Buses to Blackpool
Buses to Blackpool
Just been looking through OK Travel in the Bygone Era and they had quite a few daily runs to Blackpool, what was the purpose of this as it is a long ride and buses/coaches must have come close to being run into ground, did OK have tendered work in Lancashire and used these services as way of putting Vehicles in place to fulfill contracts, I cannot figure who benefitted from that service and they always seemed a canny presence in Cumbria around Keswick and Penrith...
I know OK specialised in finding gaps in the market to run commercially, but how sustainable was it being miles away from there base, some services being 100+ miles away, did they operate outstations in deepest darkest Cumbria
A service to Blackpool still runs today, albeit under a different operator.
http://durham.pindarcreative.co.uk/tt/352_Classic.pdf
(21 Sep 2013, 8:56 pm)AdamY A service to Blackpool still runs today, albeit under a different operator.
http://durham.pindarcreative.co.uk/tt/352_Classic.pdf
(21 Sep 2013, 8:56 pm)AdamY A service to Blackpool still runs today, albeit under a different operator.
http://durham.pindarcreative.co.uk/tt/352_Classic.pdf
(21 Sep 2013, 8:25 pm)fozzovmurton Just been looking through OK Travel in the Bygone Era and they had quite a few daily runs to Blackpool, what was the purpose of this as it is a long ride and buses/coaches must have come close to being run into ground, did OK have tendered work in Lancashire a
(21 Sep 2013, 8:25 pm)fozzovmurton Just been looking through OK Travel in the Bygone Era and they had quite a few daily runs to Blackpool, what was the purpose of this as it is a long ride and buses/coaches must have come close to being run into ground, did OK have tendered work in Lancashire a
(22 Sep 2013, 12:36 pm)gtomlinson Blackpool has traditionally always been very popular with Northerners who visit for the weekend or midweek.
It's a pain to get to in terms of the train (4 hour average journey time with changes) and it's a fairly scenic journey across the A66 and through Kirkby Stephen. It used to stop at Tebay for lunch but I don't think they do now
The market must still be there as Classic run it as mentioned above but in a different form as there's now express direct buses that run from Newcastle/Gateshead and of course you've got National Holidays who send thousands of the grey brigade there
(22 Sep 2013, 12:36 pm)gtomlinson Blackpool has traditionally always been very popular with Northerners who visit for the weekend or midweek.
It's a pain to get to in terms of the train (4 hour average journey time with changes) and it's a fairly scenic journey across the A66 and through Kirkby Stephen. It used to stop at Tebay for lunch but I don't think they do now
The market must still be there as Classic run it as mentioned above but in a different form as there's now express direct buses that run from Newcastle/Gateshead and of course you've got National Holidays who send thousands of the grey brigade there
I see what you mean about the Train journey, but when I got the bus, drinking was strictly prohibited, and was told by an arsey coach driver if I so much as looked at my cans of lager he would put me off whereever we were...So since then the couple of times i have been, has been on the train
Marxista Fozz
(22 Sep 2013, 12:53 pm)Daniel In the timetable Adam issued above, there is a 30 minute break at Tebay.
(22 Sep 2013, 12:53 pm)Daniel In the timetable Adam issued above, there is a 30 minute break at Tebay.
(22 Sep 2013, 8:45 pm)aureolin Struggling to think what looks more painful. A classic coach of over 5 hours, or one of Northern Rail's finest machines taking you across the Pennines, via every single stop, totalling in over 4 hours.
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(22 Sep 2013, 8:45 pm)aureolin Struggling to think what looks more painful. A classic coach of over 5 hours, or one of Northern Rail's finest machines taking you across the Pennines, via every single stop, totalling in over 4 hours.
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(22 Sep 2013, 9:01 pm)tyresmoke Compass Royston also run a scheduled service every Friday-Monday during the summer from Saltburn, Redcar, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington to Blackpool... Service X30.
(22 Sep 2013, 9:01 pm)tyresmoke Compass Royston also run a scheduled service every Friday-Monday during the summer from Saltburn, Redcar, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington to Blackpool... Service X30.
(22 Sep 2013, 9:05 pm)Andreos1 You forgot to mention it ran with a tranny van this summer though...
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(22 Sep 2013, 9:05 pm)Andreos1 You forgot to mention it ran with a tranny van this summer though...
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(22 Sep 2013, 8:45 pm)aureolin Struggling to think what looks more painful. A classic coach of over 5 hours, or one of Northern Rail's finest machines taking you across the Pennines, via every single stop, totalling in over 4 hours.
(22 Sep 2013, 8:45 pm)aureolin Struggling to think what looks more painful. A classic coach of over 5 hours, or one of Northern Rail's finest machines taking you across the Pennines, via every single stop, totalling in over 4 hours.