Bus Service Changes for March 2026
24th of February, 2026
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.
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 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 NelsonHigherford-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 BusvLtd 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.