People will be able to benefit from more frequent bus services in the Lancaster district thanks to increased funding.
The extra journeys will cover places including Lancaster, Garstang, Poulton, Morecambe, Heysham, Halton, Caton, and Hornby.
The enhancements include more frequent daytime services and Sunday service improvements between Lancaster and Morecambe and evening journeys in Lancaster and the Lune Valley.
The updated services are being supported by Lancashire’s share of HM Government's Bus Service Improvement Plan funding, from which Lancashire County Council has secured £41.9m so far, in partnership with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.
County Councillor Rupert Swarbrick, cabinet member for Highways and Transport, said: "Thanks to the funding we have secured from the Department for Transport for our Bus Service Improvement Plan, there will be many improvements to services in Lancashire.
"One of our main aims is to encourage more people to use the bus by providing extra journeys at times that people find convenient.
"Enhanced daytime frequencies and later services are often helpful to people who use the bus to get to and from work, as well as being convenient for anyone going out for the evening or visiting friends and family.
"I'm also really pleased that we are working in partnership with our bus operators and neighbouring authorities to provide better links right across Lancashire and beyond so that more people have easy access to bus services.
"We've been working closely with operators to build passenger numbers with the aim of making these services sustainable over the long term.
"Our aim is to get more people using buses by making them a more attractive and convenient option, and the funding we've secured from HM Government for our Bus Service Improvement Plan gives us the chance to make some really significant improvements.
"For the people of Lancashire, this is a huge benefit as they can now travel on any bus in Lancashire for £1 for each journey, after 7pm, 7 days a week and all day Sunday. I'd encourage as many residents as possible to try them out."
The changes are as follows:
Service 10/11 – Lancaster City, covering Ridge and Marsh:
More evening circular journeys with Stagecoach North Lancashire from September 1 including
- 1955, 2055, 2155 and 2255 from Lancaster – Marsh – Lancaster
- 2028, 2128 and 2228 Lancaster – Ridge – Lancaster
For more detail on Stagecoach timetables, click here
Service 42 Lancaster – Garstang – Poulton – Blackpool:
There will be more morning journeys, including a new 0820 departure from Blackpool Monday to Saturday, and the timetable will be revised to improve reliability.
For more detail on Stagecoach timetables, click here
Service 100 University – Lancaster – Bare – Morecambe – Heysham
Daytime services will run half hourly on Sundays between Lancaster Bus Station and Morecambe. They will be operated by Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, and using funding from HM Government through the Bus Service Improvement Plan.
For more detail on Stagecoach timetables, click here
Service 81 Lancaster – Halton – Caton – Brookhouse – Hornby
There will be evening journeys from 2 September 2024 between Lancaster and Hornby at:
- 1952, 2052, 2152 and 2252 from Lancaster to Hornby
- 2022, 2122 and 2222 from Hornby to Lancaster
The journeys will be operated by Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire on behalf of Lancashire County Council, and there are no changes to the daily daytime journeys operated by Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire Ltd.
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