On bank holidays, most bus service providers generally operate a 'Sunday' service on their routes.

Lancashire County Council's supported bus services will operate a Sunday service on the following Bank Holiday dates:

  • 18 April – Good Friday
  • 21 April – Easter Monday
  • 5 May – May Bank Holiday
  • 26 May – Spring Bank Holiday
  • 25 August - Summer Bank Holiday

For full details, please contact the bus operator concerned.

Before travelling, please check your bus operator's website for full details.  Bus operator details.

Lancaster Services

Service 1/1A Heysham – Morecambe – Lancaster – University

From 29 June 2025 Stagecoach will revise the route and timetable, extending the route within the University to Alexandra Park during University holidays, instead of Service 100.

Service 2X Heysham – Morecambe – Lancaster – University

From 29 June 2025 Stagecoach will revise timetable, adjusting AM peak journeys to improve service reliability.

Service 4/X4 Heysham – Morecambe – Lancaster – University

From 29 June 2025 Stagecoach will revise timetable, adjusting AM peak journeys to improve service reliability.

Service 100 Morecambe – Lancaster – University

From 29 June 2025 Stagecoach will revise the route and timetable, terminating the route at University Underpass during University holidays, with Service 1A extending to Alexandra Park instead.

Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Services

Service 7 Blackpool – Cleveleys

From 8 June 2025 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, adjusting the Monday to Saturday daytime service to generally operate every 30 minutes. Evenings and Sunday service will generally operate every 60 minutes.

Service 7A Blackpool – Bispham – Cleveleys

From 8 June 2025 Blackpool Transport, in partnership with Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council utilising funding from HM Government, will revise the timetable, increasing the Monday to Saturday daytime service to generally operate every 12 minutes AM peak and every 15 minutes throughout the rest of the day. Evenings and Sunday service will also be increased to generally operate every 30 minutes.

Service 11 Blackpool – St.Annes – Lytham

From 8 June 2025 Blackpool Transport will revise the timetable, increasing the Monday to Saturday daytime service to generally operate every 20 minutes. Evenings and Sunday service will generally operate every 30 minutes.

Service 11A Blackpool – St.Annes – Lytham – Saltcotes

From 8 June 2025 Blackpool Transport will revise the route and timetable, adjusting the route between St.Annes and Lytham to operate via Clifton Drive North. The Monday to Saturday daytime service will generally operate every 30 minutes. Evenings and Sunday service will generally operate every 60 minutes.

Service 11B Blackpool – Spring Gardens – St.Annes – Lytham – Saltcotes

From 8 June 2025 Blackpool Transport, in partnership with Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council utilising funding from HM Government, will revise the timetable, restoring the Monday to Saturday daytime service to generally operate every 30 minutes. Evenings and Sunday service will generally operate every 60 minutes.

Lancaster Services

Service 80 Lancaster – Ingleton – Ribblehead - Hawes

From 3 May 2025 Lonsdale Buses will introduce this new seasonal Dales Explorer Bus service between Lancaster and Hawes National Park.

The service operates Saturdays until 18 October 2025, departing Lancaster at 0900 & 1530 and departing Hawes at 1105 & 1730.

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Services

Service 2 Cala Gran – Cleveleys – Blackpool – Blackpool Zoo

From 5 April 2025 Blackpool Transport introduced this new service linking Cala Gran Holiday Centre with Cleveleys, Blackpool and Blackpool Zoo.

The service operates daily, generally every hour, between 0930 and 1730.

Preston, South Ribble and Chorley Services

Service X8 Chorley – Preston – Lancaster P&R – Windermere – Keswick

From 5 April 2025 Stagecoach reintroduced their seasonal service linking Chorley & Preston to Windermere and Keswick.

Also calling at Lancaster Caton Road Park & Ride site, the service operates Saturdays until 1 November 2025, departing Chorley 0905, Preston 0945 & Lancaster P&R 1020, arriving Windermere 1055 & Keswick 1150. Returning from Keswick at 1630 and Windermere at 1730.

Blackburn Services

Service HS1 Blackburn and Burnley Hospitals Shuttle

From 1 April 2025 Moving People introduced this new service linking Blackburn and Burnley Town Centres and Hospitals. This partially replaces the Hospital Shuttle Bus withdrawn by the NHS.

Maintaining the hospital links, this new service will operate between Blackburn Town Centre and Burnley General Hospital via Royal Blackburn Hospital, M65 Motorway and Burnley Town Centre.

The service operates generally every hour during Monday to Friday, between 0600 and 2000.

Service 5A, 5C, 55A, 55C Blackburn Outer Circle

From 4 May 2025 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council will introduce this new Blackburn Outer Circle service, restoring the orbital bus route around Blackburn, linking to schools and employment zones across the town.

This new service will operate a circular route from Royal Blackburn Hospital via Guide, Ewood, Mill Hill, Billinge, Pleckgate, Little Harwood, Shadsworth and Frontier Park back to Royal Blackburn Hospital. Services 5A/55A will operate the anti-clockwise direction and Services 5C/55C will operate the clockwise direction.

The service will operate daily generally every hour daytime. Vision Bus will operate this service on behalf of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.

Burnley Services

Service 591 Burnley – Todmorden – Hebden Bridge – Halifax

From 18 May 2025, First West Yorkshire will revise the route and timetable, withdrawing all Service 592 journeys and adjusting the route of Service 591 to serve Cliviger Walk Mill and Mereclough areas of Burnley.

The revised service will operate daily, generally every hour, with additional Monday to Friday peak time journeys. The Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday service will operate in partnership with Lancashire County Council and West Yorkshire PTE (Metro) providing funding to retain the service at these times.


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