Lancashire County Council Service Changes

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RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
March's changes:

Lancaster services
Service 555 Lancaster – Carnforth – Kendal – Bowness-on-Windermere – Keswick
Service 755 Morecambe – Carnforth – Kendal – Bowness-on-Windermere

From 31 March 2025 Stagecoach will revise the timetables, adjusting and enhancing the services for the summer season.
Service 552 Carnforth – Warton – Silverdale – Arnside – Milnthorpe – Kendal

From 31 March 2025 Lonsdale Coaches, in partnership with Lancashire County Council and Westmorland & Furness Council, will revise the route and timetable, extending the service to/from Carnforth.

The extended journeys will operate as follows:
Northbound

0905 Carnforth to Kendal via Warton (0908), Yealand Conyers (0914), Silverdale (0920), Arnside (0930), Milnthorpe (0945) and Levens (0952) arriving Kendal at 1030.

1410 Carnforth to Milnthorpe via Warton (1413). Yealand Conyers (1419), Silverdale (1425) and Arnside (1435) arriving Milnthorpe at 1448.
Southbound

0905 Milnthorpe to Carnforth via Arnside (0920), Silverdale (0930), Yealand Conyers (0936) and Warton (0942) arriving Carnforth at 0946.

1305 Kendal to Carnforth via Levens (1342), Milnthorpe Square (1352), Arnside (1405), Silverdale (1415), Yealand Conyers (1421) and Warton (1427) arriving Carnforth at 1431.
Ribble Valley services
Service 5/5A Clitheroe – Whalley – Ribchester – Longridge – Chipping
Service 25 Clitheroe – Whalley – Brockhall – Mellor – Blackburn
Service 25A Mellor Brook – Mellor – Blackburn
Service C3 Clitheroe – Sawley Circular

On 24 February 2025, Vision Bus took over the operation of these services from Pilkingtonbus on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

There are no changes to the route or timetable, just a change of service provider.
Service 45 Preston – Royal Preston Hospital – Whittingham – Longridge – Blackburn
Service 46 Preston – Woodplumpton – Whittingham – Longridge

From 30 March 2025, Vision Bus will take over the operation of these services from Preston Bus on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

There will be no changes to the route or timetable, just a change of service provider.
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre services
Service 76 St.Annes – Lytham – Warton – Kirkham – Poulton – Blackpool
Service 78 St.Annes – Lytham – Warton – Kirkham – Great Eccleston

From 30 March 2025, Archway Travel will take over the operation of these services from Preston Bus on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

There will be no changes to the route or timetable, just a change of service provider.
Preston, South Ribble and Chorley services
Preston Bus Network Revisions

From 30 March 2025, Preston Bus will make the following revisions to their bus services:
Service 6 Preston – Brookfield – James Hall Distribution Centre

The timetable will be revised, adjusting several journeys to improve overall service reliability. Other revisions include revising later Saturday afternoon journey times, with Sunday service revised to operate approximately between 0900-2000.
Service 8 Preston – Moor Nook

The timetable will be revised, adjusting several journeys to improve overall service reliability. Other revisions include reducing the number of Monday to Saturday early morning journeys, reducing Sunday early morning and afternoon journeys and Sunday later evening journeys withdrawn.
Service 16 Preston – Farringdon Park

The route and timetable will be revised to remove the Monday to Friday extended journeys through to the Railway Station to allow for additional peak journeys. Other revisions include adjusting several journeys to improve overall service reliability, with Saturday early evening journeys revised, Sunday early morning and later evening journeys reduced.
Service 19 Royal Preston Hospital – Preston – Portway P&R – Larches
Service 19A Royal Preston Hospital – Preston – Portway P&R – Lea
Service 19S Royal Preston Hospital – Sharoe Green Business Centre Shuttle

The route and timetable will be revised, renumbering the services as follows:

Service 19A (Monday to Friday am shuttle bus) will be renumbered Service 19S.

Service 20 will be renumbered Service 19A.

Other revisions include adjusting journey times to meet demand and improve overall service reliability.
Service 23 Preston – Royal Preston Hospital – Fulwood Asda

The timetable will be revised, adjusting journey times to meet demand and improve overall service reliability.
Service 31 Preston – Savick – Lea

The timetable will be revised, adjusting journey times to improve overall service reliability. The Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday journeys will continue to operate on behalf of Lancashire County Council.


Service 35 Preston – Tanterton

The timetable will be revised, adjusting journey times to meet demand and improve overall service reliability.
Service 43 Preston – Cottam – Royal Preston Hospital
Service 44 Preston – Ingol – Cottam
Service 48 Preston – Holme Slack – Fulwood – Royal Preston Hospital

Lancashire County Council will revise the Sunday route and timetables of these services, extending Service 44 from Ingol through to Cottam, to interwork with Service 43 to double the number of journeys through the Cottam area, and extending Service 48 from Fulwood Asda through to Royal Preston Hospital.

