Burnley, Colne & Nelson Joint Transport Committee
List of routes operated as at August 1966
Colne Area
Route
Nos.
9 . . . Colne
to Keighley (Jointly with Keighley - West Yorkshire)
12 . . Colne to Waterside
(Mill Green)
14 . . Colne to Earby
15 . . Colne to Colne
Railway station (Jointly with Ribble)
252 . Colne to Barnoldswick
(Fosters Arms) (Jointly with Ribble)
261 . Earby to Barnoldswick
(via Kelbrook) (Jointly with Ribble)
262 . Colne to Barnoldswick
(Bancroft Shed) (Jointly with Ribble)
271 . Earby to Barnoldswick
(via Klondyke) (Jointly with Ribble)
281 . Colne to Skipton
(Jointly with Ribble)
294 . Colne to Gisburn
(Jointly with Ribble)
Mainline Services from Trawden or
Laneshawbridge
20 . . to Padiham Memorial
Park
21 . . to Padiham Slade
Lane
22 . . to Padiham Milton
Street or Lockyer Avenue
Photo:
- Leyland PD2A/27 240 in St.James' St Burnley
23 . . to Higherford
24 . . to Burnley
Bus Station
25 . . Nelson to Brierfield
(short working)
26 . . to Nelson
27 . . to Colne Skipton
road (short working)
X28 . . . Colne Heifer Lane to Burnley
Limited Stop
Services from Padiham
20 . . to
Laneshawbridge
21 . . to Trawden
22 . . to Higherford
23 . . to Colne Heifer Lane
24 . . to Nelson
26 . . to Queensgate
27 . . to Burnley Bus Station
X28 . . Burnley to Colne Heifer Lane (Limited
Stop)
Photo: - Leyland PD3/6 232 in Nelson Centre
Burnley Area
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. .Local Services
29 . . Burnley -
Sycamore Avenue - Rossendale Road - Manchester Road - Burnley -
Todmorden Road - Towneley
Photo:
- Leyland Tiger Cub 22 on Burnley Bus Station bound for Sycamore
Avenue
32 . . Towneley - Branch Road - Burnley -
Rosehill
33 . . Towneley - Branch Road - Burnley - Bleak
House
45 . . Burnley - Turf Moor Estate - Holme
Chapel (Jointly with Ribble)
46 . . Rosegrove - Stoops Estate - Burnley -
Brunshaw Road - Worsthorne -(Hurstwood) (Jointly with Ribble)
47 . . Rosegrove - Stoops Estate - Burnley -
Rimington Avenue - Pike Hill
48 . . Rosegrove - Stoops Estate - Burnley -
Brunshaw Avenue - Mereclough
50 . . Harle Syke - Burnley - Lowerhouse
51 . . Harle Syke - Burnley - Rosegrove
54 . . Harle Syke - Robin House Road
61 . . Burnley - Marsden Cross - Nelson
62 . . Burnley - Reedley Halt
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . ...Rural
Services (Jointly with
Ribble)
227 . Burnley - Read - Whalley - Clitheroe
Photo: - Leyland PD2/12 219 leaving Burnley Cattle
Market for Clitheroe
228 . Burnley - Fence - Wheatley Lane - Blacko
- Standing Stone Gate - Barnoldswick
237 . Burnley - Sabden via Moor Lane, Padiham
279 . Burnley - Newchurch - Barley
280 . Nelson - Happy Valley - Barley
283 . Padiham - Higham - Nelson
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.Nelson Local Services
to
70 . . Harle Syke
71 . . Sackville Street
72 . . Valley Mills
74 . . Marsden Park via
Barkerhouse Road
76 . . Marsden Park via
Regent Street
77 . . Hodge House (Wed.
& Fri.)
81 . . Carr Hall
82 . . Lomeshaye (Wed.
& Fri.)
The following additional routes are recorded in May 1968
19 . . Trawden or Laneshawbridge to Abingdon Road, Padiham
30 . . Burnley - Clifton Farm Estate
46 . . Burnley - Turf Moor Estate - Worsthorne
- Hurstwood
60 . . Nelson - Marsden Cross - Burnley -
Reedley Halt
February 1969
99 . . Nelson to Burnley via General Hospital, Casterton Avenue & Briercliffe Road.
