Lancashire County Council Service Changes

[St Helens Rider]

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

Lancaster Services

Services 40 Lancaster – Garstang – Preston
From 2 November 2025, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting the 2200 Sunday journey between Preston to Morecambe.

Service 83 Morecambe – Caton – Brookhouse
From 27 October 2025, Lonsdale Buses will introduce this new service, operating every hour Monday to Saturday daytime.

Service 85 Morecambe – Bolton-le-Sands – Carnforth
From 27 October 2025, Lonsdale Buses will introduce this new service, operating every hour Monday to Saturday daytime.

Service 550 Levens – Milnthorpe – Silverdale – Carnforth – Morecambe
From 27 October 2025, Lonsdale Buses will withdraw this service.

Service 555 Lancaster – Carnforth – Keswick
From 3 November 2025, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting journeys for the winter period.

Service 755 Morecambe – Carnforth – Windermere
From 3 November 2025, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting journeys for the winter period.

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Services

Service 2 Cala Gran Holiday Park – Blackpool Zoo
From 3 November 2025, Blackpool Transport will withdraw this summer seasonal service.

Services 9/9H Blackpool – Bispham – Thornton
From 3 November 2025, Transpora will introduce this new service, creating new public transport links. Operating up to every 30 minutes Monday to Friday daytime, the new service will operate between Blackpool and Thornton via Bispham and Blackpool & Fylde College.

Preston, South Ribble and Chorley Services

Service 43 Preston – Cottam – Fulwood Royal Preston Hospital
From 3 November 2025, Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, fully restoring the normal route through Cottam Hoyles Lane and extending all daily evening service journeys to operate the full route from Wychnor to/from Royal Preston Hospital.

This direct service links Preston City Centre with Fulwood Royal Preston Hospital via University, Tom Benson Way, Cottam and Fulwood.

The service will continue to operate up to every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime, and hourly during the evenings and Sundays. In conjunction with restored and enhanced Service 44, the frequency between the City Centre and Cottam will remain up to every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and increased to every 30 minutes during evenings and Sundays.

Preston Bus will continue to operate the service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

Service 44 Preston – Ingol – Cottam
From 3 November 2025, Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, fully restoring the normal route through Cottam Hoyles Lane and, utilising developer funding secured through the planning process to introduce extended Monday to Saturday evening service journeys to operate the full route.

The service will continue to operate up to every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime, and hourly during the evenings and Sundays. In conjunction with fully restored Service 43, the frequency between the City Centre and Cottam will remain up to every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and increased to every 30 minutes during evenings and Sundays.

Preston Bus will continue to operate the service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

Service 48 Preston – Fulwood – Royal Preston Hospital – Cottam – Lea
From 3 November 2025, Lancashire County Council will revise timetable, utilising developer funding secured through the planning process, to introduce new hourly Monday to Saturday evening journeys between Preston and Royal Preston Hospital via Holme Slack, Longsands and Fulwood. There will also be some retiming of AM & PM peak journeys to improve overall service reliability.

Preston Bus will continue to operate the service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

Burnley Services

Service 1 Burnley – Stoops Estate
From 2 November 2025, The Burnley Bus Company will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the route in the Stoops area to serve new housing by extending further along Rossendale Road to the top Cog Lane. The service will operate as normal to Harold Avenue then via Rossendale Road to Cog Lane and Coal Clough Lane and normal route back into Burnley. Dalton Street and Woodcourt Avenue will no longer be served with access at the bus stops on Cog Lane.

Services 3 and 4 Burnley – Pike Hill – Worsthorne
From 2 November 2025, The Burnley Bus Company will revise the timetable in partnership with Lancashire County Council, utilising HM Government funding through the Bus Service Improvement Plan to introduce enhanced evening and Sunday services.

There will be a new later evening service operating 7 days a week, with Service 3 operating every two hours and Service 4 through to Worsthorne operating every two hours, combining to provide an hourly evening service between Burnley and Pike Hill.

Additionally, new hourly Sunday daytime Service 4 journeys to Worsthorne will be introduced, combining with Service 3 to provide two buses an hour between Burnley and Pike Hill.

Service 5
From 2 November 2025, The Burnley Bus Company will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability.

Service X43
From 2 November 2025, The Burnley Bus Company will introduce an enhanced temporary timetable on route, in the run up to Christmas, between 2 November and 20 December. Additional journeys will operate on Saturdays and Sundays to provide additional capacity for the duration of the Manchester Christmas Markets.

[NathanR]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
Not sure how true this may be, but I found this whilst looking at the 310's route variations on Bustimes...

(From February 1st 2026)
'Every other trip cut short at Ormskirk MF/SA Daytime'

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
It is correct

[MTL0201]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
I'm not surprised very few passengers travel across Ormskirk on the 310, & with the 375/385 now every 20 minutes, the 310 feels redundant over that section.