Preston Bus will continue to operate these services on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Preston, South Ribble and Chorley Tendered Bus Service Revisions

From 30 March 2025 Lancashire County Council, utilising funding from HM Government through our Bus Service Improvement Plan will introduce revisions to tendered bus services linking throughout the Preston, South Ribble and Chorley area. Following public engagement at the end of 2024, several timing adjustments have been made to the initial proposals.

The following bus services revisions will be introduced:
Service 110 Preston – Lostock Hall – Leyland – Eccleston – Standish – Wigan

The county council will introduce this new service, creating new links through Walton Park and replacing the extension of Stagecoach's Service 111 journeys from Leyland to Wigan.

Maintaining the Preston, Leyland & Wigan direct bus service, this new service will operate between Preston and Wigan via Walton Park, Lostock Hall, Farington Moss, Leyland, Eccleston, Wrightington Bar and Standish.

The service will still operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime. Holmeswood Coaches Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council and in partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester between Standish and Wigan.
Service 112 Preston – Bamber Bridge – Clayton Brook – Leyland – Midge Hall

The county council will revise the route and timetable, amending the service to terminate at the eastern end of the new Centurion Village at Midge Hall and amending the route through Leyland Town Centre.

As the new Centurion Village develops the service will be further adapted to serve more of this emerging community. The section through Wymott, Croston and Bretherton will now be served by new Service 115 – see below. Another minor route amendments are in Clayton Brook, adjusted to serve A6 Preston Road between Walton Summit and Clayton Brook, and then operate to the same clockwise circular route looping around Clayton Brook Road and through Clayton Brook village both towards Preston and Leyland.

This service will continue to operate between Preston and Midge Hall via Frenchwood, Walton-le-Dale, Bamber Bridge, Walton Summit, Clayton Brook, Clayton Green and Leyland.

The service will still operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime and combine with Service 114 to operate every half hour between Clayton Brook and Leyland. Holmeswood Coaches Ltd will continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 114 Chorley – Clayton Brook – Leyland – Penwortham – Preston

The county council will revise the route and timetable, extending the service through from Leyland to Preston via Farington Moss and Penwortham partially replacing Service 119.

To facilitate the extension to Preston, the route through Leyland will be adjusted between Clayton-le-Wood and Tesco to operate via A49 and Church Road, before continuing past the Gables and then as the current Service 119 route to Preston. Vice versa in the opposite direction. This will maintain the cross Leyland public transport links between wider areas of Leyland with Chorley. Another minor route amendment is in Clayton Green, adjusted to serve Wood End Road in both directions, no longer serving Back Lane, with new stops installed on Sheep Hill Lane.

This service will operate between Chorley and Preston via Chorley Hospital, Whittle-le-Woods, Clayton Brook, Clayton-le-Woods, Leyland, Farington Moss, Whitestake, Penwortham and Broadgate.

The service will operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime and combine with Service 112 to operate every half hour between Clayton Brook and Leyland. RS Tyrer Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 115 Chorley – Buckshaw Village – Leyland – Croston – Longton – Preston

The county council will introduce this new service, partially replacing Services 12, 112 & 119 to create a new cross borough public transport link between Chorley, Leyland and Preston. Following long standing requests from local communities, new Service 115 will link Croston, Bretherton, South Ribble's Western Parishes to both Chorley and Preston.

This new expanded service will operate as current Service 119 route between Chorley and Leyland, then replacing the curtailed Service 112 through Wymott, Croston and Bretherton, continuing to Much Hoole, Walmer Bridge, Longton and finally replacing Service 12 through to Preston. This will facilitate new direct transport links from all these communities to Preston, Leyland, Chorley Hospital and Chorley Town Centre.

This service will operate between Chorley and Preston via Chorley Hospital, Buckshaw Village, Leyland, Moss Side, Wymott, Croston, Bretherton, Much Hoole, Walmer Bridge, Longton, New Longton and Penwortham.

The service will operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime. Vision Bus will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 117 Chorley – Weld Bank – Chorley

The county council will revise timetable, with adjustments to improve overall service reliability and timed around Service 115.

The service will continue to operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime. Vision Bus will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 118 Chorley – Lower Burgh – Chorley

The county council will revise timetable, with adjustments to improve overall service reliability and timed with Service 114.

The service will continue to operate generally every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime. RS Tyrer Ltd will continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 119 Chorley – Buckshaw Village – Leyland – Penwortham – Preston

The county council will withdraw this service and it will be replaced by the introduction of new Service 115, between Chorley and Leyland, and the extension to Service 114, between Leyland and Preston.
Service 12 Preston – New Longton – Longton

Stagecoach will withdraw this service and it will be replaced by the introduction of new Service 115.
Service 111 Preston – Lostock Hall – Leyland – Moss Side

Stagecoach will revise the route and timetable to remove the extension between Leyland and Wigan. This section of the route will be replaced by Lancashire County Council's new Service 110.
Chorley services
Service 337 Chorley – Eccleston – Croston – Mawdesley – Burscough – Ormskirk
Service 347 Chorley – Eccleston – Croston – Mawdesley – Banks – Southport

From 30 March 2025, Vision Bus will take over the operation of these services from Stagecoach on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

There will be no changes to the route or timetable, just a change of service provider.