The Burnley Bus Company
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Your local award winning bus company in Burnley. We run local buses around the town & beyond including #Mainline and #Witchway into Manchester. By @Transdev .
Burnley, England
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Our ladies carry a special destinaton this morning. Our thoughts & prayers with all those involved.
#WeLoveMCR
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🤩⚽️ We had
@BurnleyOfficial
greats Jim Thomson, Stan Ternent, Brian Flynn, Frank Casper, Colin Waldron on the
#Witchway
today! Bus station Manager Les & General Manager Steve caught them for a pic before their knees-up with other former players. Thanks for using the bus chaps 🙌🏻
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🙌 Thanks for following our
#PendleWizz
#LockdownLaunch
this evening.
These beauties are tucked up in our depot on Colne Road in Burnley now, ready for their debut tomorrow.
If you have an essential journey and we can wizz you there, we look forward to welcoming you on board ✨
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It’s our first ever
#LockdownLaunch
!
✨Stay tuned as we show you the
#PendleWizz
route this evening✨
First the lovely town of
#Skipton
- home to some of the best markets around and the stunning
@Skiptoncastle
🏰
Buses run hourly Mon-Sat from tomorrow
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✨Next on our
#PendleWizz
#LockdownLaunch
we’re at the
@RollsRoyceUK
factory after wizzing along the A59 towards
#Barnoldswick
It’s a handy stop for workers there and for a good round of golf at the Ghyll Golf Club across the road too!⛳️
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Update
#Witchway
our first three buses have successfully made it through Crawshawbooth to Rawtenstall to Manchester hooray 😍
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🌄Welcome to
#RibbleCountry
🌄
Together with
@LancashireCC
we're bringing you a vastly improved bus network connecting Burnley, Pendle and the Ribble Valley.
Our brand new buses make their debut today on new and improved Sunday timetables.
➡️
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✨Get ready to wizz!✨
Burnley | Colne | Barnoldswick | Skipton
#Witchway
is becoming
#PendleWizz
💫
🤩 Your new-look buses for Pendle arrive Monday 1 June. Check the times here 👉
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We’re WINNERS 🥇 at the
@UKBusAwards
! We’ve taken the top prize for putting passengers first with
#Mainline
. Thank you to our amazing team for all of your hard work! 👏 👏
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Our new
#RibbleCountry
buses have a fresh, smart new look, stylishly appointed inside and out.
💺Comfortable seating with leather headrests
ℹ️ Helpful info including printed timetables on board
❄️Air-con to keep you cool in the summer and warm in the winter
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We're delighted to have hosted
@AlysonDBarnes
Leader of
@RossendaleBC
with our
#Witchway
driver Beata, Director Vitto & Manager Steve for a preview of our
#SkyClass
fleet
Big thank you to Alyson for taking time to see the buses & enthusiastic feedback for the new
#SkyClass
spec!
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💝 On
#ValentinesDay
we are celebrating some of the great couples that work for us.
Beata was was a tram driver in Poland with Dariusz’s mum! Dariusz plucked up the courage to ask Beata out for a date and 17 happy years later they are both drivers with our Burnley team 🥰
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In
#Skipton
at the start of our
#PendleWizz
#LockdownLaunch
we’re looking forward to taking the good folk of
@skiptonbs
& other key local businesses to work 🙌
🎟 Use KCARD Extra from Barlick or closer, or a Lancashire ticket for the rest of the route 👉
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As our
#PendleWizz
#LockdownLaunch
progresses down the route we go through Foulridge and into Colne.
Make your connections on
#Mainline
to
#Nelson
. Check our journey planner to see 👉
And now we’re wizzing down the motorway to
#Burnley
🚌💨
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🤩 She’s coming.... and these are coming 👀
A limited number of bespoke
#Witchway
moquette cushions - kindly made and donated by
@camira
- will go on sale very soon, with all proceeds to
@NHSCharities
Keep following for news of how to get your hands on them from tomorrow!
