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Friday, 30 March 2018

Road Works Road Works Road Works

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Tuesday 3rd April sees another change in the location of the tram extension enabling roadworks presently afflicting Blackpool town centre. T...

Enviro 200s

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The new Enviro 200s will be similar to demonstrator YX17NXA used in May 2017. It is seen here on service 4 at Mereside (Brian Turner) Bl...

Beach Bus 26

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Saturday 5th May will see the start of 'Beach Bus 26' a new service provided by Catch 22 Bus from Marton Mere Caravan Park. Marton M...
Monday, 26 March 2018

March Round Up

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Rail Replacement Network Rail missed the 26th March deadline for reopening the Blackpool North line and this is now delayed until 16th Apri...
Wednesday, 14 March 2018

Back on Squires Gate Bridge

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The rebuilt Squires Gate Bridge is reopening early this evening and Blackpool Transport will be re-routing the 7, 11 and 18 on Saturday - ei...
Sunday, 4 March 2018

Olympian and Tiger catch up

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Former Blackpool 401 in Nottinghamshire under restoration to original condition as Trent 701 (Mark Scott) The sole survivor of the 10 ex...
Monday, 26 February 2018

Service Changes - back on Squires Gate, gone from Commonside

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Blackpool Transport has confirmed that services 7 and 11 will revert to their established routes on Squires Gate Lane from 25 March. They wi...
Saturday, 24 February 2018

570 marks 30 years since the end of the Swifts

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AEC Swift 570 heads south on service 21 to St. Annes at Bispham (Brian Turner) The last week of February 1988 saw the final working of B...
Wednesday, 14 February 2018

February News Round-Up

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Catch 22 Bus has acquired a further Dennis Dart from Cardiff Bus in the form of Y388GAX, which replaces Y386GAX which is now withdrawn. A ti...
Monday, 5 February 2018

350 in Reading

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Ex Blackpool Trident 350 at Reading Buses depot in base blue for a Reading Football Club livery (Reading Buses)
Saturday, 3 February 2018

Tridents to Reading

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Trident 349 is one of four heading to Reading. Here it passes the former Lytham tram waiting room in 2013  (Brian Turner) Recently with...

A Swift Returns after 30 Years

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570 awaits departure on the 1500 to St. Annes at Cleveleys Bus Station (Paul Turner) Catch 22 Bus operated LTT's Blackpool AEC Swift...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Rail Replacement Update

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Blackpool Transport Enviro 400s 442 and 444 stand in the layover bay at Preston Station prior to 444 working the 2115 to Blackpool North (...
Monday, 22 January 2018

Fylde 78 rediscovered

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Former Fylde Atlantean 78 has resurfaced as a playbus near Poole in Dorset. This, one of six 1975 Willowbrook/Northern Counties bodied Atlan...
Monday, 15 January 2018

January update

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More Manx Tridents have been laid up with 349 to 352 joining 343-6 in store. The two disposed so far are being prepared with Lodges Coaches....