Founded | 1993 |
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Headquarters | Fleetwood, Lancashire, England |
Service type | Bus and coach |
Fleet | 25 |
Managing director | Sam Archer |
Website | archwaytravel |
Archway Travel is a bus and coach operator based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. Their fleet of 25 vehicles range from 24- to 80-seater coaches and buses. The company's routes predominantly serve schools and colleges in Lancashire and public service routes.
As of 2023, the company's managing director is Sam Archer, [1] part of the family of owners. [2]
In August 2024, the company began a service contract with Lancashire County Council (LCC) to run routes 74 and 75, replacing a similar contract LCC had with Blackpool Transport since 2020. The same month, Archway hired nine new Alexander Dennis Enviro200 single-decker buses to assist with its continued venture into local service operation. They were given a "Fylde Villager" livery. [3]
Archway Travel, which is headquartered on Copse Road in Fleetwood, [4] operates the following bus routes:
Route | Origin and destination |
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74 | Fleetwood to Preston via Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Great Eccleston, Elswick, Inskip, Catforth and Lea [5] |
75 | Fleetwood to Preston via Thornton, Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde, Staining, Weeton, Kirkham and Newton-with-Scales [6] |
525 | Rossall Point to Saint Aidan's Church of England High School in Preesall [7] |
526 | Larkholme Parade, Fleetwood to Saint Aidan's [8] |
527 | Ship Inn in Elswick and Saint Aidan's via Great Eccleston [9] [10] |
529 | Galgate to Saint Aidan's [11] |
541 | Pilling to Hodgson High School and Baines High School, Poulton [12] |
552 | Derby Arms, Inskip to Bowgreave via Elswick, Great Eccleston, St Michael's on Wyre and Churchtown [13] |
567 | Knott End to Lancaster schools [14] |
607 | Thistleton to Baines High School via Elswick, Great Eccleston, Little Singleton, Singleton and Little Poulton [15] |
675 | Elswick to Broughton [16] |
813 | Hambleton to Garstang Academy [17] |
SF1 | Lytham to Blackpool Sixth Form College via Freckleton, Warton, Wrea Green, Kirkham, Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton, Elswick and Great Eccleston [18] |
The company uses JabbaTalk and TrustTrack to track its fleet. [19]
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