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Today as bus companies share their stories with
#ThankYouBusWorkers
, we’re proud to put the spotlight on Matt & Chris ⭐️
Chris’s engineering team helped by commercial assistant Matt, put contactless machines on our buses at short notice so we could support fewer cash payments 🙌
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Today we said goodbye to Graham as he retires. Goood luck and thanks for your hard work over the years.
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👏 We are very proud of our driver Ifitker Ahmed who is a finalist for Hero of the Year in our
#AmazingAwards
on Thursday.
Ifitkar calmly dealt with an incident when a brick was thrown at the window of his busy bus travelling on the motorway.
Well done Ifitker, you're a Hero!
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Tonight our Duty Manager Adnan took our
#BurnleyHeroes
bus up to the Ashmeade Care Home in Padiham to show our support for the NHS, carers and all key workers 🙌
#ThankYouNHS
#ThankYouCarers
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🙌 Thank You All Key Workers 🙌
We’re at work, so we can take you to work too 🚏🚌💨
From Bob, Rob and Maqsood, and the rest of the team - Thank You!
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ℹ️ Due to busy buses heading into Manchester earlier today, we will run two buses on the 8pm departure from Manchester on
#Witchway
tonight. Thanks for bearing with us today. 🙏
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Hi everyone, due to the delayed kick off
@BurnleyOfficial
, we'll be running an additional bus to Rawtenstall after the game.
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Once again at Burnley here is Steve handing out bottles of water and ice creams to help keep our customers cool on this hot day.🍦🍧🍦
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Special thanks to our driver Andy, paying tribute to our fallen hero's on our behalf.
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
#ThankYouNHS
M. Zamir, Bob, Alec, Dave and Umair led the team here in applause and thanks from all of us tonight 🙌
#ClapForCarers
#clapforNHS
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Our
#RibbleCountry
64 route between Burnley, Sycamore Avenue, Sabden, Whalley and Clitheroe has a much improved timetable, as well as brand new buses 🙌
We've doubled the number of journeys Monday to Saturday to every hour, and introduced a new Sunday timetable too 🧡
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We're on our way to the show - the biggest gathering of buses in the world
@theshowbus
, with our
@Mattburley2
at the wheel!
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It’s all hands on deck here in Burnley as we get ready to run more buses again from the weekend.
Here’s Colin, our output manager, preparing buses to go back on the road with new messages to help keep well ventilated.
#CleanSafeReadytoGo
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Your Burnley-Colne-Barnoldswick-Skipton buses have a new look as
#PendleWizz
but we’ve kept loads of the things we know you love about
#Witchway
.
Like our amazing team of drivers! Andy and the rest of the team here look forward to welcoming you on board.
#LockdownLaunch
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Get to know your amazing new Mainline, tailor-made for Burnley & Pendle. Arriving at a stop near you this July!
#MakeMyMainline
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
#ThankYouNHS
and
#ThankYouAllKeyWorkers
from Peter, Sam, Jim, Adnan and the rest of the team here at Burnley. Proud to join the amazing team at Burnley General Hospital this evening 💙
#ThankYouThursday
#ThankfulThursday
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✨ Welcome to
#RibbleCountry
✨
From 2 May we'll be bringing you more buses, and better buses, for the Ribble Valley.
Read more about your 18 brand new Mercedes buses, improved timetables, higher frequency routes and extra Sunday buses here ➡️
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
#thankyouNHS
from Mick, our driver tonight, here showing our support for everyone at
@ELHT_NHS
and in the whole NHS team.
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👋 We’re putting our best face on!
Ahead of face coverings becoming compulsory for customers on our buses from 15 June, we’re putting ours on too!
Mark and Shabz - all smiles underneath - and the rest of the team here are ready to welcome you on board.
#CleanSafeReadytoGo
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Our two Witchway buses are once again prepared to work into the night with the last service from Burnley being at 23:45; they will be returning hourly from midnight until 3 am, enjoy your evening.
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Our work with
@guidedogs
has led to us to introduce next stop information to our new buses as standard, inc
#Mainline
. Helpful for everyone!
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🛍️We are so sad to hear the news about
@LoveWilko
& our support is with their team.
🚌We'd like to offer all Wilko colleagues a guaranteed interview for a driving role - we'll teach you how to drive a bus & pay for your training.
