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this leaflet has beenproduced by lancashirecounty council. It isissued at the beginning of each month to helpyou keep up-to-datewith changes made tobus services in thecounty.

Accrington Library & Information

ServiceSt James Street

BurnleyBus Station

Carnforth Connect

Carnforth Station

Chorley InterchangeClifford Street

ClitheroeInterchange

Railway View Road

Fleetwood Library &Information ServiceNorth Albert Street

Leyland Library &Information Service

Lancastergate

MorecambeTourist Information Centre,

Station Buildings, Marine Road

Nelson InterchangeBus Station, Broadway

Ormskirk Library Burscough Street

Preston Bus Station

Rawtenstall Library & Information ServiceQueen’s Square, Haslingden Road

Skelmersdale Library &

Information ServiceSouthway

For details about bus services in Blackburn

please contact:Blackburn

Visitor CentreBlackburn Market,Church Street

For details about bus services in Blackpool

please contact:Blackpool Transport

Travel OfficesMarket Street, Blackpool

and Rigby Road, Blackpool

DetaIleD InFormatIon on PublIc transPort can be obtaIneD From:

Call into your local InformationOutlet (see locations below)

Use your mobile and visit:

Bus timetable informationavailable fromwww.lancashire.gov.uk

Check out the online journey planner www.traveline.infoor call the number below:

InformationChanges listed in this leaflet have been notified to the County Council for introductionover the next few weeks.Please note details of school services are not included in this leaflet. Information onschool buses is available from your local Information Outlet.

Every effort has been made to ensure the information shown is correct however Lancashire County Council is not able to accept any responsibility for inaccuracy.

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changes to bus services – may 2016 www.lancashire.gov.uk

LANCASTER SERVICES

X55 Lancaster – Windermere(STC leaflet)

From 20 May 2016 Stagecoach inCumbria will withdraw all journeys on this service. Alternative Service 555 willcontinue to operate.

WYRE SERVICES

22 Blackpool – Cleveleys – Fleetwood(OAK leaflet)

From 16 May 2016 Catch22bus Ltd willrevise the route and timetable to operatebetween Blackpool, Cleveleys andFleetwood. A Sunday service through toFleetwood Freeport will be introduced.Earlier journeys to/from Fleetwood will also feature on the Saturdaytimetable. Intermediate journey times will be adjusted to improve overall service reliability.

23 Cleveleys – Cleveleys Park –Thornton – Cleveleys

(OAK leaflet)

From 16 May 2016 Catch22bus Ltd willintroduce this new service followingrequests from the local community. Thisnew circular service will start & finish atCleveleys Bus Station serving CleveleysAvenue, Central Avenue, Mayfield Avenue,Pheasants Wood Drive, Fleetwood Roadand West Drive.

24 Cleveleys – Thornton – Poulton(OAK leaflet)

From 16 May 2016 Catch22bus Ltd willrevise the timetable, adjusting journey

times to improve overall service reliability.At the Poulton end, the service will beextended to operate a one-way looplinking Highcross, Hardhorn Road & Carr Head Lane before returning to Poulton Church for its onward journeyto Cleveleys.

PRESTON SERVICES

1/2 Preston Park & Ride(PBT leaflet)

From 23 May 2016 Rotala Preston Buswill operate Park & Ride services inPreston on a commercial basis withoutsubsidy from Lancashire County Council.The following revisions will be introduced:Service 1 - Walton-le-Dale P&R will returnto a fully dedicated service between theWalton-le-Dale site and Preston JacsonStreet only.Services 2/89 - Portway/Hartington RoadP&R will be covered by frequent Service89 diverted into the Portway site, withlonger opening hours. Additional Service2 morning peak journeys (between 0700& 0900) will run from Hartington Road onMonday to Friday to ensure capacity forP&R users.

RIBBLE VALLEY, BURNLEY & PENDLE SERVICES

From 1 May 2016, Transdev Burnley &Pendle is making a number of wideranging changes to its servicesthroughout Ribble Valley, Burnley &Pendle areas.

Among the changes is the standard-isation and simplification of Transdev's

main core Mainline bus route linkingRibble Valley, Burnley & Pendle areas.Furthermore Service X43, The Witch Wayroute linking Burnley & Pendle through toManchester, is being expanded throughPendle to Skipton, offering faster journeysfrom Skipton, Barnoldswick & Colnethrough to Burnley and a direct service to Manchester.

