Lancashire County Council Service Changes

[F255ytj]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
I asked the timetable guy at merseytravel a few months ago why they'd stopped doing their paper changes leaflet and he said the leaflets weren't getting picked up, meaning they were binning most of them.

The future changes page on their website does this job anyway. He said it was a very popular page.

And don't forget, they've got their weekly metro newspaper advert and weekly travel news email which Lancashire don't do.

[wirralbus]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
That metro advert only says there is a change not what the change actually is , unlike that one from lancashire County council which is informative .

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
Lancashire County Council changes for March:

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/55314...h-2015.pdf

[SF07]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
April's changes booklet:

WYRE SERVICES

2/2C Blackpool - Poulton - Knott End (BLA leaflet)
From 30 March 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, adjusting journey times between Blackpool and Poulton to improve overall service reliability.

3 Cleveleys Park - Cleveleys - Blackpool - Mereside (BLA leaflet)
From 30 March 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, adjusting most journey times to improve overall service reliability.

PRESTON SERVICES

1 Preston - Ribbleton - Grimsargh - Longridge (STG leaflet)
From 12 April 2015 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting most journey times to improve overall service reliability.

2/2A Preston - Longton - Tarleton - Southport/Ormskirk (STG leaflet)
From 12 April 2015 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting most journey times to improve overall service reliability.

9 Preston - Moor Nook (STG leaflet)
From 12 April 2015 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the timetable, adjusting most journey times to improve overall service reliability.

WEST LANCASHIRE SERVICES

X2 Preston - Southport - Liverpool (STG leaflet)
From 12 April 2015 Stagecoach in Lancashire will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the service to divert all journeys through Banks village via Guinea Hall Lane and Ralph's Wife's Lane.

319 Ormskirk - Rainford - St. Helens (MerseyTravel leaflet)
From 3 April 2015 South Lancs Travel will withdraw all journeys on this service. Lancashire County Council and MerseyTravel have sought to find a new bus operator to provide a replacement service but no one has being willing to come forward.

NORTH WEST WIGAN AREA BUS NETWORK REVIEW

From 12 April 2015 Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), as part of a wider review of North West Wigan area bus network, are introducing revisions to their subsidised services which border Lancashire County Council (LCC) in the Appley Bridge and Wrightington area. The changes to services 612, 635, 638, 639, 640 and 641 detailed below are part of a proposed North West Wigan Network Revision to reduce the number of vehicles required from 6 to 4. A significant proportion of these services are totally outside Lancashire but are included to give a full picture of the forthcoming revisions

In view of the complexity of the changes, please see below for more details of the forthcoming changes:-

612 Wigan - Shevington - Randall's Corner - Wrightington Hospital Circular (TfGM leaflet)
Service 612 currently operates hourly daily evenings. As part of the wider network review being undertaken, TfGM are to replace the daily evening Service 612 service with a new Service 635. This routing would match the proposed Sunday day-time service to Wrightington Hospital. With the exception of Shevington Vale, this routing would also match the proposed Monday to Saturday daytime service (see Service 635 below).

This leads to Back Lane and part of Hall Lane, Crow Orchard Road being left unserved (outside Lancashire). Surveys have shown an average of 1 passenger per journey on the section of route which would be left unserved by the new service 635.

635 Wigan - Shevington Vale - Randall's Corner - Wrightington Hospital (TfGM leaflet)
Service 635 currently operates commercially every 12 minutes, Monday to Friday daytime and every 15 minutes, Saturday daytime. TfGM have negotiated, with South Lancs Travel, a subsidy to provide an extension of the 635 service from Shevington Vale to Wrightington Hospital once per hour Monday to Saturday day-time.

A new subsidised Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime 635 service will be introduced. This service will operate between Wigan and Wrightington Hospital via Randall's Corner (not serving Shevington Vale) and replace circular services 636/637 between Wigan and Wrightington via Randall's Corner. In addition, the daily evening Service 612 journeys will be replaced by Service 635 journeys.

636/637 Wigan - Wrightington Hospital - Standish circular (TfGM leaflet)
Circular Services 636 and 637 currently operate every hour, Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime. As part of the wider network review in this area, the circular Services 636 and 637 will be withdrawn. The section of route between Wigan and Shevington Moor via Standish will be covered by new Sunday services 640/641. Standish Old Pepper Lane and Pepper Lane will lose its Sunday day-time service but survey data indicates that no passengers used the 636 service and an average of 0.56 passengers per trip were recorded on the 637 service.

