1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162 
More motorway , journey cuts
Page 29
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Journey times on Ribble express coach services from Manchester to Scotland were cut last week by further utilization of motorways. The M6 extension north of Carnforth to Carlisle is now being used for the X10 service to Edinburgh. Starting from Manchester and picking up in Pendlebury, Bolton, Horwich, Adlington and Chorley, the re-routeing of this service on to the motorway has led to a li-hour reduction in the journey time.
A new Ribble motorway express service starting today (Friday) trims more than 2 hours off the journey to Glasgow from Manchester and Bolton. This service leaves Manchester at 1600 hours on Fridays and Sundays and, arrives in Glasgow at 22.50. The return trip leaves Glasgow at 1500 hours on both days arriving in Manchester at 21.50. Apart from refreshment halts the Ribble coaches using M20 are now to run non-stop between Bolton and Preston. Preston and Carlisle and Carlisle and Glasgow.
Ribble has also started a new motorway express service from Morecambe to Glasgow in conjunction with Western SMT. From June 26 Ribble will also be operating an extra service on Saturdays throughout the summer from Morecambe to Edinburgh. This service will travel on M6 reducing the journey time to Scotland by about hours.