One Thursday in March

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Trident 341 swings into St. Annes Square passing the old tram shelter - now the Clockhouse Cafe. This has recently received a commemorativ...
Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Goodnight to the Night Bus

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Sunday 27 March will see the end of Blackpool's least photographed bus service - the 27. This is the 'Night Tram' service which ...
Saturday, 19 March 2011

Anyone want a Solo?

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Four former Blackpool Transport Solos have been advertised for sale on Ebay by MGP Vehicle Solutions, a Birmingham based vehicle dealer. The...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011

263 withdrawn and Diversions

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Optare Solo 263 has joined 261/2 in store following withdrawal yesterday. The Streetlite demonstrator has remained on service 10 this week b...
Friday, 11 March 2011

Spotlight on the Streetlite

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Wright Streetlite demonstrator MX60GXB heads along Midgeland Road on service 10 on 11 March. The Wrightbus Streetlite demonstrator has ar...
Sunday, 6 March 2011

Lifestyle Line

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The second Lifestyle Line identity was blue and yellow as previously used on Line 10. The aim of the service was to link housing areas (su...
Saturday, 5 March 2011

Miss Lucy

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Coastal Coaches has now taken delivery of the first of its new Solos. Like its other vehicles it is named rather than numbered and Miss Lucy...
Friday, 4 March 2011

A Bridge too Far

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The closure of Skew Bridge to buses sees the 5, 11 and Stagecoach 68 diverted via Station Road, Bond Street and Watson Road. Excel 215 tu...
Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Solos Retire

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Solo 262 on the now discontinued section of Line 2 in front of Blackpool Pleasure Beach Solos 261 and 262 have been withdrawn - the first...
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...