Stagecoach’s new Winter edition of the Lakes Guide, valid from 4th November, sees a number of changes to timetables, including the 555 and 755 that link Lancaster and Morecambe to the Central Lakes.
Service 555 Lancaster-Keswick
As usual, the additional journeys that operate via the M6 between Lancaster and Kendal are withdrawn for the winter period. This includes the Sunday morning and afternoon journeys that ran for the first time this summer. Again as is usual, the winter Sunday timetable sees extra buses at 08.20 from Kendal to Lancaster and 18.45 return, both running via the motorway.
On Monday to Saturday, the 05.40 Kendal to Lancaster bus runs five minutes earlier and arrives Lancaster at 06.56. The 07.05 Lancaster to Keswick bus leaves Lancaster runs five minutes earlier at 07.00 but has extra running time so that arrival times at Kendal (08.27) and Keswick (10.08) are unchanged.
There are also new evening journeys funded by Westmorland & Furness Council. The 18.30 bus from Keswick to Kendal is extended to Lancaster, leaving Kendal at 2015 and arriving at 21.26. There is also a new bus at 21.30 from Lancaster that arrives in Kendal at 2241.
The new 555 timetable is on this link
Service 755 (Heysham (Ocean Edge) – Bowness-on-Windermere
The changes to the 755 are more radical. In recent years this service has been almost unique in having a seven-day-a-week timetable, with very little variation between Mondays to Fridays and weekends. It has also remained largely unchanged since being extended at the Heysham end to Ocean Edge in 2021.
Now there are separate Monday to Friday and Saturday & Sunday timetables with buses running at different times.
On Monday to Friday there is an extra journey at 11.05 from Ocean Edge to Euston Road and the 13.50 from Ocean Edge to Euston Road is extended to Bowness in school holidays. Also in school holidays, the 16.15 Morecambe to Bowness bus will start back from Ocean Edge at 15.50. The journeys at 16.50 and 19.05 from Ocean Edge are withdrawn and replaced by a journey to Euston Road at 18.05
The 09.45 Kendal to Morecambe bus is extended to Ocean Edge, arriving at 11.03.
The 16.27 Euston Road to Ocean Edge is withdrawn.
In Lancashire school holidays there is a new journey at 16.05 from Bowness to Ocean Edge. On schooldays this will start from Euston Road at 17.37.
The Saturday and Sunday timetables are completely different and the full
755 service is shown on this link.
Full details of all Stagecoach services in the central Lakes area are shown in the new guide and a copy can be seen at this link: Lakes Guide Winter 2024-5
Copies are also available at Lancaster bus station and on board the 555 bus.
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