Full details are as follows:

Mainline 20 – 29 (Clitheroe/Accrington/Padiham/Burnley/Nelson/Colne/Barnoldswick/

Skipton/Keighley)

• New numbers M1, M2, M3 and M4 willreplace numbers 20-29 to make thingsmuch simpler and easier to understand –see below;• The Barnoldswick-Skipton section willnow be served by an extended, fasterWitch Way X43 – see below;• Buses will still run up to every 7 minuteson the main section of route betweenPadiham and Colne during the day onMonday to Saturday, with similarfrequencies as now on all sections;• The number of evening journeys havebeen reduced, however a number ofjourneys previously tendered byLancashire County Council have beenretained.

Mainline M1: Padiham (Bridge Inn) – Burnley –

Nelson – Colne – Earby –Barnoldswick (the old 22 to Padiham &

28 to Barnoldswick)

• Every 30 minutes for most of the dayMon-Sat (hourly on Sundays);• Some early morning and eveningjourneys will continue to serve Silentnightat Barnoldswick.

Mainline M2: Clitheroe – Padiham (Slade Lane) –

Burnley – Nelson – Colne (the old 26/27 to Clitheroe &

24 to Colne)

• Every 30 minutes for most of the dayMon-Sat (hourly on Sundays);• This will run direct from Clitheroe on alljourneys, via Whalley, Read, Padiham(Slade Lane) and Padiham Road toBurnley and on to Colne via Brierfield and Nelson;• Sabden and Read Whins Lane will nolonger be served.

Mainline M3: Accrington – Huncoat – Hapton -

Padiham – Burnley – Nelson – Colne –Trawden (the old 23 to Accrington &

21 to Trawden)

• Every 30 minutes for most of the dayMon-Sat (every hour on Sundaysbetween Accrington and Colne, and every 2 hours to Trawden);• It will run to/from the new Accringtonbus station when it opens later in May.

Mainline M4: Burnley – Nelson – Colne –

Cross Hills – Keighley (the old 25)

• Every 30 minutes for most of the day(every 2 hours on Sundays);• On Monday to Saturday the last busfrom Burnley to Keighley will now run later at 2028, with the last bus back also running later, now leaving Keighley at 2211.

Burnley Connect 8 Burnley – Bacup

• All journeys will be withdrawn. Rosso willprovide a replacement service, numbered463 – see below for more details.

Burnley Connect 9Burnley – Accrington

• Most journeys will be revised to run 10 minutes earlier throughout.

Witch Way X43: Nelson – Burnley – Rawtenstall –

Prestwich – Manchester -

• New fast buses at rush hour. Inresponse to customer research, Transdevwill run 3 quicker journeys each way(Monday to Friday), calling at limitedstops between Burnley and Rawtenstalland then completely non-stop toManchester, Shudehill and continuing onto Chorlton Street. It will only take justover an hour between Burnley Bus Stationand Shudehill on these new fast journeys;• Extended to Colne & Skipton via theM65 every 30 minutes Monday toSaturday daytime: Every other Witch Way

journey will now head beyond Burnley,non-stop along the M65 to Colne,Barnoldswick and Skipton. This will offermuch faster trips from Skipton and Colneto Burnley compared to now;• There will still be direct buses fromNelson to and from Manchester formorning and evening rush hour, but during the day, The Witch Way will nolonger serve Nelson. The Mainline runsevery 7 minutes during the day along thissection with connections at Burnley BusStation - through tickets will be available;• Buses will still run every 15 minutesduring the day between Manchester andBurnley via Prestwich and Rawtenstall;• On Sundays, all buses will be called X43for the bus extension through toGrassington in the Yorkshire Dales. Thenumber 872 will no longer be used,although the time and route stays the same.

ROSSENDALE SERVICES

463 Bacup – Weir – Burnley(Leaflet 78)

From 3 May 2016 Rosso will revise the route and timetable to extendthe service through to Burnley via Weir.This will replace Transdev Burnley &Pendle's withdrawal of Service 8.

These are the changes for May 2016 thathave been reported to Lancashire CountyCouncil by 27 April 2016. Every effort hasbeen made to ensure the accuracy of thisinformation, however further changes canoccur, it is advisable to contact your localCounty Information Centre, Traveline orbus operator for the latest information.

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