Thursday, 20 December 2018

Christmas and New Year Buses



Here are the details of bus services operating over Christmas and the New Year in the Lancaster, Morecambe and Carnforth areas.

CHRISTMAS EVE:  Monday, 24th December:
Normal Monday services with the following exceptions

Service 1 Lancaster University – Bus Station – Morecambe – Heysham
No evening service.  Last buses as follows

Heysham Towers           1750    1800    1820    1840    1900
Lancaster Bus Station    1837    1842    1900    1920    1940
University Underpass     1855       -           -          -           -

University Underpass     1838    1858
Lancaster Bus Station    1900    1915
Heysham Towers            1938       -

Service 2  University (Alexandra Park) - Bus Station - Bare - Morecambe - Heysham
No evening service. Last buses as follows:

Alexandra Park                            1753   1815   1835   1855   1915     
Lancaster Bus Station                  1826   1851   1906   1926   1946   
Morecambe Bus Station               1858   1918       -          -         -
continuing as 2X                             |       |           -          -         -
Battery                                       1904   1924       -          -        - 
Heysham, Combermere Rd           1917      -           -          -        - 
  Service 2X
Heysham, Combermere Rd      1755   1825
Battery                                   1806  1836
Service 2                                   |        |
Morecambe Bus Station           1812   1842
Lancaster Bus Station              1847      -
Alexandra Park                        1914      -


Service 2X  Lancaster - Bay Gateway - Heysham - Morecambe
The following journeys will not operate:
1905  Lancaster - Heysham, Combermere Road
1920, 2020, 2120, 2220, 2320  Battery - Morecambe Bus Station
2011, 2111, 2211, 2311, 0011  Morecambe Bus Station - Battery.

Service 4  Railway Station - University
Normal service

Service 5  Carnforth - Morecambe - Overton
The following journeys will not operate:
1940 Carnforth - Morecambe Battery
1940 Overton - Morecambe, Euston Road

Service 6/6A  Lancaster - Westgate - Morecambe
The 1905 Lancaster - Morecambe journey will terminate at Morecambe Bus Station and will not serve Arndale Centre or Clock Tower.
The following journeys will not operate:
2005, 2105, 2205, 2305  Lancaster - Morecambe
1932, 2032, 2132, 2232, 2332  Morecambe - Lancaster

Service 7  Lancaster - Vale
Normal service

Service 8  Lancaster - Ryelands - St. Chad's
Normal Service

Service 9  Lancaster - Primrose - Bowerham
Normal service

Service 10  Lancaster - Ridge
The 1928 Lancaster - Ridge and 1940   Ridge - Lancaster journeys will not operate.

Service 11  Lancaster - Marsh 
Normal Service

Service 18  East Lancaster Circular
Normal Service

Service 33  Morecambe - Bare Circular
Normal service

Service 40/41  Morecambe - Lancaster - Preston
No late evening service. The last buses will be as follows:

Morecambe Bus Station    1810              Preston Bus Station       1815   1845   1915   1945
Lancaster Bus Station       1830              Garstang                      1846   1914   1944   2016
Garstang                          1908              Lancaster Bus Station   1929   1944   2014   2045
Preston Bus Station          1940               Morecambe, Bus Stn.   1949      -         -          -

Service 42  Lancaster - Garstang - Blackpool
Normal service

Service 49  Lancaster - Halton - Over Kellet - Carnforth - Warton
Normal service

Service 51  Carnforth - Silverdale
Normal service

Service 55  Lancaster - Hest Bank - Carnforth
No late evening service. The last buses will be as follows:

Lancaster    1900          Carnforth  1923
Carnforth    1923          Lancaster  1952

Service 80  Lancaster - Ingleton 
Normal service

Service 81  Lancaster - Kirkby Lonsdale
Normal service

Service 89  Lancaster - Knott End-on-Sea
Normal service

Service 555  Lancaster - Keswick
Normal service 

Service 582  Lancaster - Kirkby Lonsdale (for Settle and Skipton)
Normal service

CHRISTMAS DAY  Tuesday, 25th December
No service

BOXING DAY  Wednesday, 26th December
Services will operate on the following routes.  Click the link for timetables.

1 University - Lancaster - Morecambe - Heysham

2 University - Lancaster - Bare - Morecambe

2X Lancaster - Heysham - Morecambe

6A Lancaster - Westgate - Morecambe

40  Morecambe - Lancaster - Preston

55  Lancaster - Hest Bank - Carnforth

555 Lancaster - Keswick (See Sunday & Boxing Day service) 

THURSDAY 27 December and FRIDAY 28 December
Normal service

SATURDAY 29 December
Saturday service

SUNDAY 30 December
Sunday service

NEW YEAR'S EVE  Monday 31st December
Services operate as on CHRISTMAS EVE (see above)

NEW YEAR'S DAY  Tuesday 1st January
No service

Normal services resume on Wednesday, 2nd January 2019