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Transport Services Ltd, our network of bus services is a
cost-effective way of travelling around the
Fylde Coast area. With route colour coding, incorporating
high-visability buses and easy to follow timetables, our network makes
planning and making your journey simple
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News
Switch on diversions for this Friday.
Below is switch on times for the rest of the ‘lummies’.
The diversions for Saturday and the half term will be with you shortly.
Friday 3rd September The big switch on! 2125
Saturday 4th –Thursday 16th September 2000
Friday 17th – Thursday 23rd September 1945
Friday 24th – Thursday 30th September 1930
Friday 1st – Thursday 7th October 1915
Friday 8th - Thursday 14th October 1900
Friday 15 th – Thursday 21st October 1845
Friday 22nd – Thursday 28th October 1830
Friday 29th – Saturday 30th October 1815
Sunday 31st Oct – Sunday 7 November 1700
Tours by Illuminated and Historic trams run nightly from the North Pier tram stop.
Adults £5.00City Sightseeing line 20
Adults £5.20
Children £4.20
Children £3.50 Under 5’s free
(at busy times we request that children under 5 do not occupy a seat)
Travelcards and English National Concessionary cards are not valid on circular tours
City Sightseeing line 20
Adults £5.20
Children £4.20
The first tour will start shortly after the Illuminations are switched on.
No booking is required. Tours are provided to meet demand. On quiet nights this may well mean there are no later tours. On busy nights (Saturdays and October half term weeks) extra tours will be operated with vintage trams.
For a list of Illumination Diversions For ‘switch on night' [More...]
For a list of all Illumination Diversions [More...]
Changes to Blackpool Transport Bus stops in the Town Centre due to the closure of St John’s Square.
From Monday 30th August the bus stops in Blackpool Town Centre will be changing. To accommodate the changes Blackpool Transport has made changes to some routes and timetables. New maps will be on each bus stop detailing the new stops.
Services 3, 4 (to Mereside Tesco) and 15 (to Victoria Hospital and Staining) will operate normal route up as far as Dickson Road/Pleasant Street then operate via the Promenade to Talbot Square using the bus stops along the Promenade. At Talbot Road traffic lights they will turn left and go up Clifton Street to Abingdon Street using bus stop number: AB2 on Abingdon Street. Buses will then go via Talbot Road to Dickson Road, stopping at Springfield Road, bus stop SP1 before leaving the Town Centre.
Service 17 will now start and finish service on Market Street using stop number: MA1 outside the Metro Coastlines Offices on Market Street then go via the Promenade turn left at Adelaide Street West to Bank Hey Street stopping at BH2 (outside TK Maxx) then via Albert Road (no bus stops) and normal route.
Timetable amendments:
Line 4 - Monday to Friday – journey extended from the Town Centre to Mereside.
Town Centre 1843
Saddle 1859
Kipling Drive 1911
Mereside Tesco 1916
Line 5 Monday to Friday on the journey that starts at Market Street at 0744 to Halfway House; this will now start at Victoria Hospital at 0730.
The 1728 from Halfway House to the Town Centre will now be extended to Victoria Hospital arriving at 1804.
Line 11 Monday to Saturday the departure time from Grange Park has been altered. Buses will now leave Grange Park 2 minutes earlier.
Full details are available from our Travel Centres at Market Street (next door to BHS) and Rigby Road.
Diversion (23rd August 2010)
Castle Gardens Carleton Road closure
23rd - 27th August and 31st August – 2nd September
Each evening from 1800 hours onwards no traffic will be allowed to pass through the traffic lights at Castle Gardens Pub due to re surfacing works. Buses will divert as follows:
14 to Fleetwood will divert from Carleton Crossing via Blackpool Old Road, Queens Square, Chapel Street, Breck Road, Amounderness Way to Norcross roundabout then normal route.
14 to Mereside Tesco will have to divert from Norcross roundabout via Amounderness Way, Breck Road, Moorland Road, Garstang Road East, Lower Green, Higher Green, Chapel Street, Queensway to Blackpool Old Road and normal route at Carleton Crossing.