The section of route between Wigan and Wrightington Hospital would be covered by new Service 635. The section of route between Shevington Moor and Wrightington Hospital would be left unserved on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Standish and Shevington Moor would lose their direct link to Appley Bridge. However, survey data indicates only 1 passenger was recorded making this link on Service 637.

638/639 Wigan - Wrightington Hospital - Standish Circular (TfGM leaflet)
Circular Services 638 and 639 currently operate every hour, Monday to Saturday daytime. As part of the wider network review in this area, circular Service 639 will be withdrawn and Service 638 will be revised to operate between Wigan and Standish via Worthington Park and Bradley Mills only. The section of route between Standish and Old Engine would be covered by revised circular services 640/641.

The link from Wigan to Wrightington Hospital will be maintained by the extension to journeys on Service 635.

640/641 Wigan - Shevington Moor - Shevington - Standish Circular (TfGM leaflet)
Circular Services 640 and 641 currently operate every hour, Monday to Saturday daytime. As part of the wider review of services in this area, these circular Services 640 and 641 will be revised to serve Kitt Green, Norley Hall and Worsley Hall. Orrell Post will lose its direct link to Old Engine, Shevington, Shevington Moor and Standish but survey data indicates that 13 passengers per day on Monday to Friday make this journey and 2 per Saturday. Three sets of stops between Orrell Post and Old Engine would lose a service Monday to Saturday daytime. The furthest walk to either Orrell Post or Old Engine is less than 400m from the middle set of stops (Rydal Avenue).

Orrell Post passengers wishing to go to Shevington will be required to walk to Old Engine (750m) or catch one of the frequent services along Orrell Road and change to Service 641 at Pemberton or at Wigan Bus Station where they could also catch Service 635.

Orrell Post passengers wishing to go to Standish would be required to walk to Old Engine (750m) or catch one of the frequent services along Orrell Road and change to Service 641 at Pemberton or at Wigan Bus Station where they could also catch frequent Service 362 or new Service 638.

A new Sunday and Bank Holiday day-time 640 and 641 service will be introduced. Service 640 would operate from Wigan to Shevington Moor via Standish and Service 641 would operate from Shevington Moor to Wigan via Standish.

IMPLICATIONS
The main implication of these revisions for Lancashire residents is the indirect reduction in frequency of services linking the Appley Bridge and Wrightington areas of Lancashire with Wigan.

The Monday to Saturday daytime Services 638/639 currently operate hourly in each direction allowing for a more frequent half hourly service on certain sections of overlapping route in the Lancashire area, which will be replaced by the single hourly Service 635.

The loss of direct link to Standish and Shevington Vale is a further outcome of the service review, although TfGM confirm survey data indicates very few passengers are recorded making this link. The overwhelming majority of customers from within Lancashire use these services to access Wigan.

The multitude of confusing different service numbers (612, 636, 637, 638 & 639) over differing indirect routes during the daytime, evening and Sunday services linking Appley Bridge and Wrightington Hospital with Wigan will be simplified for
Lancashire residents to just Service 635.

The majority of these service revisions are outside the influence or control of LCC and are being undertaken by TfGM to rationalise and ensure continued support of the network.

As part of a cross boundary subsidy agreement with TfGM, LCC contribute to provide an hourly daily extension to services from the Appley Bridge and Wrightington areas of Lancashire with Wigan. This will be maintained but will form part of the local bus network review.

LCC will also continue to subsidise the following services under contract in the Appley Bridge and Wrightington Hospital area pending the overall Lancashire County Council bus network review:-

3A Wrightington - Appley Bridge - Skelmersdale - Burscough - Ormskirk (Leaflet 303)
There will be no changes to Service 3A which operates every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime.

206 Wrightington - Appley Bridge - Roby Mill - Tontine - Wigan (Leaflet 292)
There will be no changes to Service 206 which operates 3 off-peak return journeys during Tuesday and Friday daytime.

CHORLEY SERVICES

362 Chorley - Wigan (TfGM leaflet)
From 12 April 2015 South Lancs Travel will take over operation from Wigan Bus of the Sunday morning single journey from Wigan to Chorley and return. The journeys will be revised to operate 5 minutes earlier throughout, departing Wigan at 0835 and Chorley at 0920.