😃Join
#TeamTransdev
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
#ThankYouCarers
#ThankYouNHS
from Umair and all of the team here, at Pendleside Hospice this evening 🧡
Here’s a little sneak peek of our
#BurnleyHeroes
bus which we’ll show you more of shortly!
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We’re into
#Barnoldswick
now on our
#PendleWizz
#LockdownLaunch
where we meet
#Mainline
here near the Civic Hall.
Wherever you are around Burnley and Pendle, you know our buses with their recognisable Burnley orange fronts 😍🧡
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📢In response to news about some restrictions changing in and around Lancashire and Manchester, we can reassure you that there will be no changes to the number of buses we're running.
If you need us, we're here and we're Clean, Safe and Ready to Go 👍
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🙏 The lovely folk at
@HotelCrowwood
brought some gifts of food to our depot for our engineering and cleaning teams and for drivers at the bus station. They wanted to say thanks for our buses continuing to run for key workers.
🙌 Thank you from everyone for such a kind gesture.
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks from Ian, Abbas, Adnan and Ifti in Burnley bus station this evening, and from the rest of the team here.
#ThankYouNHS
#ThankYouCarers
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🙌
#ThankYouKeyWorkers
We’re at work, so we can take you to work too 🚏🚌💨
🚍🔧🧽💻 From all our drivers, engineers, cleaners, schedulers, and the rest of the team - Thank You!
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A very fine Thursday morning here in Burnley all our vehicles are under a fine red sky waiting for their drivers to put in service. Happy travelling
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Good morning Jack Frost has been out again so why not jump on a bus to Burnley and treat the kids to a visit to Thompson Park and ride on the miniature railway.
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Get away from the daily grind....come to Ribble Country. We're recruiting!
We’re preparing to meet thousands of new customers, with a new fleet of buses on order and arriving soon to bring a brand new look for buses across the valley.
Join us ▶️
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🧡 Together with the
@BurnleyExpress
we’ve made a lasting tribute to the NHS and everyone working hard for
#Burnley
We took our
#BurnleyHeroes
bus to Burnley Hospital to meet some of the people featured. Check if there’s anyone you know on the bus 👉
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🏆 Congratulations to driver Gary Bailey,
#Transdev2020Honours
champion for
@burnleybuses
.
👏 Gary is a long serving colleague who quietly gets on with the job, and popular with his customers. He’s really been there for us - and has been that way ever since he started in 1989.
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A new Mainline arrives from 23 July. And we think you'll really like these very special, amazing tailor-made buses!
#MakeMyMainline
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Here's something for the weekend. A throwback to where we used to be, with thanks to those who paved the way to our company of today. Thanks to Michael Banham for the picture 👍
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Look out for 421 " Pride of the North " on its maiden voyage to Manchester this morning.
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The weather means it's very windy on some exposed bits of the motorway. As a precaution our
#Witchway
double decker buses are going to be swapped for single decker buses over the next hour. If you're looking out for us, look for an orange bus instead of your usual one!
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This week has been a busy one and the hard work continues as we prepare for more buses and drivers on the road.
📸 Steve our General Manager adds new notices around the depot to help keep everyone safe in the workplace as we bring more of the team back.
#CleanSafeReadytoGo
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🙌🏻 We’ve got a great team making sure buses continue to run for key workers.
From Debbie and David here, and from everyone else in the team - a huge Thank You to all our amazing bus drivers for being on the front line and their hard work 🚌💨
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🥳 We’re celebrating our engineer Matt Grimshaw’s 40th birthday, he’s pictured with Iain Malone, our interim engineering manager.
Have a great day, Matt! 👏
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🧊 Duty manager Debbie has been out and about making sure our drivers and customers are keeping cool 👍
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😀 So do we!
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🙏 Our local MP
@antony_hig
has spoken of his strong support for our drivers in the wearing of face coverings on buses. And also given a kind message of thanks to our teams for their hard work throughout the pandemic.
📰 Read more here 👉
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Good morning the
#Witchway
is preparing to fly & we look forward to welcoming you aboard throughout the day, hope you have a great day.
