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| 2005:
May-August |
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August 30th 2005 |
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| BACK
ON THE ROAD
VOLVO OLYMPIAN No. 17 is back on the road..
The vehicle resummed services late last week and is mainly
to be found operating TRACK 19 along with fellow Volvo OLYMPIANS
16 and 18.
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August 23rd 2005 |
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| MANAGING
DIRECTOR SPEAKS
FOLLOWING THE RECENT report in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph
concerning the 'sell-off' of Blackburn Transport, Managing
Director Michael Morton has written a letter to the paper......
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August 17th 2005 |
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| BLACKBURN
TRANSPORT FOR SALE?????
AN ARTICLE IN TONIGHT'S Lancashire Evening Telegraph newspaper
claims that Blackburn Transport is up for sale.
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August 14th 2005 |
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| MAINTENANCE
DEPT UPDATE
DENNIS TRIDENT No. 5 is now back on the road, whilst Volvo
OLYMPIAN No. 17 is still in the maintenance dept.
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August 6th 2005 |
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and 212 IN SERVICE ON MONDAY
WRIGHT/VOLVO B10BLE No.'s 205 and 211 will be entering service
on Monday 8th August.
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August 3rd 2005 |
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| VOLVOS
B10s
WRIGHT/VOLVO B10BLE No.'s 205 and 211 today arrived back at
Intack depot.
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August 1st 2005 |
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| TRACK
1 GOES LOW FLOOR
TRACK 1 went 100% Low Floor operational yesterday.
With the introduction of the new Wright/Volvo B10BLE vehicles,
TRACK 1 is now entirely operated by Low Floor Easy Access
vehicles.
TRACK 19 Feniscowles is now being operated by the Volvo Olympians
No's 16-18. |
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July 29th 2005 |
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| VOLVOS
201-204 READY FOR SERVICE
THE WRIGHT/VOLVO B10BLEs, ready for service, were lined-up
for inspection at Intack today.
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July 29th 2005 |
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| VEHICLE
UPDATE
The new EasiAcess logo has been unveiled on the Wright/Volvos
due to enter service on Monday
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July 5th 2005 |
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| MORE
B10BLEs TO ARRIVE
TWO FURTHER Wright/Volvo B10BLE vehicles have been purchased
from Ambassador Travel. |
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June 22nd 2005 |
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| VOLVO
201-205 ARRIVE AT INTACK
THE FIVE EX-AMBASSADOR TRAVEL Wright/Volvo B10BLEs arrived
at Intack today.... |
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June 22nd 2005 |
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81 IN THE PAINTSHOP
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN No.81 is currently in the paintshop. |
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June 21st 2005 |
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| WHEREABOUTS
OF OLYMPIANS 28 and 29
FOLLOWING SEVERAL requests for info on the whereabouts of
Olympians No.'s 28 and 29...... |
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June 17th 2005 |
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| VOLVOs
No.'s 418-422 WITHDRAWAL
FURTHER TO THE news story from 14th June. The Five Volvo D10M's
No.'s 418-422 will be taken out of service on 23rd July. |
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June 14th 2005 |
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| TITANS
TO RECEIVE SCHOOLS+ LIVERY
LEYLAND TITAN No.90 will go into the paintshop during the
summer to receive the Schools+ livery. |
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June 14th 2005 |
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| VOLVO
B10M's UP FOR SALE
THE FIVE EAST LANCS bodied Volvo B10M vehicles are to be taken
out of service and offered for sale... |
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June 8th 2005 |
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| FORMER
VEHICLES UP FOR SALE
TWO FORMER Blackburn buses currently in preservation are up
for sale. |
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June 8th 2005 |
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FLEET UPDATE
LEYLAND TITANS No.'s 97, 98 and 100 are to go back into service
from Monday 13th June, and the remaining ex-London Optare
Metroriders No.'s 611-615 are being withdrawn from service. |
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June 7th 2005 |
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MORE WRIGHT/VOLVOS PURCHASED
A FURTHER FIVE Wright bodied Volvo B10BLE low-floor single-deck
vehicles have been purchased. |
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May 5th 2005 |
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TRIDENT RE-REGISTERING
AT 6 o'CLOCK TONIGHT the five Dennis Tridents, No.'s 1-5,
had their registrations changed as per our news story of 18th
April... |
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