Rossendale Transport
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 A Rossendale Transport EASYRIDE fully accessible bus |
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| Founded | 1907 |
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| Headquarters | 35 Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire. BB4 7ND |
| Service area |  United Kingdom |
| Service type | Bus Services |
| Destinations | Rawtenstall, Bacup, Haslingden, Whitworth; Rochdale, Bury, Shaw, Burnley, Blackburn, Todmorden |
| Fleet | 108 Buses |
| Operator | Rossendale Transport Limited |
| Chief executive | Edgar Oldham |
| Web site | Official Website |
Rossendale Transport (RT) is a bus operator running within the Borough of Rossendale (including the towns of Rawtenstall, Bacup and Haslingden) and into the surrounding area, including Rochdale, Bury, Burnley, Accrington and Blackburn. RT is a limited company wholly owned by Rossendale Borough Council, which makes it one of the few remaining municipal bus companies in the UK today.
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[edit] History
Rossendale Transport can trace its history back to 1907 when both Rawtenstall and Haslingden Corporations (both independently) ran a motor bus within their boroughs. Both undertakings merged in 1968 to form Rossendale Joint Transport Committee and later in 1974 with the local government reorganisation which took place in that year the boroughs were merged, along with Bacup (which was already served by Rossendale buses; Bacup Borough not having its own bus company) and Whitworth to form the present Borough of Rossendale. The company then became the Transport department of the new Rossendale Borough Council.
On 26th October 1986 came the deregulation of bus services across the UK (outside London and not including Northern Ireland). As part of the 1985 Transport Act which empowered this deregulation, Rossendale Borough Council was required to set up an 'arms-length' company in order to continue operating buses. Rossendale Transport Limited, as the company is now known began trading on this date and over the last 20 years has expended greatly and now operates buses throughout Rossendale, Bury and Rochdale as well as operating into Burnley, Blackburn, Bolton & Todmorden.
[edit] Bus types
The company operates various types of bus, including:
[edit] Main fleet - fully accessible low floor buses
- Minibuses
- 4 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter / Koch
- 23 Optare Solo Slimline
- Single deckers
- 8 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban
- 3 MAN 14.220 / MCV Sterling
- 8 Dennis 'Super' Dart / East Lancs Spryte
- 13 Dennis 'Super' Dart / Plaxton Pointer 2 (SPD)
- 4 Dennis 'Super' Dart / Alexander ALX200
- 3 Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer
- 1 Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2
- 14 Dennis Dart SLF / East Lancs Spryte
- Double deckers
- 2 Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Vyking
- 1 Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Myllennium Vyking
[edit] Schoolday only fleet
- Single deckers
- 2 Dennis Dart / Marshall C27
- 2 Dennis Dart / Marshall C37
- 2 Dennis Dart SLF / Marshall C39
- Double deckers
- 3 Leyland Olympian / Eastern Coachworks
- 2 Volvo Olympian / Alexander Royale
- 8 Volvo Olympian / Northern Counties Palatine
- Coaches
- 1 Dennis Javelin / Plaxton Premiere 350
- 2 Volvo B10M / Plaxton Premiere Expressliner 350
[edit] Training vehicle
- 1 Bova Futura Club
[edit] Services
These are the bus services and its frequencies run by Rossendale Transport.
| No. | Route | Mon-Sat Daytime | Mon-Sat Evenings | Sundays |
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| 2 | Rawtenstall - Oakley Circular | 60 mins | ||
| 4 | Bacup - Pennine Road Circular | 15 mins | ||
| 5/6 | Rawtenstall - Crawshawbooth - Loveclough | Mondays-Fridays only: Infrequent | ||
| 9 | Rawtenstall - Waterfoot - Foxhill Drive | Mondays-Fridays: 120 mins Saturdays: 60 mins |
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| 11 12 |
Rawtenstall - Haslingden - Helmshore Circulars | 120 mins each (60 mins combined) | ||
| 20 | County Rider (Flexible Bus Service) | Mondays-Fridays: Between 0700-2300 Saturdays: 0900-1800 |
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| 21 | Bacup Minibus Service | Wednesdays only: 60 mins | ||
| 43 | Rawtenstall - Crawshawbooth - Loveclough - Burnley | Mondays-Fridays only: 0625 to Burnley | ||
| 49 | Bacup - Sharneyfold - Cloughfoot - Todmorden | 60 mins plus: 0715 (0735 on Saturdays) from Rawtenstall to Todmorden 1815 from Todmorden to Rawtenstall |
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| 244 | Rawtentall - Helmshore - Haslingden - Blackburn | 60 mins plus 0715 from Bacup to Blackburn St Mary's College (Schooldays only) |
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| 273 | Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Ramsbottom - Holcombe Brook - Tonge Moor - Bolton | 60 mins | Daytime only: 120 mins (Combined 60 mins with Arriva service 473) | |
| 433 434 |
Rochdale - Belfield - Turf Hill - Kirkholt (434) - Sandbrook Park (433) - Castleton | 30 mins (bus 434) | 60 mins (bus 433) | 60 mins (bus 433) |
