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Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Easter Tridents

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 On Monday Tridents 326 and 329 worked the 1A, the latter seen here at Manchester Square  The established pattern of Sunday services on...
Saturday, 23 April 2011

Tridents on the 20

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Today has seen Tridents 302 and 339 alongside Olympian 372 on route 20.  Olympian 372 approaches the Zoo stop  Trident 302 swings o...
Friday, 22 April 2011

Top 20

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 401 was the first Olympian painted into Lilac and Yellow. Here it turns from Station Road into Lytham Road in May 2004. It took some tim...
Thursday, 21 April 2011

Cuts Cuts Cuts

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Lancashire County Council is implementing its transport budget cuts from 29 May and cancelling several tendered bus service contracts. 9 ser...
Wednesday, 20 April 2011

News and Views

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Friday sees the resumption of route 20, this year running from Corporation Street to Marton Mere only. Three buses are required with Olympia...
Saturday, 16 April 2011

401 becomes a Classic Bus

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Olympian 401 in Busworks yard on 15 April with newly repainted Routemaster RM1568 behind.  Olympian 401 (XAU701Y) has been acquired by C...
Thursday, 14 April 2011

Olympian Repaints

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 368 and 369 were the only two East Lancs bodied Olympians to receive Line 1 orange and yellow. They are seen here together at Pontins an...
Friday, 8 April 2011

Round Up

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Trident 326 has left the paint shop - the 16th of the 40 strong fleet treated to the new livery. Olympian 369 has replaced it - its not yet ...
Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Stays of Execution

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The demise of the Night Bus service 27 last weekend has proven short-lived as it resumed on Thursday. It is understood to be a temporary mea...
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...