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Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Route changes to 16 and 10

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On 22nd September route 16 will be re-routed in Marton and Grange Park. Northbound buses will now turn from Preston New Road into Preston Ol...
Friday, 6 September 2013

Buses back on Skew Bridge - News Round Up

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From Sunday 6th October Skew Bridge on Lytham Road will reopen to buses. Blackpool Transport routes 5 and 11, plus Stagecoach 68 will revert...
Sunday, 25 August 2013

Red or Black?

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Classic Bus North West Routemaster RM1568 awaits departure time from the Sands Venue stop on Seafront 12 to St. Annes. 1568 ran with Londo...
Sunday, 18 August 2013

St. Annes Scenes

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The view from the top of Classic Bus North West  701 showing the traditional ECW 3+1 front seating and the characteristic Sand Dunes of St...

Pontin's Then and Now

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For the nimble, the sand dunes on Clifton Drive North have provided a grandstand view of the Pontin's Holiday Camp - or generally the ...
Saturday, 10 August 2013

Final DAF Debuts

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Trident 371 in Talbot Square operating to Grange Park on route 11 The final pair of ex Isle of Man DAFs, 371 (J800BTS) and 372 (J900BTS...
Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Talbot Road Views

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The remodelling of the Town Centre has transformed some established scenes. Here Classic Bus B10M 898 turns from Dickson Road onto Talbot ...

Solos depart

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276 is the final of the second trio of Solos sold to Halton to leave, departing Blackpool on 26 July, preceded by 274 on 24th and 273 earlie...
Monday, 22 July 2013

Going Both Ways

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Saturday 20th July saw the implementation of a new road layout in Blackpool Town Centre. The redevelopment of the area next to the Bus Stati...
Friday, 19 July 2013

Repaints and Disposals

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Excel 220 has now been repainted into the standard fleet livery with 305 currently in the paint shop.  Solos 273, 274, 276 have been sold ...
Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Round Up

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Stagecoach has recently introduced a batch of new Alexander Dennis Enviro bodied Scania double deckers to the interworked 61 (Blackpool to P...

Fleetwood scenes

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Cumfybus is a regular sight in Fleetwood, though its batch of hybrid Solos are much less common. Here YJ12GXG heads past the church on Lor...

On the Prom

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The MCV bodied Volvo B7RLE has unusually seen service on route 20 The Blackpool Council Metrorider, 1064 (ex BTS 512) is in regular u...
Saturday, 6 July 2013

Delayed DAF Debuts; Demonstrator Drops By; DDA Developments [updated]

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DAFs 368-370 made their service debut on Monday 8th June. 368 appeared on the road (but not in service) on 5th June,  over six months after ...
Wednesday, 12 June 2013

The missing DAF and Service Update

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As previously noted the arrival of 372 completed the influx of 30 second hand buses from Isle of Man based Bus Vannin. This comprised a batc...