Archway Travel

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Archway Travel
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Archway Travel Optare Solo SR in Poulton-le-Fylde in July 2024
Founded1993(33 years ago) (1993)
Headquarters Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Service typeBus and coach
Fleet25
Managing directorSam Archer
Website archwaytravel.co.uk
Archway Travel MCW Metrobus school bus in January 2009 Archway Travel bus (B803 AOP), 8 January 2009.jpg
Archway Travel MCW Metrobus school bus in January 2009
"Fylde Villager" livery Archway Travel "Fylde Villager".jpg
"Fylde Villager" livery

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.

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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 fourteen bus routes:

RouteOrigin and destination
74Fleetwood to Preston via Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Great Eccleston, Elswick, Inskip, Catforth and Lea [5]
75Fleetwood to Preston via Thornton, Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde, Staining, Weeton, Kirkham and Newton with Scales [6]
76Blackpool to St Anne's via Poulton-le-Fylde, Weeton, Kirkham, Wrea Green, Warton & Lytham [7]
78Great Eccleston to St Anne's via Elswick, Kirkham, Freckleton, Warton, Lytham & Ansdell
525 Rossall Point to Saint Aidan's Church of England High School in Preesall [8]
526Larkholme Parade, Fleetwood to Saint Aidan's [9]
527Ship Inn in Elswick and Saint Aidan's via Great Eccleston [10] [11]
541Pilling to Hodgson High School and Baines High School, Poulton [12]
552Derby Arms, Inskip, to Bowgreave via Elswick, Great Eccleston, St Michael's on Wyre and Churchtown [13]
567Knott End to Lancaster schools [14]
607 Thistleton to Baines High School via Elswick, Great Eccleston, Little Singleton, Singleton and Little Poulton [15]
675Elswick to Broughton [16]
813 Hambleton to Garstang Academy [17]
SF1Lytham to Blackpool Sixth Form College via Freckleton, Warton, Wrea Green, Kirkham, Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton, Elswick and Great Eccleston [18]

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References

  1. Deakin, Tim (15 May 2023). "Developing training and recruitment at Archway Travel". routeone. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. "Archway Travel - Fleetwood coach hire on the Fylde coast" . Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. Team, routeone (22 August 2024). "Archway Travel enters bus service work with nine-strong new fleet". routeone. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. "Archway Travel Archway House, Copse Road, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 7NY - Fleetwood Weekly News". findit.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. "Service 74 - Archway Travel". 16 May 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. "Service 75 - Archway Travel". 14 May 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. Archway Travel - route 76
  8. "School Bus route 525 - Archway Travel". 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  9. "School Bus route 526 - Archway Travel". 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  10. "527 Elswick - Preesall St Aidans CETC (outbound)". www.lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  11. "School Bus route 527 - Archway Travel". 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  12. "School Bus route 541 - Archway Travel". 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  13. "552 Great Eccleston - Garstang High School (outbound)". www.lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  14. "School Bus route 567 - Archway Travel". 3 June 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  15. "607 Thistleton - Elswick - Great Eccleston - Poulton High Schools". www.lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  16. "School Bus Route 675 - Operated by Archway Travel". 15 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  17. "School Bus route 813 - Archway Travel". 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  18. "SF1 - Lytham - Blackpool Sixth Form College". bustimes.org. Retrieved 13 October 2023.