| 435 | Rochdale - Turf Hill - High Crompton - Shaw - Buckstones | 30 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins |
| 436 | Rochdale - Cutgate Circular | Mondays-Fridays: 0750 plus 1545 (Schooldays only) | ||
| 438 | Rochdale - Daniel Fold | Service run by First Manchester between Rochdale and Lane Head via Daniel Fold | 60 mins | 60 mins |
| 440 | Rochdale - Syke | 15 mins to/from Syke, Newark Road | 60 mins to/from Syke Chapel | 60 mins to/from Syke Chapel |
| 442 | Rochdale - Castleton Circular | 30 mins | ||
| 444 | Rochdale - Norden | 30 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins |
| 445 | Rochdale - Shawfield Circular | 30 mins | ||
| 446 466 |
Rochdale - Shawclough - Healey (446) - Whitworth - Wallbank | 30 mins (bus 446) | 60 mins (bus 466) | 60 mins (bus 466) |
| 451 | Rochdale - Milnrow - Newhey - Peppermint Bridge | Service run by First Manchester, running via Bentgate | 60 mins | 60 mins |
| 458 | Rochdale - Wardle | Run by Bu-Val between Rochdale and Littleborough | 60 mins | 60 mins |
| 461 | Rochdale - Elmsfield - Bamford - Heywood - Darn Hill - Bury | 30 mins | ||
| 464 | Rochdale - Whitworth - Bacup - Rawtenstall - Haslingden - Accrington | Mondays-Fridays: 10 mins Saturdays: 15 mins |
30 mins | Daytime: 30 mins Evenings: 60 mins |
| 468 469 |
Rochdale - Greave (468) - Bamford - Jericho - Bury - Tottington | Bus 469 Mondays-Fridays only: 0745 Rochdale to Bury (not via Bamford) All other Mondays-Saturdays daytime journeys run by First Manchester |
60 mins each (30 mins combined) | 60 mins each (30 mins combined) |
| 472 | Rawtenstall - Ramsbottom - Holcombe Brook - Bury | Schooldays only: 0756 to Bury | ||
| 475 | Ramsbottom - Greenmount - Brandlesholme - Bury - Fairfield General Hospital - Heywood - Hopwood | 60 mins | ||
| 476 | Ramsbottom - Greenmount - Brandlesholme - Bury - Topping Fold - Fairfield General Hospital - Bamford - Norden | 60 mins | ||
| 475 476 |
Ramsbottom - Greenmount - Brandlesholme - Bury - Fairfield General Hospital (Combined) | 30 mins | ||
| 477 | Ramsbottom - Holcombe Brook - Brandlesholme - Bury - Chesham - Walmersley - Nangreaves | 60 mins | ||
| 478 | Bury - Radcliffe Circular | 1816 from Bury (Full Route) | 60 mins | 60 mins |
| 480 | Bolton - Hawkshaw - Tottington - Walshaw - Bury | 60 mins | See bus 481 between Tottington and Bury | See bus 481 between Tottington and Bury |
| 481 | Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Ramsbottom - Holcombe Brook - Tottington - Walshaw - Bury | 60 mins between Holcombe Brook and Bury plus 0659 (Mondays-Fridays only), 0739 (Saturdays & Schoolholidays only) from Ramsbottom to Bury 0815 (Schooldays only) from Rawtenstall to Bury 0822 (Saturdays only) from Edenfield to Bury |
60 mins | 60 mins |
| 480 481 |
Tottington - Walshaw - Bury (Combined) | 30 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins |
| 482 | Water - Edgeside - Waterfoot - Rawtenstall - Balladen - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury | 30 mins between Edgeside and Bury plus 0825 from Water to Bury (Mondays-Fridays only) |
60 mins between Water and Rawtenstall/Balladen until approx. 2100 | Daytime only: 60 mins |
| 483 | Burnley General Hospital - Burnley - Water - Waterfoot - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury - Fairfield General Hospital | 60 mins (Full Route) 30 mins (Water - Fairfield General) |
See bus 482 between Water and Rawtenstall | See bus 482 between Water and Bury |
| 482 483 |
Waterfoot - Rawtenstall - Edenfield - Walmersley - Bury (Combined) | Approx. 15 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins |
| 484 | Accrington - Haslingden - Edenfield - Ramsbottom - Walmersley - Bury | 60 mins | ||
| 485 | Bury - Walmersley - Peel Brow - Ramsbottom - Tanners Brow - Ramsbottom | Mondays-Fridays only: 60 mins | ||
| 494 | Bury - Fishpool - Ferngrove | 30 mins | Daytime only: 60 mins | |
| X46 | Weir - Bacup - Whitworth - Rochdale - A627(M) - Chadderton Park - Mills Hill - Middleton - Manchester, Chorlton Street | 60 mins |
[edit] Service Changes
The following service will change from the 1st December 2007:
- X46 - Times changed with buses terminating at Chorlton Street in Manchester. The final stopping point is on Chorlton Street outside the coach station with the first stopping point towards Weir on Portland Street. Passengers wishing to travel beyond Chorlton Street should use Metroshuttle service 3. This change is likely to be in place until after the Christmas holidays, where the service will revert to its old route until the end of January 2008.
The following service will change from the 7th January 2008:
- 484 - Times changed
The following services will change from the 28th January 2008:
- 49 - Times changed.
- 481 - Evening and Sunday journeys will now be run by TyrerBus instead of Rossendale Transport.
- 482/3 - Evening and Sunday journeys changed with new journeys between Bury and Rawtenstall.
- X46 - Route and times changed. Frequencies between Rochdale and Manchester will increase to half-hourly. Terminus in Manchester changed to Chorlton Street.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Rossendale official website
- Rossendale Yahoo! Group
- Pictures of recent 100 years Centenary event
- Rossendale Transport Society website
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