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Are you on a new
#Mainline
today? You'll have to let us know what you think! Happy travels everyone 👍
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⬇️ ⬇️ PRICE DROP! NOW EVERYWHERE!
🗓From 1st Jan until 31 Mar
💸 Never pay more than £2 a ride. Anywhere to anywhere on all our buses
📲 Buy on board and on the
#TransdevGO
app!
🙌 See you on board.
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Our teams on the front line, like Umair here, and all those behind the scenes, continue to do a remarkable job. We know your appreciation means so much to them all.
Let’s keep smiling and do as our buses say: give your driver a thumbs up when you see them today 👍👍
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✨Our buses are cleaned every night, and through the day too, and we want to go further! So we’re starting to use antibacterial fog, which gets into the hard-to-reach places.
Don’t worry, the buses won’t be foggy when you get on! We’ll be doing this overnight in our garages
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#HappyBirthdayNHS
#ThankYouNHS
From Abbass and Mark, and from all the team here in Burnley 👏👏👏👏👏👏
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🌈 FLY HIGH FOR PRIDE THIS WEEKEND.
💥 BIG NEWS if you’re out this Saturday night
@ManchesterPride
🌃 Night buses are back this coming Sat 28th on
#Witchway
- we’re running FREE after midnight until 3am, departing Manchester for Rawtenstall & Burnley at 12:00, 1am, 2am & 3am.
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🖼️🟠 Welcome to
#RibbleCountry
- Coming 2 May
⬆️ We’re bringing more and better buses, and improved connections to the Ribble Valley
Find out more, along with new timetables here 👇
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With
#RibbleCountry
we're celebrating the heritage of the mighty Ribble bus company, and the community bus network they introduced around the Ribble Valley.
In appreciation of regular driver Betty Gray,
the bus was nicknamed ‘Betty's Bus’ by customers.
📸Eddie Leslie on Flickr
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🚊❌ Metrolink on the blink?
Join us on
#Witchway
and go SKY CLASS between Manchester and Prestwich - buses every 20 minutes.
Get times and tickets at
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👏
#ThankYouNHS
from the
#Witchway
driver John and everyone here at The Burnley Bus Company.
Our buses will pause at 8pm this evening so our drivers and customers can
#ClapforNHS
. Thank you for all that you do, for all of us 🙌
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Today, as our small act of gratitude, we are pleased to welcome all those serving in the armed forces, and veterans, on board any of our buses for free all day. Just show ID.
#WeWillRememberThem
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💓It's
#ValentinesDay
competition time💓
We've teamed up with Kathleen's Florists and you could win a beautiful bouquet 12 red roses! To enter:
🧡 Like this tweet
🔄Retweet it too... that's it!
*to enter you need to live close to Burnley for delivery of the prize.
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A very FINE Monday morning all our vehicles are ready and waiting to take you on your travels this morning Happy Travelling
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Get the
#BigBurnleyBusBash
in your diary - fun for all as we raise money for
@HelpforHeroes
on 23 July at Queensgate
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👏 We are very proud of one of our duty managers Debbie Barton who is a finalist for Hero of the Year in our
#AmazingAwards
on Thursday.
Debbie helped a young woman who was suffering a medical emergency.
Well done Debbie, you're a Hero!
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Iftikar and Zahid will be driving the two late buses tonight giving you the perfect end to a perfect evening, with a stress free relaxing journey home.
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There’s plenty changing in the world right now, but we’ll be here to get you there at the same time tomorrow - clean, safe and ready to go 🧡
Check times at or on the
#TransdevGo
app 🙌
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Good morning everyone, welcome to a new week. Our fleet starting to get ready for your traveling needs. We look forward to welcoming you on board.
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👏 We are very proud of our driver Mick Cummings who is a finalist for Hero of the Year in our Amazing Awards on Thursday.
An elderly passenger slipped & suffered an injury on Mick’s bus, he took great care of her & later visited her in hospital.
Well done Mick, you're a Hero!
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We can't wait to see you... Our final preparations are now underway. Your new
#Mainline
arrives on Sunday.
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