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The Witch Way

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In September 2006, the driver of an X43 on the M60 motorway fell unconscious while the vehicle was moving. Irene King, a 47-year-old passenger, was able to take over control of the bus to prevent a serious accident. She won several awards for this action, including an award for Outstanding Bravery at
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In May 2020, it was announced that the X43 would be curtailed to Burnley. A new service, branded Pendle Wizz, was introduced between Burnley and Skipton, following the same route as the X43. In April 2023, Pendle Wizz was replaced by the introduction of service M6 – an expansion to Burnley's Mainline
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On 1 May 2016 the route saw several changes. Faster buses were introduced at peak time between Manchester and Burnley, and the route was extended twice an hour beyond Burnley to Skipton via the M65 and Colne. Nelson, however, is no longer served by off-peak X43 buses, although services remain during
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In October 2011, the Witch Way services underwent a revamp with an increase in journeys between Burnley and Manchester, running every 15 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime, but with a reduction between Nelson and Manchester to every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime. Route X44, which differed from the
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coaches, but was cancelled after a year because of low patronage. In early 2002, route X43 journeys which extended beyond Manchester to the Trafford Centre were renumbered to X42 to distinguish them from the short workings. This pattern continued until the August 2005 rebranding, when the extension
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in January 2006. During the first six months after the new vehicles were introduced, passenger numbers on the remaining section of route increased by 24.1%, with total passenger numbers up by 16.1%. The route was shortlisted for a UK Bus Award in October 2006, going on to win the Viacom Outdoor Bus
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double-deck vehicles were introduced to the route. These buses are fitted to the company's Sky Class specification, and are dedicatedly branded for the route in a two-tone orange and black livery. Features include free WiFi, USB and wireless charging, group seating with tables, individual seating
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In August 2005, the route was upgraded with new vehicles and rebranded as The Witch Way. The service frequency was increased to every 20 minutes, with a Saturday frequency of every 30 minutes and a Sunday frequency of one bus per hour, while the extension to the Trafford Centre was withdrawn. The
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There has been five alternative routes similar to route X43 operated in the past. When route X43 was diverted away from Bury in 1978, some journeys continued to serve the town. These were numbered 743 and were operated by Ribble Motor Services with a mixture of coaches and buses. Route X43's
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on summer Sundays. This proved relatively successful, and the single-deck coach initially used was replaced by a double-decker. It continued to operate into 2003, but was withdrawn at the end of September. Fares on the route increased by 30% in the two years up to August 2004, prompting some
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between Rawtenstall and the M66 motorway. This allowed commuters and shoppers to travel to/from Manchester with the service running several journeys during the day Mondays to Saturdays. The service was partly replaced by route X8, which ran between Burnley,
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used its Charterplan coaching subsidiary to compete with route X43 between Manchester and Burnley. The competition ended in 1994 following Stagecoach's withdrawal from route 192. Stagecoach went on to acquire the southern half of GM Buses in February 1996.
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bodied Volvo B7TLs entering service. These buses carried a red, grey and black livery dedicatedly branded for the route and were installed with high-specification interiors, including coach-style leather seats. They were also each named after the
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were later introduced to replace the Olympians. The route was briefly operated with articulated coaches in 1996, but this proved short-lived owing to restrictions on their use in Rawtenstall, with services returning to Javelin operation.
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The Javelins were transferred away from the route shortly prior to Stagecoach's sale of the operation to Transdev, and the service was briefly operated with 15-year-old Leyland Olympians. In July 2001, a fleet of 15 new
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section of route between Nelson and Colne was also abandoned, prompting criticism from local councillors, although the parallel "Mainline" routes 20-29 were increased in frequency to partially replace these journeys.
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name, arrived a year later. The route branding was replaced by Stagecoach's corporate image of white with red, orange and blue stripes following their takeover of Ribble Motor Services in 1989.
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infrequent extension to Skipton was also transferred onto route 743. The route was withdrawn in 1985 due to a fall in passenger numbers which coincided with the rebranding of the main route as
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Stagecoach would rebrand the X43 and introduce a new set of Leyland Olympians in response to the competition from Charterplan in 1992. The route was marketed as
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passengers to abandon the route in favour of a car-sharing scheme. Despite this, the route saw an average of 12% yearly growth between 2001 and 2004.
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from the 17th century. Coinciding with the high-specification nature, the service was advertised with the slogan "business class as standard".
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briefly competed with Stagecoach on the route. During its history it has served several places no longer on the present route, including
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The service was rebranded as The Witch Way in 2005 to coincide with the introduction of new vehicles. It had previously been branded as
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In August 2005, the route was again re-launched alongside its new brand identity – "The Witch Way" – with 16 new
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In October 2020, a blue SUV pulled out from a side in front of an X43 travelling along the A682 near
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was withdrawn. The most recent variation was route X44, which ran until October 2011. It ran via
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Route X43 currently runs between Burnley and Manchester, serving the intermediate communities of
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was introduced; these services had already operated, but had previously used route number 872.
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and Burnley was introduced in 2002, taking the number X45. It was operated with route branded
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Hesketh, Peter (September 2004). "A vision for Lancashire: Blazefield three years on".
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Marshall, Roy (2008). "From White Ladies to Black Witches". In Stewart J. Brown (ed.).
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upstairs, an on-board library and audio-visual next stop announcements, voiced by
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Millar, Alan (October 2005). "Every witch way but Colne in Blazefield relaunch".
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In November 2013, new vehicles were introduced to the route, in the form of 15
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The route has operated continuously since 1948. It was previously operated by
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and before then was unbranded. Between 1982 and 1986 the route was known as
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was involved in a crash with a car travelling in the opposite direction in
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In 1984 the route was converted to double-deck operation using new
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For a short time in the late 1990s, the route operated through to
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and Manchester. In the early 1950s it was extended to start from
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motorways, and connects two notable educational establishments:
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of a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction to the bus.
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Route X43 was initially served with a mixture of double-deck
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Stagecoach's operations in the Burnley area were sold to the
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Stagecoach Holdings plc and Lancaster City Transport Limited
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Burnley & Pendle Travel Ltd – a Blazefield Company
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Booth, Gavin (1994). "Three big groups: Stagecoach".
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In November 1999, a bus travelling on the route from
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is the branding for long-standing English bus route
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In 1992, in response to competition on 749:in 1948, replacing another route between 1622: 1569: 1446: 1444: 1244: 1083: 1068: 940: 921: 902: 798: 2106:"Bus life-saver's night with the stars" 1898:"Better buses in Burnley from 16 April" 1795: 1600:"Upmarket deckers for Burnley services" 1578: 933:leaving Transdev's Queensgate depot in 687:. The service is currently operated by 2964: 2074:"Driver trapped in collision with bus" 1631: 1589: 1450: 1300: 1168:'s route X35, which was extended from 843:regular route by additionally serving 839:Marketing Campaign of the Year award. 2189: 2007:New buses in ÂŁ3m Witch Way investment 1441: 1285: 2916: 1301:Tooher, Patrick (26 February 1996). 875:. 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Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC
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Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC
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