[iMarkeh]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes

(04/11/2025 00:01)MTL0201 Wrote:  I'm not surprised very few passengers travel across Ormskirk on the 310, & with the 375/385 now every 20 minutes, the 310 feels redundant over that section.

Not just that, but also Lancashire County Council have thrown the 311 over to Ormskirk too so people who previously would have gone into Concourse and then travel back out on the 310/375/385 may now have a direct bus to Ormskirk from the Skem estates.

Surely Arriva would just be better re-routing the 310 and doing something different with it, rather than following the 375/385 around Old Skem. Arrivas commercial team clearly have no skills in trying to turn around services or do anything different. Just chop, chop, chop. Easier to make cuts than it is to innovate the routes.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
December 2025 and January 2026 changes:

Preston, South Ribble and Chorley Services
Service 46 Preston – Woodplumpton – Broughton – Goosnargh – Longridge

From 4 January 2026, Lancashire County Council will revise the service, adjusting the route between Preston City Centre and Ashton Lane Ends to operate via North Road, Garstang Road and Blackpool Road, providing bus service access to this area, instead of Fylde Road and Tulketh Brow. These areas will continue to be served by frequent other services.

There are no changes to the overall timetable and Vision Bus will continue to operate the service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Blackburn Services
Service HS1 Blackburn – Royal Blackburn Hospital - Burnley - General Hospital

From 22 December 2025 Moving People Ltd will revise the timetable and withdraw the Saturday and Sunday service journeys. This follows the initial trial period and have determined these weekend journeys are not sustainable.

There will be a minor revision to the Monday to Friday, the 0630 journey from Burnley Hospital to Blackburn will be revised to depart at 0615 and operate 15 minutes earlier throughout, arriving at Blackburn Bus Station at 0700

[knutstransport]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
Preston Bus have announced they won't take part in the £3 single fare cap next year, and will charge £3.50 for singles. I'm not sure what the reasoning is behind that?

The strange thing is evening and Sunday services contracted by LCC will still have the lower £1 fare cap!

[St Helens Rider]

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


Lancaster Services
Service 6A Lancaster – Westgate - Morecambe

From 22 February 2026, Stagecoach will revise the route, adjusting the evening service to no longer serve Salt Ayre Asda.
Service 49 Lancaster – Halton – Carnforth – Warton
Service 55 Lancaster – Carnforth

From 22 February 2026, Stagecoach will revise the timetables of these services, with minor adjustments to journeys serving Ripley St.Thomas School.
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Services
Service 21 Cleveleys – Blackpool – St.Annes

Transporabus will now operate this service during the summer season only. The service will be withdrawn from 16 February 2026 and will return on 14 April 2026.
West Lancs Services
Service 310 Skelmersdale – Ormskirk – Liverpool

From 1 February 2026, Arriva will revise the timetable, adjusting the Monday to Saturday daytime service between Skelmersdale and Ormskirk to generally operate every hour. The service will continue to operate every 30 minutes between Ormskirk and Liverpool.

With the recent enhanced frequency on Service 375/385, between Wigan, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk and Southport, onward regular connections can be made between services at Ormskirk Bus Station.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Lancashire County Council Service Changes
Changes for March:

Lancaster Services
Service 5 Carnforth – Morecambe – Heysham – Overton

From 23 March 2026 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 555 Lancaster – Carnforth – Kendal – Bowness-on-Windermere – Keswick
Service 755 Morecambe – Carnforth – Kendal – Bowness-on-Windermere

From 23 March 2026 Stagecoach will revise the timetables, adjusting and enhancing the services for the summer season.
Service 567 Kendal – Kirkby Lonsdale – Ingleton

From 23 March 2026 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, extending most journeys to operate beyond Kirkby Lonsdale through to Ingleton.
Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Services
Service 9/9H Cleveleys – Thornton – Poulton – Victoria Hospital – Blackpool

From 29 March 2025 Transporabus Ltd will withdraw this service. Alternative services are available across all the routes.
Service 24 Thornton – Bispham – Blackpool

From 29 March 2025 Transporabus Ltd will revise the route and timetable, withdrawing from the Fleetwood-Larkholme-Cleveleys section of the route following the ending of the contract agreement with Lancashire County Council. This section will be replaced with the extension of Blackpool Transport's Service 5 in partnership with Lancashire County Council (see below for details).