List of routes as at 15th February 1971 (Decimalization)
Colne Area
9 . . . Keighley - Crosshills - Colne (Joint
Keighley -West Yorkshire)
12 . . Colne (Heifer Lane) - Waterside
. . . . . Colne (Railway Station) - Foulridge (Joint Ribble)
14 . . Colne Bus Station -
Earby (Joint Ribble)
15 . . Colne Bus Station - Colne Railway
Station via North Valley Road (Joint Ribble)
252 & 262 . Barnoldswick - Kelbrook - Colne
261 . Earby - Kelbrook -
Salterforth - Barnoldswick (Joint Ribble)
271 . Earby -
Klondyke - Salterforth - Barnoldswick (Joint Ribble)
281 . Colne - Skipton
(Joint Ribble)
294 . Colne -
Standing Stone Gate- Barnoldswick - Gisburn
Mainline
Services from Trawden/Laneshawbridge/Higherford
to
19 . . Padiham
(Abingdon Road)
20 . . Padiham
(Memorial Park)
21 . . Padiham (Slade
Lane)
Services from Padiham ( Abingdon Road/Memorial
Park/Slade Lane ) to
20 . . Laneshawbridge
21 . . Trawden
22 . . Higherford
23 . . Colne Heifer
Lane
X28 . Colne - Burnley (Limited Stop)
99 . . Hospital
Service Colne - Nelson - Burnley via Casterton Avenue
W35 . Burnley -
Simonstone Lane (Mullards)
Burnley Area
29 . . Burnley - Sycamore
Avenue - Burnley - Towneley
30 . . Burnley -
Clifton Farm Estate
32 . . Rosehill -
Towneley via Branch Road
33 . . Bleak House -
Towneley via Branch Road
45 . . Burnley -
Holme Chapel via Turf Moor Estate (Carholme Ave) (Joint Ribble
46 . . Burnley -
Worsthorne - Hurstwood via Turf Moor Estate (Brownhill Ave)
(Joint Ribble)
46 . . Burnley -
Rosegrove (Owen St.) via Stoops Estate
47 . . Burnley - Pike
Hill via Rimington Avenue
47 . . Burnley -
Rosegrove (Owen St.) via Stoops Estate
48 . . Burnley -
Mereclough via Far Brunshaw (Joint Ribble)
50 . . Harle Syke -
Lowerhouse
51 . . Harle Syke -
Rosegrove
54 . . Burnley -
Robin House Lane
55 . . Burnley -
Whitegate via Gannow Lane
60 . . Nelson -
Reedley Halt via Marsden Cross & Stoneyholme
Nelson Area
70 . . Nelson - Harle
Syke
71 . . Nelson -
Sackville Street
72 . . Nelson -
Valley Mills
73 . . Nelson -
Barkerhouse Road Top
74 . . Nelson -
Marsden Park Circular via Barkerhouse Road & Hallam Road Top
75 . . Nelson -
Marsden Park via Leeds Road
76 . . Nelson -
Marsden Park Circular via Regent Street
77 . . Nelson - Hodge
House Estate
81 . . Nelson - Carr
Hall Road (Joint Ribble)
82 . . Nelson -
Lomeshaye
83 . . Nelson - Colne
Grammar School
Revisions to Services
April 1972 Revisions to Joint Services with
Ribble
252 . . Colne -
Barnoldswick revised to operate Mon. - Fri only
294 . . Colne -
Barnoldswick - Gisburn revised & curtailed at Fosters Arms
Barnoldswick
228 . . Burnley -
Wheatley Lane - Blacko - Standing Stone Gate - Barnoldswick
revised
261, 271, 281 . . Revised
and use of route No.14 is discontinued.