HYNDBURN SERVICES

1 Accrington - Oswaldtwistle/Accrington - Clayton-le-Moors (MMC leaflet)
From 26 March 2015 M & M Coaches Ltd will revise the timetable, adjusting times at Church to improve overall service reliability.

9 Accrington - Barnfield - Laneside Circular (Leaflet 42)
From 26 March 2015 M & M Coaches Ltd will revise the route and timetable, merging Services 9 & 19 into one circular route, numbered Service 9, to operate via Barnfield and Laneside.

1 Accrington - Oswaldtwistle / Accrington - Clayton-le-Moors (MMC leaflet)
From 20 April 2015 M & M Coaches Ltd will revise the timetable, adjusting certain morning and afternoon journeys to operate on School Holidays only.

21/521 Accrington - Padiham - Burnley (MMC leaflet)
From 20 April 2015 M & M Coaches Ltd will revise the timetable, removing certain duplicating journeys.

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/59698...l-2015.pdf

[SF07]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
May's changes now posted on the Lancashire CC website:

LANCASTER SERVICES
8 Lancaster - Ryelands - St. Chads (KIL leaflet)
From 26 May 2015 Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire will revise the timetable, adjusting the service to operate every hour during Monday to Saturday daytime.

9 Lancaster - Primrose - Bowerham (KIL leaflet)
From 26 May 2015 Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire will revise the timetable, adjusting the service to operate at the following times during Monday to Saturday daytime:
From Lancaster Bus Station at 0910, 1010, 1110, 1210, 1410, 1610 & 1710.
From Bowerham Farmdale Road at 0929, 1029, 1129, 1229 & 1429.

18 Lancaster - Lancaster Farms Circular (KIL leaflet)
From 26 May 2015 Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire will revise the timetable, adjusting the service to operate at the following times during Monday to Saturday daytime:
From Lancaster Bus Station at 0715, 0815, 1315 & 1515
From Lancaster Farms at 0732, 0832, 1332, 1532, 1632 & 1732

581 Kirkby Lonsdale - Ingleton - Settle (KIL leaflet)
From 3 May 2015 Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the service in Kirkby Lonsdale to serve Booths and introduce a new Summer Sunday service.

X55 Bowerham - Lancaster - Windermere - Grasmere (STC leaflet)
From 23 May 2015 Stagecoach in Cumbria will withdraw the two journeys on this service. Alternative journeys are available on Service 555.

ROSSENDALE SERVICES
12 Rawtenstall - Balladen Circular(Leaflet 37)
From 10 May 2015 Lancashire County Council will revise the Sunday timetable with Transdev Lancashire United taking over operation from Rosso. The Monday to Saturday daytime Service 12 journeys, operated by Boomerang Travel Ltd on behalf of Lancashire County Council will not be affected.

244 Rawtentall - Helmshore - Haslingden - Blackburn (Leaflet 34)
From 10 May 2015 Lancashire County Council and Rosso will revise the timetable as follows

Monday to Saturday
Pilkingtonbus will take over operation of Lancashire County Council's subsidised am and pm peak journeys with some minor amendments to times. Rosso will continue to operate the daytime journeys.

Sunday and Bank Holidays
Transdev Lancashire United will take over operation of Lancashire County Council's subsidised full route journeys. Rosso will operate a shorter service between Rawtenstall and Haslingden, with most Rosso journeys continuing through from Haslingden to Bury via Edenfield and Ramsbottom as Service 484, to partially replace the withdrawn Service 473 journeys.

Similar priced Day and weekly tickets will continue to be available for all customers allowing travel on all Service 244 no matter which operator provides the journey.

473 Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Ramsbotton - Bury
483 Burnley - Water - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Bury (TfGM leaflets)
From 10 May 2015 Rosso will revise the Sunday timetable, withdrawing the Sunday daytime Service 473 journeys, and retime the Sunday daytime Service 483 journeys. The withdrawn Service 473 will be partially replaced by new Sunday journeys on Services 244/484 (see those services for details). The Monday to Saturday evening Service 473 journeys, operated by Boomerang Travel Ltd on behalf of Lancashire County Council will not be affected.

484 Accrington - Haslingden - Edenfield - Bury (TfGM leaflet)
From 10 May 2015 Rosso will revise the timetable, introducing a new hourly Sunday daytime service between Haslingden and Bury. The majority of journeys will continue through from Haslingden to Rawtenstall as Service 244, partially replacing the withdrawn Service 473 journeys.