The timetable will be revised to operate between Cleveleys and Blackpool, in partnership with Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council.
Blackpool Transport Service Revisions

From 29 March 2026, Blackpool Transport will introduce the following revisions to their bus service network:
Resort Rider Service 1 Fleetwood – Cleveleys – Blackpool

The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting the route between Fleetwood and Cleveleys to run direct along Broadway and in Fleetwood run in a loop using Station Road to Affinity, then Dock Street, Albert Street to Lord Street before returning to Blackpool. Larkholme will continue to be served by the extension to Service 5, in partnership with Lancashire County Council.
Victoria Line Service 5 Fleetwood – Cleveleys – Poulton – Victoria Hospital – Blackpool – South Shore

The route and timetable will be revised, extending the service from Cleveleys to Fleetwood via Larkholme, on behalf of Lancashire County Council, replacing Transporabus Service 24 on this section of the route.
Victoria Line Service 5A Staining – Victoria Hospital – Blackpool – South Shore
Victoria Line Service 5B Blackpool Zoo – Victoria Hospital – Blackpool – South Shore

The routes and timetables will be revised, adjusting the routes to run via St Annes Road instead of Lytham Road to provide a new direct link to Victoria Hospital. Both Services 5A and 5B will still operate hourly during the Monday to Saturday daytime, this will double the daytime frequency on the St Annes Road corridor to 4 buses per hour alongside new Service 7.

At the South end of these routes, Services 5A and 5B will run in a loop around:

Highfield Road, Midgeland Road, Progress Way, Common Edge Road, Vickers Way – this is the new link road between Common Edge Road and the Enterprise Zone, Amy Johnson Way past Morrisons to Halfway House.

Service 5A runs anticlockwise around this loop, Service 5B runs Clockwise.

Aimed to deliver a much-improved service to the Enterprise Zone, replacing Service 18, with quicker journey times to Blackpool Town Centre and North Station.

From Central Drive, Services 5, 5A and 5B will still offer a combined 15-minute service to Blackpool Town Centre and Victoria Hospital. Service 5A will continue to run to Staining and Service 5B to the Zoo.

On Sundays, one journey per hour on Service 5 will serve Midgeland Road and run to Staining.
Victoria Line Service 5C Knott End – Poulton – Victoria Hospital – Blackpool

The timetable will be revised, coordinating the service to interwork with new Service 10.
Cross Town Service 6 Mereside - Blackpool – Grange Park

The route and timetable will be revised, removing the section of route to Peel Park, which will be served by the revised Service 18.
Cleveleys Connection Service 7 Cleveleys – Blackpool – St.Annes – Lytham

The route and timetable will be revised, extending the service through Lytham, replacing Service 11A.

The service will run up to every 30 minutes during the daytime and hourly in the evenings, 7 days a week. In Blackpool Town Centre, this service will use stop MA03 on Market Street towards Lytham and the usual 7 stop CO1 on Corporation Street towards Cleveleys.
Cleveleys Connection Service 8 Cleveleys – Blackpool – St.Annes – Lytham

The service will be renumbered from Service 7A. The timetable will be revised, adjusting peak timings to improve overall service reliability. In partnership with Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council, utilising HM Government Bus Grant funding, the Saturday daytime frequency will be enhanced to every 20 minutes. Evening and Sundays remains at every 30 minutes.
Lytham Lines Service 10 Blackpool – St.Annes – Lytham

The service will be renumbered from Service 11B. The route and timetable will be revised, adjusting timings to improve overall service reliability. Within Blackpool Town Centre, the service will terminate on Corporation Street, continuing cross town, interworking with Service 5C.
Lytham Lines Service 11 Blackpool – St.Annes – Lytham

The timetable will be revised, adjusting timings to improve overall service reliability.
Service 11A Blackpool – St.Annes – Lytham

The service will be replaced by the extended Service 7.
Service 12 Blackpool – Whitegate Drive – Victoria Hospital – Bispham – Poulton

Following a review, the service will be withdrawn, due to low passenger numbers. However, the section between Victoria Hospital, Bispham and Poulton, where most customers use the service, will be maintained as an extension to Service 18. The school trips on the Service 12 are also replaced by trips on the extended 18.
Wyre Line Service 14 Fleetwood –Blackpool

The timetable will be revised, adjusting peak timings to improve overall service reliability.
Local Link Service 18 Blackpool – South Shore – Mereside – Victoria Hospital – Bispham – Poulton

The route and timetable will be revised, extending the service beyond Victoria Hospital to Bispham and Poulton to replace the withdrawal of Service 12.

Other route changes are:

The service will also run direct along Whitegate Drive (instead of West Park Drive)
The Enterprise Zone loop is now served by changes to services 5A and 5B.
Buses will divert to serve Peel Park on Mondays to Fridays.
Buses use Whinney Hays Road (behind the multi-story car park) between East Park Drive and Victoria Hospital Main Entrance.

