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Sunday, 27 September 2015

130 Years of Blackpool's Trams

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Swift 554 and Delta 133 rest in Rigby Road Yard during their lunch break This weekend marked the celebrations of 130 years of Blackpool...
Saturday, 26 September 2015

New livery?

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Trident 304 has joined the training fleet as 974 and been out shopped in a Palladium inspired grey and yellow livery. It is understood siste...
Sunday, 20 September 2015

On Tow

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This Diamond T tow wagon served Blackpool for almost 50 years, recovering defective buses. Here it has positioned Swift 571 on the steam...
Saturday, 19 September 2015

Trial and Error

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313 was one of two Atlanteans treated into this livery in 1982 with a green skirt - transforming the otherwise neatly proportioned origin...
Friday, 18 September 2015

Preserved Buses to Help Celebrate 130 Years of Blackpool Trams

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Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th will see four preserved Blackpool buses take part in events to mark 130 years of Blackpool Trams. A free 15 mi...
Monday, 14 September 2015

Coastal Coaches Renews

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Coastal Coaches of Freckleton has taken a second batch of new Optare Solo SRs with five 65 plate examples joining the 3 15 plate examples ac...

Fairhaven Lake Event

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Sunday saw a trio of LTT Buses operate a frequent shuttle service from St. Annes Pier to Fairhaven Lake where the Blackpool Vehicle Preser...
Friday, 11 September 2015

Blackpool Buses Enthusiasts Handbook

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Excuse the plug.... You wanted a Blackpool bus book - well here it is! Traditionally painted in green and cream, not much had chang...
Monday, 7 September 2015

St John's Square - terminus for the Illuminations

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Blackpool Transport will be using the specially opened St John's Square on Saturday nights in the Illuminations. A revised set of timeta...
Saturday, 29 August 2015

Atlantean round up

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With the Atlantean era now firmly in the past, and their service afterlife over, some of the remaining survivors have been in the news. 35...

Solos to the North East

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Solos 281/282 have joined the fleet of The Eden, West Auckland. These were sold by Blackpool Transport into private ownership in January, wi...
Friday, 28 August 2015

Bank Holiday Buses to Lytham Hall

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On Bank Holiday Monday, Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust will host their second event centred on Lytham Hall. Like last year a vintage bus ...
Monday, 17 August 2015

Brief Update

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Blackpool Transport Summer Holidays have seen extensive use of double deckers on the 12/13 15/16 circular services mainly to provide capaci...
Sunday, 12 July 2015

PD3 516 turns red

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Former Blackpool PD3 516 - the last of its type operated by Blackpool Transport in 1999 has joined the fleet of Catch22Bus Ltd after 15 year...
Thursday, 2 July 2015

More blasts from the past

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Olympian 374 takes a break from school services with a duty on route 1 yesterday - it is seen here at Norbreck North (both Brian Turner) ...