Archway Travel

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Archway Travel
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Founded1993(30 years ago) (1993)
Headquarters Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Service typeBus and coach
Fleet25
Managing directorSam Archer
Website archwaytravel.co.uk

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.

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As of 2023, the company's managing director is Sam Archer, [1] part of the family of owners. [2]

Archway Travel, which is headquartered on Copse Road in Fleetwood, [3] operates the following bus routes:

RouteOrigin and destinaton
525 Rossall Point to Saint Aidan's Church of England High School in Preesall [4]
526Larkholme Parade, Fleetwood to Saint Aidan's [5]
527Ship Inn in Elswick and Saint Aidan's via Great Eccleston [6] [7]
529Galgate to Saint Aidan's [8]
541Pilling to Hodgson High School and Baines High School, Poulton [9]
552Derby Arms, Inskip to Bowgreave via Elswick, Great Eccleston, St Michael's on Wyre and Churchtown [10]
567Knott End to Lancaster schools [11]
607Thistleton to Baines High School via Elswick, Great Eccleston, Little Singleton, Singleton and Little Poulton [12]
675Elswick to Broughton [13]
813 Hambleton to Garstang Academy [14]
SF1Lytham to Blackpool Sixth Form College via Freckleton, Warton, Wrea Green, Kirkham, Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton, Elswick and Great Eccleston [15]

The company uses JabbaTalk and TrustTrack to track its fleet. [16]

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