Sunday 31 May 2020

Stagecoach Service Changes from 1st June

Following the government's extension of its £1-per-kilometre "Covid Bus Service Support Grant" beyond the original end date of 12th June and the continuing expectation that local councils will maintain school contract and concessionary travel payments at their pre-Covid levels, bus operators have been required to take steps to restore services to their prevous frequencies.  The expectation is that with buses restricted to 25% of their carrying capacity due to social-distancing requirements, as travel restrictions are gradually eased then the reduced services currently operating will not be able to cope.

Locally, Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancs is introducing new timetables from Monday, 1st June which restore pre-emergency timetables on most routes, albeit with substantial changes to some services.

Govrnment advice is still that travel by bus should be restricted to those making essential journeys, but you can check here to see how your service is affected.  "Normal" means the service operating prior to 23rd March 2020 and all comparisons are with service levels before that date.
Service 1A will go through to the University again
Service 1/1A  University - Lancaster - Heysham
Normal service restored (University Vacation timetable)

Service 2X  Morecambe - Bay Gateway - Lancaster
Normal service restored

Service 4/4X  Railway Station - University
Normal service restored. (University Vacation timetable)


Some changes in the mornings to service 5
Service 5  Overton - Morecambe - Carnforth
Normal service restored but with the following changes on Monday to Friday

  • 0730 Battery to Carnforth, Windermere Road retimed to 0707
  • 0809 (Sch) Heysham (Stanley Road) to Carnforth High School replaced by two journeys at 0755 from Heysham Towers and 0800 from Hawksworth Avenue
  • 0830 Overton to Euston Road and 0902 Battery to Carnforth replaced by a new journey at 0840 from Overton to Carnforth
  • 0805 Carnforth, Windermere Road to Battery and 0805 Morecambe Bus Station to Overton replaced by a single journey at 0745 from Carnforth, Windermere Road to Overton
  • 1440 Carnforth, Windermere Road to Overton will not call at Morecambe High School.                                                                                                         Saturday and Sunday services revert to pre-Covid timetables.

Back to normal on service 6 and 6A
Service 6/6A  Lancaster - Westgate - Morecambe
Normal service restored

Service 7  Lancaster - Vale
Revised service previously due to be introduced on 20th April now implimented.
New timetable with buses running every 30 minutes.
(The timetable on Stagecoach's website suggests that a 20 minute service might be operating, but this is not the case)

Service 10 Lancaster - Ridge
Normal service restored

Service 11  Lancaster - Marsh
Normal service restored


Full service restored on the 18
Service 18 East Lancaster Circular
Normal service restored with buses from 1510 running a regular 40-minute headway. Last joiurney from Bus Station at 1830.

Services 40/41  Morecambe - Lancaster - Preston
Normal service restored. On Sunday the 0735 Morecambe to Preston runs 20 minutes earlier at 0715 and the 0910 Preston to Morecambe is retimed to 0900

Service 42 Lancaster - Blackpool
Normal service restored

Service 49 Lancaster - Halton - Carnforth - Warton 
 Revised service previously due to be introduced on 20th April now implimented.

  • The 0750 from Halton to Lancaster is extended to start from Warton at 0720 replacing journeys previously provided on service 55
  • The 0756 from Over Kellet to Lancaster is withdrawn and replaced by the new 0720 from Warton (0736 at Over Kellet).
  • The 1520 from Warton will operate to Lancaster on Saturday and to Carnforth on Monday to Friday throughout year.
  • There are new journeys from Warton at 1720 to Lancaster and 1820 to Carnforth replacing journeys previously provided on service 55
  • The afternoon service between Lancaster and Halton is reduced with buses leaving Lancaster at 1500; 1530 (Saturday only); 1615; 1715; 1815 and 1915.
  • See services 80/81 for a new service to Halton, Low Road                                                      
    New timetable on services 49 and 55
Service 55  Lancaster - Carnforth - Warton/Over Kellet
Revised service previously due to be introduced on 20th April now implimented.
  • Service revised to operate between Lancaster and Carnforth only.
  • Peak hour services to Warton and Over Kellet are now provided by service 49.
  • Changes to morning peak service to towards Lancaster including the withdrawal of journeys from Windermere Road at 0724 and 0739 (service 49 provides a limited replacement from Highfield Shops)
Some welcome changes in the Lune Valley
Service 80 Lancaster - Ingleton 
Service 81 Lancaster - Kirkby Lonsdale
Revised service previously due to be introduced on 20th April now implimented.

  • Most journeys re-routed via Halton, Low Road between Caton Road and Caton village.
  • Some journeys on service 81 extended beyond Kirkby Lonsdale to Ingleton
  • Service 80 diverted between Wennington and Low Bentham to run via Goodenbergh Caravan Park and Burton Lane. Bus stops at Low Bentham, Punch Bowl and Main Street will not be served.
  • The 1615 Lancaster to Kirkby Lonsdale will run on Saturday and School Holidays only.
  • The 1840 Lancaster to Kirkby Lonsdale will run 10 minutes earlier at 1830
  • The 0705 Hornby to Lancaster will start at Ingleton at 0615
  • The 0700 Ingleton to Lancaster service 80 is retimed to 0650 and will run as service 81 via Kirkby Lonsdale (0705), replacing the 0715 to Lancaster. There will be no service from Burton-in-Lonsdale, High Bentham or Low Bentham at this time although an alternative is provided by the new 0615 from Ingleton
  • On Saturday, the 0751 from Hornby to Lancaster is retimed to 0739
  • Most off-peak journeys on both services are re-timed by up to 15 minutes.

Service 100  University - Lancaster - Bare - Morecambe
Normal service restored


Winter timetables on the 555
Service 555  Lancaster - Kendal - Keswick
Normal WINTER service restored except for late evening journeys between Kendal and Keswick.

Service 755  Morecambe - Bowness-on-Windermere
Normal service restored

Other school services and the University Night Service N1 remain suspended.

Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire has not notified us of any service changes at this time.

But don't forget, all buses will be running with only 25% of their normal passenger capacity, so please only travel if you have to and leave a seat for key workers and others making essential journeys.