May 1972 - Burnley - Worsthorne (Hurstwood no longer served)
46 . . Burnley to Worsthorne via Rimington
Avenue (Joint Ribble)
47 . . Burnley - Pike
Hill circular via Turf Moor Estate (Joint Ribble)
57 . . Burnley - Pike
Hill circular via Brunshaw Estate (Joint Ribble)
47 & 57 . Burnley
- Rosegrove via Stoops Estate
May 1974 - Revision of Mainline Services -
Journeys to Higherford discontinued (replaced by extension of
service 60 from Reedley Halt.
Route
No . . . . . .From Padiham to: -
20 . . Laneshawbridge
21 . . Trawden
22 . . Colne Heifer
Lane
23 . . Colne Bus
Station
24 . . Any short
working on 20-23
. . . . . . . . From Colne to : -
20 . . Padiham
Memorial Park
21 . . Padiham Slade
Lane
22 . . Padiham
Abingdon Road
23 . . Padiham Milton
Street
Service 54 to Robin House Lane discontinued
Revisions to Nelson Local Services
70 . . Nelson -
Waidshouse Road - Sackville Street - Nelson Circular
(Route - Nelson Bus Station - Hibson Rd. - Railway St. -
Chapelhouse Rd. - Halifax Rd. - Waidshouse Rd. - Railway St. -
Sackville St. - Brunswick St. - Netherfield Rd. - Bus Station)
71 . . Nelson -
Sackville Street - Waidshouse Road - Nelson Circular (Route - reverse of above)
Photo: - Leyland Tiger Cub 55 in Queensgate Depot Yard
78 .. Nelson - Harle
Syke - Burnley via Chapelhouse Rd. & Eastern Ave.
281 Colne to Skipton becomes service 293
Photo: - Bristol RE 89 at Skipton
Revisions in December 1977
Service 29 no longer runs to Towneley, terminates at Burnley Bus
Station.
Services 47 & 57 become through services from Pike Hill to
Rosegrove solely operated by B & P
73 . . Nelson -
Barkerhouse Road Top discontinued
Route Nos. 150, 227, 228, 237, 274, 279, 283, 284 & 289
operated solely by Ribble
Route Nos. 15, 271, 293, 294 operated solely by Burnley &
Pendle
Route 9 Colne to Keighley becomes 669 jointly with West Yorkshire
Road Car
June 1979
Service 12 Colne (Heifer Lane)- Waterside (Mill Green) is
discontinued
Service 15 Colne Bus Station - Colne Railway Station (Queen St.)
is extended to Waterside
Services X26/27/28 operated jointly with Ribble
X26 . . Barnoldswick
- Earby
X27 . . Skipton -
Barnoldswick - Earby - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Preston
X28 . . Burnley -
Earby (via Venables Ave & Castle Road)
Services 45 (Holme Chapel) & 48 (Mereclough) discontinued and
route taken over by West Yorkshire PTE (operated by Calderline)
Route No. 51 no longer used
Service 60 revised to operate Reedley - Higherford via Hibson
Road, Nelson
Service 61 revised to operate via Chapelhouse Road, Nelson
Photo: - Leyland
Tiger Cub 60 at Burnley Bus Station
Service 62 operates as service 60 but
continues to Barnoldswick
Service 63 operates as service 61 and also continues to
Barnoldswick
Service 64 operates as service 60 but continues to Barley &
Fencegate
Service 65 operates as service 61 but continues to Barley &
Fencegate
Service 72 to Valley Mills discontinued & replaced by service
265 from Accrington
Services 70 & 71 Sackville St. Circular discontinued
Service 78 Burnley - Harle Syke - Nelson re-routed via Waidhouse
Rd. & Sackville St.
Photo: - Pennine bodied Bristol RE
108 leaving Burnley Bus Station
Service 81 to Carr Hall discontinued (see route 265)
Service 228 Burnley - Barnoldswick joint with Ribble again
Service 238 New service as 228 but terminating at Higherford
Services 261 & 271 Earby - Barnoldswick discontinued
Service 293 Colne - Skipton discontinued
New Service 265 Accrington - Padiham - Higham -
Nelson - Valley Mills (Jointly operated with Ribble &
Hyndburn Transport (replaces 274 service Accrington - Hapton -
Padiham operated by Ribble)