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.
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:
Route | Origin and destinaton |
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525 | Rossall Point to Saint Aidan's Church of England High School in Preesall [4] |
526 | Larkholme Parade, Fleetwood to Saint Aidan's [5] |
527 | Ship Inn in Elswick and Saint Aidan's via Great Eccleston [6] [7] |
529 | Galgate to Saint Aidan's [8] |
541 | Pilling to Hodgson High School and Baines High School, Poulton [9] |
552 | Derby Arms, Inskip to Bowgreave via Elswick, Great Eccleston, St Michael's on Wyre and Churchtown [10] |
567 | Knott End to Lancaster schools [11] |
607 | Thistleton to Baines High School via Elswick, Great Eccleston, Little Singleton, Singleton and Little Poulton [12] |
675 | Elswick to Broughton [13] |
813 | Hambleton to Garstang Academy [14] |
SF1 | Lytham 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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