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Towns and villages on the Fylde. Public transport in the Fylde is available for three modes of transport —bus, rail and tram—assisting residents of and visitors to the Fylde, a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England, to travel around much of the area's 64 square miles (170 km 2 ). Although Blackpool, the most populous settlement in ...
Transpora North West was founded in 2007 as Nuttall's Coaches Ltd., and operated under this name until 2019, when the company was renamed Coastliner Buses. In 2022, Coastliner became part of Transpora Group, which operates a number of public transport businesses across England, and was subsequently rebranded to Transpora North West.
Grand Central is an open-access train operating company in the United Kingdom. A subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains, it has operated passenger rail services since December 2007. The company was founded in April 2000 as 'Grand Central Railway Company'. Following multiple applications for track access rights, it launched its operations on the East ...
Blackpool North station is the main railway station serving the seaside resort of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. It is the terminus of the main Blackpool branch line and is 17⁄ miles (28 km) northwest of Preston. It also has an adjacent tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway . The station was opened in its present form in 1974, and succeeded a ...
Jane Cole. Website. www.blackpooltransport.com. 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 .
The Blackpool branch lines are two railway lines running from the West Coast Main Line at Preston to Blackpool. The main branch, which is double tracked and electrified, runs to Blackpool North station via Poulton-le-Fylde. A second branch, which is single tracked and unelectrified, diverges from the main branch at Kirkham and Wesham junction ...
The first motor coaches were acquired by operators of those horse-drawn vehicles: for example, W. C. Standerwick of Blackpool acquired their first motor charabanc in 1911 [4] and Royal Blue of Bournemouth acquired their first motor charabanc in 1913. [5] Motor coaches were initially used only for excursions. [6]
v. t. e. The Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. [ 4] It is operated by Blackpool Transport Services (BTS) and runs for 18 km (11 miles). [ 1] It carried 4.9 million passengers in 2022/23.