15 to Poulton will have to divert from Norcross roundabout via Amounderness Way, Breck Rd, Moorland Rd, Garstang Rd East, Lower Gr, Higher Gr, Chapel St, Ball St and Queensway to the Teanlowe Centre.
15 to Town Centre, Bispham & Staining will have to divert from Teanlowe Centre via Chapel Street, Breck Road and Amounderness Way returning to normal route at Norcross Lane.
Station Road Poulton Closed
Line 2C Diversion
From Wednesday 25th August until Friday 3 September Station Road Poulton will be closed after 1800 each night to allow for re surfacing works.
Line 2C buses from Knott End will be required to operate normal route to Breck Rd then divert via:
Moorland Road, Garstang Road East, Lower Green, Higher Green, Chapel Street to normal route at Ball Street.
From the start of service on Monday 16 August Southbound buses which go via Abingdon Street and St John’s Square will be diverted so that work can be started on the new layout. Northbound buses will operate as normal:
Line 14 Diversion (amended 25th June 2010)
The track works in Fleetwood change slightly on Monday 28th June, so the diversion will alter slightly. Part of Dock St and Lord St will still be served as before. Temporary stops and all usual bus stops will be in operation during the works.
Day Ticket Offer (15th January 2010) extended INDEFINITELY.
A great offer in conjunction with PayPoint for getting around on our buses [More...]
Drive A Tram (9th September 2009)
Blackpool Transport Services Ltd are pleased to offer “The” Tram Driving Experience [More...]
Bookings now being taken from April onwards.
Concessionary Travel
Please see here for details of the current English National Concessionary Travel Scheme that is in effect on our services
Switch on diversions for this Friday.
Below is switch on times for the rest of the ‘lummies’.
The diversions for Saturday and the half term will be with you shortly.
Friday 3rd September The big switch on! 2125
Saturday 4th –Thursday 16th September 2000
Friday 17th – Thursday 23rd September 1945
Friday 24th – Thursday 30th September 1930
Friday 1st – Thursday 7th October 1915
Friday 8th - Thursday 14th October 1900
Friday 15 th – Thursday 21st October 1845
Friday 22nd – Thursday 28th October 1830
Friday 29th – Saturday 30th October 1815
Sunday 31st Oct – Sunday 7 November 1700
Tours by Illuminated and Historic trams run nightly from the North Pier tram stop.
Adults £5.00City Sightseeing line 20
Adults £5.20
Children £4.20
Children £3.50 Under 5’s free
(at busy times we request that children under 5 do not occupy a seat)
Travelcards and English National Concessionary cards are not valid on circular tours
City Sightseeing line 20
Adults £5.20
Children £4.20
The first tour will start shortly after the Illuminations are switched on.
No booking is required. Tours are provided to meet demand. On quiet nights this may well mean there are no later tours. On busy nights (Saturdays and October half term weeks) extra tours will be operated with vintage trams.
For a list of Illumination Diversions For ‘switch on night' [More...]
For a list of all Illumination Diversions [More...]
Changes to Blackpool Transport Bus stops in the Town Centre due to the closure of St John’s Square.
From Monday 30th August the bus stops in Blackpool Town Centre will be changing. To accommodate the changes Blackpool Transport has made changes to some routes and timetables. New maps will be on each bus stop detailing the new stops.
Services 3, 4 (to Mereside Tesco) and 15 (to Victoria Hospital and Staining) will operate normal route up as far as Dickson Road/Pleasant Street then operate via the Promenade to Talbot Square using the bus stops along the Promenade. At Talbot Road traffic lights they will turn left and go up Clifton Street to Abingdon Street using bus stop number: AB2 on Abingdon Street. Buses will then go via Talbot Road to Dickson Road, stopping at Springfield Road, bus stop SP1 before leaving the Town Centre.
Service 17 will now start and finish service on Market Street using stop number: MA1 outside the Metro Coastlines Offices on Market Street then go via the Promenade turn left at Adelaide Street West to Bank Hey Street stopping at BH2 (outside TK Maxx) then via Albert Road (no bus stops) and normal route.
