Burnley Bus Station serves the town of Burnley

Burnley

Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....

, Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The bus station was funded by both the Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. It currently consists of 84 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, who won control of the council in the local council elections in June 2009, ending 28 years of...

 and Burnley Borough Council

Burnley (borough)

Burnley is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a non-metropolitan district and borough. It has an area of and a population of , and is named for its largest town, Burnley. The borough is bounded by Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Pendle, Rossendale — all in Lancashire...

. The station was re-built in 2002 at a cost of £3m and consists of 11 stands, a travel centre and electronic passenger boards. It was designed by SBS Architects.

Services

The main operators from the bus station are Burnley & Pendle

Burnley & Pendle

Transdev Burnley & Pendle is a bus operator running within the boroughs of Burnley and Pendle, and into the surrounding areas including Accrington, Keighley and the high profile express service to Manchester...

 and Lancashire United

Lancashire United

Transdev Lancashire United is an English bus operator, running mainly in and around the boroughs of Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley. The company was founded in April 2001 following the buyout of Stagecoach Ribble by Blazefield Holdings and has since overcome other operators...

, who are both owned by Transdev

Transdev

Transdev was a major international public transport group based in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France and operating in several countries. Originally created as Société centrale pour l'équipement du territoire in 1955 and developing transportation activities since 1973, Transdev was a subsidiary...

, First West Yorkshire

First West Yorkshire

First West Yorkshire is the trading name of the four First bus companies serving the area of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...

, Rossendalebus

Rossendale Transport

Rossendale Transport is a bus operator running within the Borough of Rossendale and into surrounding areas, including Rochdale, Bury, Manchester, Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn and Todmorden...

, M & M Coaches, Pennine Motor Services, Pilkingtons Buses and Tyrer Bus.

Buses travel from bus station around the Burnley and Pendle

Pendle

Pendle is a local government district and borough of Lancashire, England. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble Valley, the North Yorkshire district of Craven and the West Yorkshire districts of Calderdale and the City of Bradford...

 area and as far afield as Accrington

Accrington

Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, north of Manchester city centre and is situated on the mostly culverted River Hyndburn...

, Blackburn, Preston, Skipton

Skipton

Skipton is a market town and civil parish within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located along the course of both the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire, on the south side of the Yorkshire Dales, northwest of Bradford and west of York...

, Keighley

Keighley

Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the River Aire and the River Worth...

, Halifax

Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...

, Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

, Bury

Bury

Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...

, Rochdale

Rochdale

Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan...

 and, on routes X8 and X43

The Witch Way

The Witch Way is the current name for the long-standing bus route X43, which runs between Manchester and Nelson, England. The service is currently operated by Transdev Burnley & Pendle.The route has operated continuously since 1948...

 to Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

.

The bus services that use Burnley bus station and its Stand Letter are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)

No.	Operator	Destination	Stand
1	Burnley and Pendle	Todmorden via Pike Hill and Portsmouth	61
		Pike Hill	62
		Stoops Estate	8
1A	Burnley and Pendle	Worsthorne via Pike Hill	63
1B	Burnley and Pendle	Burnley via Stoops Estate, Bleak House and Summit	83
2	Burnley and Pendle	Higherford via Burnley General Hospital, Marsden Cross and Nelson	1
		Worsthorne via Pike Hill	6
3	Tyrer Bus	Healey Wood	7
		Clifton Farm	9
4 5	Burnley and Pendle	Nelson (5) via Burnley General Hospital and Harle Syke	1
		Rose Grove	8
6	Burnley and Pendle	Bleak House via Summit	7
6B	Burnley and Pendle	Burnley via Summit, Bleak House and Stoops Estate	73
8	Burnley and Pendle	Bury via Weir, Bacup and Rawtenstall	9
9	Burnley and Pendle	Accrington via Hapton	51
20	Burnley and Pendle	Altham via Padiham	4
21	M & M Coaches	Padiham Memorial Park	41
21	Burnley and Pendle	Trawden via Nelson and Colne	2
22	Burnley and Pendle	Padiham Slade Lane	4
23	Burnley and Pendle	Accrington via Padiham and Hapton	4
24	Burnley and Pendle	Colne via Nelson	2
25	Burnley and Pendle	Keighley via Nelson, Colne, Cowling and Airedale Hospital	2
26 27	Burnley and Pendle	Clitheroe via Padiham, Sabden (27) and Whalley	4
28 29 30	Burnley and Pendle	Skipton via Nelson, Colne, Earby (28/30) and Barnoldswick (28/29)	2
63	Pilkington Bus	Accrington via Hapton	54
65	Tyrer Bus	Burnley General Hospital via Padiham, Nelson and Harle Syke	9
95	Tyrer Bus	Colne via Burnley General Hospital and Nelson	6
152	Lancashire United	Preston via Padiham, Rishton, Blackburn, Feniscowles and Higher Walton	4
215	Pennine	Skipton via Nelson, Colne, Earby and Barnoldswick	3
273	Rossendalebus	Bolton via Water, Newchurch, Rawtenstall, Edenfield, Ramsbottom and Tonge Moor	9
483	Rossendalebus	Bury via Water, Newchurch, Rawtenstall, Edenfield and Walmersley	9
484	Rossendalebus	Bury via Hapton, Accrington, Haslingden, Edenfield, Ramsbottom and Walmersley	52
517	First West Yorkshire	Halifax via Blackshaw Head and Hebden Bridge	62
521	M & M Coaches	Accrington via Padiham	41
589	First West Yorkshire	Rochdale via Portsmouth, Todmorden, Walsden and Littleborough	6
592	First West Yorkshire	Halifax via Portsmouth, Todmorden and Hebden Bridge	6
X8	Burnley and Pendle	Manchester Shudehill via Weir, Bacup, Rawtenstall, Edenfield and Bowker Vale	91
X43	Burnley and Pendle	Nelson	3
		Manchester Chorlton Street via Crawshawbooth, Rawtenstall and Prestwich	7

Notes:

• Burnley and Pendle services 20 to 30 interwork at Burnley bus station to provide through journeys between Padiham and Colne

  1	Weekdays only
  2	Saturdays only
  3	Evenings and Sundays only
  4	Schooldays only

External links

• Burnley bus station - Lancashire County Council