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/66447...y-2015.pdf

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
Changes for June:

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/69632...e-2015.pdf

[SF07]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes

(23/05/2015 17:23)St Helens Rider Wrote:  Changes for June:

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/69632...e-2015.pdf

With Lancashire County Council listing the Blackpool changes as June 2014 in the booklet.

WYRE SERVICES

1 Fleetwood – Cleveleys – Blackpool – Starr Gate (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, increasing the service frequency for the summer season.

2C Blackpool – Poulton – Knott End (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, amending journey times to improve overall service reliability.

3 Cleveleys Park – Cleveleys – Blackpool – Mereside (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, amending journey times to improve overall service reliability.

5 Victoria Hospital – Blackpool – Halfway House (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, amending journey times to improve overall service reliability.

7 Cleveleys – Bispham – Blackpool – St. Annes – Lytham (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, amending journey times to improve overall service reliability.

9 Cleveleys – Bispham – Blackpool (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, amending journey times to improve overall service reliability.

10 St. Annes – Spring Gardens – Blackpool (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the route and timetable, extending the service through to St. Annes replacing the hourly Service 17 journeys.

11 Lytham – St. Annes – Blackpool – Grange Park (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, amending journey times to improve overall service reliability.

12/13 Blackpool North Circular (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will introduce this new route and timetable, incorporating the northern section of previous Service 15, and the service will operate a circular route around Blackpool North. The new North Circular will link through Blackpool Town Centre with North Shore, Bispham, Poulton, Staining and Victoria Hospital. Service 12 will run clockwise and Service 13 will run anti-clockwise up to every 30 minutes Monday to Sunday daytime.

14 Fleetwood – Blackpool – Mereside – Peel Park (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, amending journey times to improve overall service reliability.

15/16 Blackpool South Circular (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the route and timetable, amending the service to operate a circular route around Blackpool South. The new South Circular will link through Blackpool Town Centre with South Shore, Squires Gate, Mereside, Marton Mere, Zoo and Victoria Hospital. Service 15 will run clockwise and Service 16 will run anti-clockwise up to every 30 minutes Monday to Sunday daytime.

17 St. Annes – Spring Gardens – Blackpool (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, amending the service to operate hourly Monday to Saturday daytime. The extension of Service 10 through to St. Annes will maintain an half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service within St. Annes through to Blackpool.

20 Blackpool – Martin Mere (BLA leaflet)
From 28 June 2015 Blackpool Transport will withdraw this service. The majority of the route will be incorporated within the new Blackpool South Circular. See Services 15/16 for details.

PRESTON SERVICES

111 Preston – Leyland (FWK leaflet)
From 5 June 2015 John Fishwick & Sons will revise the timetable to withdraw the 2322 Friday & Saturday duplicate journey from Preston Fishergate to Leyland. The 2320 Friday & Saturday journey from Preston Bus Station to Leyland will be unaffected.

HYNDBURN SERVICES

4/4A/4B Accrington – (Fern Gore) – Merlin Drive – Accrington (PIL leaflet)
From 22 June 2015 Pilkingtonbus will revise the Monday to Friday route and timetable, adjusting some departure times and diverting certain am and pm journeys, numbered Service 4B, to additionally serve Fern Gore. Saturday service subsidised by Lancashire County Council will remain unchanged.

11 Accrington – Fern Gore – Accrington (PIL leaflet)
From 22 June 2015 Pilkingtonbus will revise the Monday to Friday timetable, adjusting some departure times. Certain am and pm journeys will be withdrawn and replaced by diverting Service 4B journeys at those times. Saturday service subsidised by Lancashire County Council will remain unchanged.

[St Helens Rider]

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

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/73220...y-2015.pdf

[SF07]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
August 2015 changes PDF booklet now online:

PRESTON SERVICES
19/19A Preston – Royal Preston Hospital (PBT leaflet)
From 27 July 2015 Rotala Preston Bus will revise the timetable, adjusting most journey times to improve overall service reliability.

WEST LANCASHIRE SERVICES
5 Ormskirk – Town Green Circular (Leaflet 291)
From 30 August 2015 Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the service to operate as a circular to provide a replacement bus service for the Prescott Road area between Ormskirk and Town Green following Arriva Merseyside's revision to their Service 310/311 route (as detailed below).