Timetable amendments:
Line 4 - Monday to Friday – journey extended from the Town Centre to Mereside.
Town Centre 1843
Saddle 1859
Kipling Drive 1911
Mereside Tesco 1916
Line 5 Monday to Friday on the journey that starts at Market Street at 0744 to Halfway House; this will now start at Victoria Hospital at 0730.
The 1728 from Halfway House to the Town Centre will now be extended to Victoria Hospital arriving at 1804.
Line 11 Monday to Saturday the departure time from Grange Park has been altered. Buses will now leave Grange Park 2 minutes earlier.
Full details are available from our Travel Centres at Market Street (next door to BHS) and Rigby Road.
Diversion (23rd August 2010)
Castle Gardens Carleton Road closure
23rd - 27th August and 31st August – 2nd September
Each evening from 1800 hours onwards no traffic will be allowed to pass through the traffic lights at Castle Gardens Pub due to re surfacing works. Buses will divert as follows:
14 to Fleetwood will divert from Carleton Crossing via Blackpool Old Road, Queens Square, Chapel Street, Breck Road, Amounderness Way to Norcross roundabout then normal route.
14 to Mereside Tesco will have to divert from Norcross roundabout via Amounderness Way, Breck Road, Moorland Road, Garstang Road East, Lower Green, Higher Green, Chapel Street, Queensway to Blackpool Old Road and normal route at Carleton Crossing.
15 to Poulton will have to divert from Norcross roundabout via Amounderness Way, Breck Rd, Moorland Rd, Garstang Rd East, Lower Gr, Higher Gr, Chapel St, Ball St and Queensway to the Teanlowe Centre.
15 to Town Centre, Bispham & Staining will have to divert from Teanlowe Centre via Chapel Street, Breck Road and Amounderness Way returning to normal route at Norcross Lane.
Station Road Poulton Closed
Line 2C Diversion
From Wednesday 25th August until Friday 3 September Station Road Poulton will be closed after 1800 each night to allow for re surfacing works.
Line 2C buses from Knott End will be required to operate normal route to Breck Rd then divert via:
Moorland Road, Garstang Road East, Lower Green, Higher Green, Chapel Street to normal route at Ball Street.
From the start of service on Monday 16 August Southbound buses which go via Abingdon Street and St John’s Square will be diverted so that work can be started on the new layout. Northbound buses will operate as normal:
- Line 2 to Poulton and 2C to Poulton and Knott End from Corporation Street buses will go via Talbot Road stopping outside Home Bargains on Talbot Rd before going via Lark Hill Street, Grosvenor Street to Church Street and normal route.
- Lines 3, 4, (to Tesco) will go via Dickson Road/Pleasant Street to the Promenade (side of the Claremont Hotel)to Talbot Square using Line 1 bus stops on the Promenade. Turn left on to Talbot Road using the bus stop outside Home Bargains. Then on to Dickson Road and Springfield Road using the first bus stop on Springfield Road before going via Lark Hill Street, Grosvenor Street and normal route
- Line 11 to Grange Park will serve Corporation Street and then the stop outside Home Bargains, then via Dickson Road, Springfield Road, Lark Hill Street, Grosvenor Street to Caunce Street and normal route.
- Line 16 towards Marton and South Shore, customers can board on Abingdon Street as the bus travels towards North Station, but customers are advised that the bus has standing time at the Station and cannot depart before its scheduled time.
Line 14 Diversion (amended 25th June 2010)
The track works in Fleetwood change slightly on Monday 28th June, so the diversion will alter slightly. Part of Dock St and Lord St will still be served as before. Temporary stops and all usual bus stops will be in operation during the works.
Day Ticket Offer (15th January 2010) extended INDEFINITELY.
A great offer in conjunction with PayPoint for getting around on our buses [More...]
Drive A Tram (9th September 2009)
Blackpool Transport Services Ltd are pleased to offer “The” Tram Driving Experience [More...]
Bookings now being taken from April onwards.
Concessionary Travel
Please see here for details of the current English National Concessionary Travel Scheme that is in effect on our services
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