Burnley, Colne & Nelson Joint Transport Committee
List of Bus routes operated between c1948 and 1955
Service 1 . . Towneley to Glen View or Cog Lane (Later extended to Rosehill or Bleak House)
Photo: - TD4 108 in Manchester road en route to Towneley
Service 2 . . Worsthorne to Rosegrove [Ribble 275 Burnley - Worsthorne ]
Service 3 . . Higher Red Lees or Mereclough to Rosegrove via Stoops Estate
Service 4 . . Harle Syke to Rosegrove via Accrington Road
Service 5 . . Harle Syke to Lowerhouse (Whitegate) via Accrington Road
Photo: - Northern Counties Guy Arab 66 in Church St. Burnley on route 5 to Lowerhouse
Service 6 . . Nelson to Higherford
Service 7 . . Higherford to Laneshawbridge also Padiham Memorial Park to Laneshawbridge
[Ribble B7 Burnley - Padiham Memorial Park]
Service 8 . . Padiham to Trawden
Photo: - Wartime utility Daimler 67 in St. James' St Burnley departing for Trawden
Service 9 . . Padiham (Milton Street) or Lockyer Avenue to Higherford
Photo: - All Leyland TD5 parked up outside Heifer Lane Depot at Colne
Service 10 . Burnley to Nelson
Service 11 . Nelson - Marsden Cross - Burnley - Reedley Halt
Photo: - Leyland PS1 17 in Chapel St. Burnley on route 11
Service 12 . Burnley - Overtown - Holme Chapel (Cliviger) [Ribble 285]
Service 13 . Higherford to Lockyer Avenue
Jointly with Ribble, Burnley to Clitheroe [227]
Nelson Local Services
Service 15 Nelson to Sackville Street
Service 16 Nelson to Harle Syke
Service 17 Nelson to Hallam Road Top
Service 18 Nelson to Marsden Park
Service 19 Nelson to Valley Mills
Service 20 Nelson to Carr Hall
(Not numbered) Nelson to Lomeshaye
N.B. Route numbers were rarely (if ever) used by Nelson Depot drivers on local services.
Colne Local Services (No route numbers [except joint Ribble services] ) (Joint services with Ribble from Feb. 1935)
Colne to Earby
Colne (Cross Skelton Street) - Earby - Skipton (Joint with Ribble) [281]
Colne Heifer Lane to Colne Railway Station
Colne (Skipton Rd.) - Birtwistle Ave. - Colne Railway Station (Joint with Ribble)[C1]
Colne to Keighley (Joint service with Keighley West Yorkshire)
Colne (Cragg Street) - Kelbrook - Barnoldswick Fosters' Arms (Joint Ribble) [252]
Colne (Spring Lane) - Standing Stone Gate - Barnoldswick - Gisburn (Joint with Ribble) [294]
Earby - Barnoldswick (Joint with Ribble)
From 1st November 1945 the following routes were added to be operated jointly with Ribble Motor Services
Burnley to Barley via Newchurch [279]
Photo:- Bedford OWB 3 at Burnley Cattle Market Bus Station bound for Barley.
Nelson to Barley via Thorneyholme [280]
A new service, [271] was introduced commencing June 1st, 1950 until 24th September (inc) between Earby and Barnoldswick via Salterforth Lane.
During 1955 the new General Manager J P Senior revised all the BCN route numbers.
(Additional information about the Nelson route numbers provided by Keith Sullivan who passed on a copy of revised route numbers as at 4th September 1955 taken from Issue 66 (Oct. 1955) of the Northern Omnibus Review (A O.S. publication). Many thanks Keith.)