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A rebrand of the company commenced in July 2016, beginning with the introduction of a fleet of Optare Versa single-deck vehicles, branded in the two-tone blue The Blackburn Bus Company livery. [11] [12] The brand encompasses a number of local services in the area, as well as being used as a base for other route brands, including The 1 and 6 & 7.
Bolton Interchange is a transport interchange combining Bolton railway station and Bolton Bus Station in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. [1] The station is located on the Manchester to Preston line and the Ribble Valley line, and is managed by Northern Trains. The station is 11 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (18.1 km) north west of ...
The company expanded over the following twenty years, operating local buses in Bury, Rochdale and Rossendale, as well as neighbouring Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley and Todmorden. In September 1990, a new depot was established in Rochdale, in order to support new routes introduced in the town following the deregulation of bus services. [3]
The railway line between Blackburn (Bolton Road) and Bolton was built by the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway, but it had amalgamated with the Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway to form the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway by the time that the first section, from Blackburn to Sough, including the station at Over Darwen, 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (6.8 km ...
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.
The service ran from Blackburn to Manchester via Accrington, Haslingden and Helmshore. An express service bypassed Helmshore via the motorway. An express service bypassed Helmshore via the motorway. In 2016, following a rebrand across the Transdev Blazefield network, the X41 was renamed 'The Red Express' and gained an upgraded fleet of Wright ...
In January 2010, Transport for Greater Manchester (then the GMPTE) started a public consultation about the development of a bus station on Newport Street, replacing the bus station on Moor Lane and the small bus interchange at the railway station. [1] Plans for the bus station, designed by architects Aedas [2] were submitted to Bolton ...
Stagecoach Manchester [1] is a major bus operator in Greater Manchester, operating franchised Bee Network bus services on contract to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of Stagecoach Group outside of Greater London , as well as the largest within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester by ...