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Archway Travel MCW Metrobus school bus in January 2009 "Fylde Villager" livery. Archway Travel is a bus and coach operator based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. Their fleet of 25 vehicles range from 24- to 80-seater coaches and buses. The company's routes predominantly serve schools and colleges in Lancashire and public service routes.
Blackpool Transport Services Limited [1] is a bus and tram operator running within the boroughs of Blackpool and Fylde and into the surrounding area, including Fleetwood, Lytham St Annes, Poulton-le-Fylde, Cleveleys, Fleetwood and Preston. Blackpool Transport is owned by Blackpool Council.
Poulton-le-Fylde is served by seven routes: Blackpool Transport's route 5 and 5C; Coastal Coaches' route 76; Preston Bus route 76; Transpora's route 24; and Archway Travel's routes 74 and 75. Lytham and/or St Anne's-on-the-Sea is served by seven routes: Blackpool Transport's seasonal route 1A, the 11, 11A and 11B; Coastal Coaches route 78 ...
Preston Bus however had a 'Fast Fare' system where there were set fares, and no change was given, therefore making sure that all buses arrived on time, as often before the Bus Drivers had problems with issuing change, and that delayed buses. But Stagecoach Preston Citi's strongest service was the Citi 3 to Penwortham. So Preston Bus offered ...
Competition escalated into a bus war between the operators, [9] with Stagecoach offering lower fares on the busiest routes. [10] On 23 January 2009, Preston Bus was to Stagecoach North West, ending over 100 years service of Preston Bus to the city. [11] In March 2009, the company would be rebranded to Stagecoach Preston Bus.
Blue Bus purchased a depot in Huddersfield in August 1994, launching a service to Marsden in competition with Yorkshire Rider. This venture was later expanded into Bradford. Rider was taken over by FirstBus in 1996, and Blue Bus' West Yorkshire operation ceased. Just weeks later, FirstBus took over Blue Bus's main Bolton rival, GM Buses North. [2]
The Preston & Wyre Railway and Harbour Company was formed to connect Fleetwood to Preston and the Preston and Wyre Railway line was completed in 1840. [112] Poulton-le-Fylde railway station , on the line between Kirkham and Fleetwood was originally situated at the bottom of the Breck, the road leading north out of Poulton. [ 45 ]
Ribble Motor Services was notable for operating a number of express bus and coach services across Great Britain. In the early 1930s, after reaching inter-working agreements with various regional bus operators in both England and Scotland, Ribble began serving destinations such as Barnsley, Carlisle, Doncaster, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough ...