68 Preston to Blackpool
Service 68 Preston to Blackpool was withdrawn on 8 March 2026.
The registration
- Registration number
- PC1033334/246
- Operator
- RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD trading as STAGECOACH MERSEYSIDE
- Operator licence
- PC1033334
- Registered with
- Blackpool Borough Council, Lancashire County Council · North West England traffic area
- Via
- BISHOPS WOOD
- Service type
- Normal Stopping
- Funding
- 💷 Run commercially — no local authority support declared
- First registered
- 27 May 2013
- Variations
- 43 registered changes (41 most recent shown below)
No timetable on this site is matched to this registration — either the service is not in the open timetable data, or nothing there matches both the operator and the service number. You can search for the service number instead: 68.
Change history
| Effective | Change | Details | Registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mar 2026 | ❌ Withdrawal | Operating between Preston and Blackpool given service number 68 / 68C effective from 08 March 2026. | 22 Jan 2026 |
| 31 Aug 2025 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 17 Jul 2025 |
| 1 Sept 2024 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 18 Jul 2024 |
| 29 Oct 2023 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Timetable. | 5 Oct 2023 |
| 23 Jul 2023 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 8 Jun 2023 |
| 27 Nov 2022 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 14 Oct 2022 |
| 4 Sept 2022 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 22 Jul 2022 |
| 8 May 2022 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Timetable. | 29 Apr 2022 |
| 8 May 2022 | ✏️ Service change short notice | — | 28 Apr 2022 |
| 23 Jan 2022 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Timetable. | 23 Dec 2021 |
| 19 Sept 2021 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Timetable. | 7 Sept 2021 |
| 29 Aug 2021 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Timetable. | 29 Jul 2021 |
| 7 Mar 2021 | ⏳ Expired short notice | To amend Timetable. | 1 Mar 2021 |
| 11 Jan 2021 | ⏳ Expired short notice | To amend Timetable. | 7 Jan 2021 |
| 2 Nov 2020 | ⏳ Expired short notice | To amend Timetable. | 30 Oct 2020 |
| 18 Oct 2020 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Route. | 14 Oct 2020 |
| 11 Jul 2020 | ⏳ Expired short notice | To amend Timetable. | 10 Jul 2020 |
| 1 Jun 2020 | ⏳ Expired short notice | To amend Timetable. | 1 Jun 2020 |
| 5 Apr 2020 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 21 Feb 2020 |
| 3 Apr 2020 | ⏳ Expired short notice | To amend Timetable. | 2 Apr 2020 |
| 23 Mar 2020 | ⏳ Expired short notice | To amend Timetable. | 20 Mar 2020 |
| 15 Dec 2019 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Route. | 10 Dec 2019 |
| 3 Nov 2019 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 20 Sept 2019 |
| 1 Sept 2019 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 11 Jul 2019 |
| 23 Apr 2019 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Timetable. | 12 Apr 2019 |
| 7 Apr 2019 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 19 Feb 2019 |
| 4 Nov 2018 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Timetable. | 5 Oct 2018 |
| 2 Sept 2018 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 16 Jul 2018 |
| 25 Mar 2018 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Route and Timetable. | 26 Jan 2018 |
| 28 Jan 2018 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 1 Dec 2017 |
| 5 Nov 2017 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Route and Timetable. | 8 Sept 2017 |
| 3 Sept 2017 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 7 Jul 2017 |
| 2 Apr 2017 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 3 Feb 2017 |
| 5 Feb 2017 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 8 Dec 2016 |
| 3 Apr 2016 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Route and Timetable. | 5 Feb 2016 |
| 12 Apr 2015 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 13 Feb 2015 |
| 9 Dec 2014 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Route and Timetable. | 14 Oct 2014 |
| 8 Dec 2014 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Route and Timetable. | 10 Oct 2014 |
| 27 Jun 2014 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Route and Timetable. | 23 Jun 2014 |
| 8 Jun 2014 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Route and Timetable. | 11 Apr 2014 |
| 27 May 2013 | 🆕 New service | transfer from PC0000043 | 20 Mar 2013 |
About this record
Operators must register every local bus service, every change to it and its withdrawal with a Traffic Commissioner — normally at least 42 days before it takes effect (70 days in Scotland), which is why changes appear here before they happen. This page reproduces the official record for registration PC1033334/246 from DVSA’s published data, refreshed weekly. A registration describes the legal service and can differ from the marketing route name and from the timetable actually operated.
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