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Friday, 30 October 2015

Further Network Changes

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As an update to last week's post - further minor network changes take effect from 8th November:  1 Winter timetable reduced to every 2...
Wednesday, 21 October 2015

News Round Up

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Blackpool Transport Trident 333 has been outshopped in standard fleet livery after all - despite receiving an undercoat for a possible Palla...
Sunday, 4 October 2015

PD3 532 resurfaces in USA

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Blackpool PD3 532 still wears its Eastbourne colour scheme and side advert (Photo "Colorado King" via British Buses in USA Face...

Streetdeck Demonstrator

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Last week Wrightbus Streetdeck demonstrator SL15ZGP entered service with Blackpool Transport on service 1 between Starr Gate and Fleetwood F...
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...