The service will continue to run hourly on Monday to Saturday daytime. The new Service 5 route will be as follows:
From ORMSKIRK Bus Station via Wigan Road, St Helens Road, Park Road, Aughton Street, Prescot Road, Black Moss Lane*, Long Lane*, Prescot Road, Town Green Lane*, Middlewood Road*, Molyneux Road*, Whalley Drive*, Town Green Lane*, Winifred Lane*, Noelgate*, Moss Delph Lane*, Swanpool Lane*, Long Lane*, Black Moss Lane*, Aughton Street, Park Road, St Helens Road and Wigan Road to ORMSKIRK Bus Station. (* - Hail and Ride applies on these roads)

Holmeswood Coaches will continue to operate the service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

300 Southport – Halsall – Liverpool (Merseytravel leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Arriva Merseyside will revise the timetable, adjusting some intermediate journey times to improve overall service reliability.

310 Skelmersdale – Ormskirk – Aughton – Maghull – Liverpool (Merseytravel leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Arriva Merseyside will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the service as follows:
Monday to Saturday frequency revised to every half hour with extended departure times to 1825 from Liverpool through to Skelmersdale;

New hourly Sunday daytime service between Skelmersdale and Liverpool; Route amended between Skelmersdale and Ormskirk to operate more direct replacing Service 395 over this section, coordinated with Service 375/385, and no longer serving Ashurst or Birch Green (refer to new Service 313 for replacement);

Route amended between Ormskirk and Aughton Town Green for all journeys to operate via Holborn Hill and Winifred Lane and no longer serving Prescott Road.

311 Skelmersdale – Ormskirk – Aughton – Maghull – Liverpool (Merseytravel leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Arriva Merseyside will run all journeys as Service 310 and operate as detailed above.

313 Skelmersdale – Birch Green – Ashurst – Skelmersdale (Merseytravel leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Arriva Merseyside will introduce this new service as a replacement to the revised Services 310/311 for Birch Green and Ashurst. This new service will operate every half hour Monday to Saturday daytime between 0700 & 1830.

Connections for through journeys to Ormskirk, Liverpool, Southport and Wigan can be made at Skelmersdale Concourse.

375/385 Southport – Ormskirk – Skelmersdale – Wigan (ARV leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Arriva Merseyside will revise the timetable, adjusting times to ensure a coordinated service frequency with revised Service 310 between Ormskirk and Skelmersdale.

395 Skelmersdale – Wigan (Arriva leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Arriva Merseyside will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the service to operate Monday to Saturday daytime between Skelmersdale and Wigan. The section of route between Skelmersdale and Ormskirk will be covered by the re-routed Service 310 (see Service 310 for details).

HYNDBURN SERVICES
3/3A Accrington – Huncoat (Leaflet 45)
From 17 August 2015 Pilkington Bus will revise the timetable, withdrawing the later afternoon journeys to operate the service generally between 0900-1500 on Monday to Friday only.

Alternative Service 23 journeys are available from Transdev Burnley & Pendle.

X41 Blackburn – Accrington – Haslingden – Manchester (LUL leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will revise the timetable, reinstating normal journey times after the summer school holiday period and amending the Sunday times to improve service reliability.

BURNLEY SERVICES
X43 Nelson – Burnley – Rawtenstall – Manchester (BPT leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will revise the timetable, reinstating normal journey times after the summer school holiday period.

20-30 Clitheroe/Accrington – Padiham – Burnley – Nelson – Colne – Barnoldswick/Skipton/Keighley (BPT leaflets)
From 30 August 2015 Transdev Burnley & Pendle will revise the timetable, reinstating normal journey times after the summer school holiday period.

ROSSENDALE SERVICES
446/447 Wallbank – Rochdale (TfGM leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Rosso will revise the timetable, reinstating normal journey times after the summer school holiday period.

464 Accrington – Haslingden – Rawtenstall – Bacup – Rochdale (TfGM leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Rosso will revise the timetable, reinstating normal journey times after the summer school holiday period.

483 Bury – Edenfield – Rawtenstall – Water – Burnley (TfGM leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Rosso will revise the timetable, reinstating normal journey times after the summer school holiday period.

484 Accrington – Haslingden – Edenfield – Bury (TfGM leaflet)
From 30 August 2015 Rosso will revise the timetable, reinstating normal journey times after the summer school holiday period

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/76457...t-2015.pdf

[skelmersey]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
I very much doubt the 313 will be on a Merseytravel leaflet!!