Preston, South Ribble and Chorley Services
Service 16 Preston – Farringdon Park
Service 19/19A Lea/Larches – Portway P&R – Preston – Deepdale – Royal Preston Hospital
Service 35 Preston – Tanterton

From 30 March 2026 Preston Bus will revise these timetables, adjusting timings to improve overall service reliability.
Service 23 Bamber Bridge – Preston – Royal Preston Hospital – Fulwood Asda

From 30 March 2026 Preston Bus will revise the route and timetable, extending the service south to additionally serve Walton-le-Dale and Bamber Bridge. The new extension to Bamber Bridge will operate on alternate journeys, with journeys operating up to every 20 minutes daily daytime.
Service 124 Preston – Bamber Bridge – Gregson Lane – Hoghton – Brindle – Chorley

From 29 March 2026 Lancashire County Council, utilising Bus Grant funding from HM Government, will introduce this new service. Following service requests, this will create new direct public transport links between Preston and Chorley via Hoghton and Brindle.

This new service will operate between Preston and Chorley via Bamber Bridge, Gregson Lane, Hoghton, Brindle, Whittle-le-Woods and Chorley Hospital.

The service will initially operate every two hours during Monday to Saturday daytime. Vision Bus Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service X8 Chorley – Preston – Lancaster – Windermere – Keswick

From 28 March 2026 Stagecoach will reintroduce this service for the Summer 2026 season. The route will be adjusted to additionally serve Lancaster Bus Station in both directions.
West Lancs Services
Services 5 & 6 Ormskirk Town Services

From 29 March 2026, Vision Bus Ltd will take over the operation of these services from Charlton Minicoaches on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

There will be no changes to the routes or timetables, just a change of service provider.
Trainlink Service 319 Skelmersdale – Headbolt Lane Station – Kirkby

From 30 March 2026 Lancashire County Council will revise the service to remove the limited stops in Kirkby and to now observe all bus stops along the route. There will be no changes to the route or timetable.

Preston Bus Ltd will continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Ribble Valley, Burnley & Pendle Services
Service 2/2A Burnley – General Hospital – Nelson

From 29 March 2026, Transdev will revise the route and timetable, withdrawing from the Nelson-Higherford-Colne section of the route following the ending of the contract agreement with Lancashire County Council. This section will be replaced with the introduction of Lancashire County Council's new Service 68 (see below for details).

The timetable will be revised to operate between Burnley and Nelson.
Services M1/M2/M3/M4/M5/M6 The Mainline

From 29 March 2026, Transdev will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 60/60A Burnley – Lower Manor - General Hospital – Nelson – Marsden Park – Colne

From 29 March 2026, Lancashire County Council will revise the route and timetable, extending Sunday service journeys between Colne and Nelson to operate the whole route through to Burnley.

The route will also be revised in the Birtwistle Avenue area of Colne to operate direct along Birtwistle Avenue and omitting Burrell Avenue, Glenroy Avenue, Talbot Street and Ruskin Avenue. These narrow, residential roads have become extremely difficult to serve for the modern low floor accessible buses used on the route, which is impacting overall service reliability. Customers can continue to access the services at bus stops on the adjacent roads: Langroyd Road, Birtwistle Avenue or Harrison Drive.

Vision Bus Ltd will continue to operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 62 Burnley – Rose Hill Circular
Service 63 Burnley – Clifton Farm Circular

From 29 March 2026, Lancashire County Council will revise the timetable, adjusting the times of the Sunday service journeys by up to 10 minutes.

Vision Bus Ltd will continue to operate these services on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 65 Burnley – Padiham – Fence – Nelson
Services 66/66S/67 Nelson – Barley – Chatburn – Waddington – Clitheroe
Service 69 Carr Hall – Nelson – General Hospital

From 29 March 2026, Vision Bus Ltd will take over the operation of these services from Preston Bus Ltd on behalf of Lancashire County Council.

There will be no changes to the routes or timetables, just a change of service provider.
Service 68 Nelson – Higherford – Alkincoats – Colne

From 29 March 2026, Lancashire County Council will introduce this new service to replace the withdrawn section of Transdev's Service 2 following the ending of the contract agreement.

The timetable will continue to operate generally every hour daily daytime with extended Monday to Saturday evening journeys. Times have been coordinated with Service 60 for through connections for journeys to/from Burnley. Passengers can also use the new AnyBus East Lancashire ticket to connect onto Transdev services at Colne and Nelson.

Vision Bus Ltd will operate this service on behalf of Lancashire County Council.
Service 280 Preston – Whalley – Clitheroe – Barnoldswick – Skipton

From 30 March 2025 Stagecoach, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, will revise the timetable, adjusting Monday to Friday times by up to 10 minutes to improve overall service reliability.
Rossendale Services
Service 7 Rawtenstall – Bacup – Todmorden

From 29 March 2026, Transdev, on behalf of Lancashire County Council, will revise the timetable, adjusting peak times to improve overall service reliability.
Service 8 Bacup – Burnley

From 29 March 2026, Transdev will revise the route and timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability. The Sunday route will be adjusted to additionally serve the Pennine Road loop in Bacup, on behalf of Lancashire County Council.