Connecting your transport

CARNFORTH Connect is the name of a new transport project covering the rural areas of North Lancashire and South Cumbria. It is the first of its kind in the country and makes use of the latest technology in order to tackle the problems traditionally associated with public transport.
The main features include a staffed travel office, open between 7am and 11.30pm Mondays to Saturdays, and from 9.30am to 9pm on Sundays.
The travel office is the control centre of the project. Because it has access to real time information, it can hold up connecting buses so that they meet late trains. The office sells rail tickets, liaises with transport operators, and generally provides a point of contact and assistance for the public.
Three new bus services will operate under the Carnforth Connect banner. Line one runs from Carnforth Station to Milnthorpe and Ackenthwaite via Warton, Yealand Conyers, Yealand Redmayne and Beetham.
Line two will run from Carnforth to Kirkby Lonsdale via Gressingham and Whittington.
Line three will run from Kirkby Lonsdale to Wennington Station. The services will be timed so that they connect with rail services and they will make use of new bus stops and new easy access low floor buses.
In addition, the existing Silverdale Shuttle will come under the control of the Carnforth Connect office.
Some buses will also be able to deviate from their normal route in order to pick up passengers that would find it hard to get to a bus stop in the more rural areas.
Also being introduced, firstly onto the Silverdale Shuttle service, are Rural Intelligent Bus Stops (RIBS).
These stops are linked by radio to the bus drivers and the Carnforth Connect office informs passengers if their bus is delayed and by how long.
RIBS will be expanded to cover other routes throughout 2002.
Other features of the project include new and improved bus waiting facilities at Carnforth Station, secure cycle parking and improved security using CCTV
Lancashire County Council is totally committed to the three-year project, which is thought to be the first of its kind and scale in the country.
It is hoped that Carnforth Connect will begin to restore the public's confidence in bus and rail travel and encourage them to make more use of thei r local services.

The Carnforth Connect office based at the station.

Donna AdlerConnor, senior service co-ordinator at Carnforth Connect.

INTRODUCING The Carnforth Connect Project     FROM 21 JANUARY 2002 The Carnforth Connect is the name given to an integrated transport project covering the rural areas of North Lancashire and South Cumbria and will be phased in from January 2002 onwards. Carnforth connect alms to tackle four key problems encountered by public transport, namely Information; Passenger facilities, Co-ordination of services and Personal safety. How will this he achieved? The project will provide the following facilities A staffed Travel Office providing information, tickets and real time bus and rail Information The sale of rail tickets. New demand responsive bus services fromCarnforth, timed to connect with train services, using low floor easy access buses Improved co-ordination of the Silverdale Shuttle New and improved bus waiting facilities at Carnforth Station Secure cycle parking facility "Intelligent" bus stops providing real time information Improved security using CCTV Through rail to bus ticketing The first phase of the project will consist of the opening of the Travel Office at Carnforth Station along with the provision of real time Information for the Silverdale Shuttle service. We look forward to meeting you in the near future. The Carnforth Connect office can also be contacted on 01524 734311

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