Burnley Bus Company confirms more than 8 out of 10 journeys will keep running during lockdown

The bus firm will switch to temporary timetables from this Sunday with schedules built around the needs of key workers, and on valued feedback from its customers throughout 2020.

The Burnley Bus Company’s CEO Alex Hornby said: “Our message to our customers is that we are still very much here for you – our buses are clean, safe and ready to go, just as they have always been throughout the pandemic.

"We know from experience that our buses provide a vital service for key workers and others who depend on us to reach essential shops and services.

“All of our routes will continue to run, just a little less often around shopping hours. Our first priority is to make sure key workers can get to and from work, and that essential journeys can still be made, using our buses in Burnley, across East Lancashire and beyond.

“We will still be running over 80% of our usual journeys, and our first and last bus times will remain the same.

"We will continue to help those who need to travel to do so, just as we did throughout last year’s restrictions – and we thank our customers for their understanding and support, as we adapt to the reduction in the numbers travelling during the current lockdown.”

The following service changes will apply on The Burnley Bus Company’s network from this Sunday:

Service 1: Burnley – Stoops Estate:

· Monday to Saturday: Buses every 20 minutes until early evening; no late evening journeys will operate.

· Sunday: Buses every 30 minutes daytime only.

Service 2: Burnley – Nelson – Higherford:

· Monday to Saturday: Buses every 60 minutes; evening service as normal

· Sunday: Buses every 60 minutes, daytime only.

Services 3 and 4: Burnley – Pike Hill – Worsthorne:

· Monday to Saturday: Buses on Service 4 every 60 minutes until early evening; no late evening journeys will operate.

· Sunday: Buses on Service 3 between Burnley, Brownhill and Pike Hill every 60 minutes, daytime only.

Service 5: Harle Syke – Burnley – Rosegrove:

· Monday to Saturday: Buses every 30 minutes until early evening; no late evening journeys will operate.

· Sunday: Buses every 60 minutes, daytime only.

Mainline M1: Burnley – Padiham – Accrington:

· Monday to Saturday: Buses every 60 minutes daytime, every two hours evening.

· Sunday: Buses every two hours throughout the day.

Mainline M2: Burnley – Padiham – Clitheroe:

· Monday to Friday: Daytime buses every 20 minutes Burnley to Padiham, and every 60 minutes to/from Clitheroe; evening buses every two hours.

· Saturday: Daytime buses every 60 minutes, evening buses every two hours.

· Sunday: Buses every two hours throughout the day.

Mainline M3: Trawden – Colne – Burnley:

· Monday to Saturday: Buses every 60 minutes daytime, every two hours evening.

· Sunday: Buses every 60 minutes until early evening.

Mainline M4: Keighley – Colne – Burnley:

· Monday to Saturday: Buses every 60 minutes.

· Sunday: Buses every two hours.

Mainline M5: Barnoldswick – Earby – Colne – Nelson – Burnley:

· Monday to Saturday: Buses every 60 minutes daytime, every two hours evening.

· Sunday: Buses every two hours throughout the day.

Pendle Wizz: Burnley – Skipton:

· Monday to Friday: Buses every 60 minutes until early evening; no late evening journeys.

· Saturday: Buses every two hours until early evening.

Witchway: Burnley – Rawtenstall – Manchester:

· Monday to Friday: Daytime buses every 20 minutes; every 60 minutes evening.

· Saturday: Daytime buses every 30 minutes; every 60 minutes evening.

· Sunday: Buses every 60 minutes.

Hotline: Burnley – Blackburn – Preston:

· Monday to Friday: Daytime buses every 30 minutes; every 60 minutes evening

· Saturday and Sunday: Buses every 60 minutes.

Timetables on Service 9: Burnley – Network 65 – Accrington will continue unchanged, while times on Irwell Line: Burnley – Rawtenstall – Bury will change from Sunday, January 17th, with details to be announced soon.

Full details of all services operated by The Burnley Bus Company are available online at: https://www/transdevbus.co.uk/burnley and on the free to download ‘Transdev Go’ mobile app.