Regional Operators
There are no coach operators running services exclusively within the Accrington area, the closest place would be Burnley.
National Operators within the Accrington Region
National Express
https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Provides a coach service from Burnley Centre.
This service runs to Manchester Airport, or Manchester City Football Club locally. Then provide locations like Bath, Belfast, Chester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, and Newcastle, Blackpool, Northampton.
Help with cost
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National Express Senior Coachcard
If you’re 60 or over, you can apply for a National Express Senior Coachcard. It offers a 1/3 saving on Standard and Fully Flexible fares to hundreds of towns, cities, and airports across the UK.
There’s are no restrictions on peak and off-peak travel times, so you can travel when it suits you and your plans. This includes public holidays, bank holidays and weekends. Benefits include:
- Save 1/3 on Standard and Fully Flexible fares, even at peak times.
- £15 day-return on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays to anywhere in the UK (excluding airports), just book 3 days in advance of your travel.
- Free journey if your coach is delayed for over an hour
Apply for a card on their website, by phone or at any National Express ticket outlet
0871 781 8181
Planning a journey
National express
Book tickets online of via ticket office.
Assisted Travel Team also available to talk through any need on 03717 818181 (lines open 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week), or email us using our assisted travel form.
National Express have created a selection of journey assistance cards for passengers. These explain to staff and drivers any need for assistance or exemptions from requirements, eg, if you have a hearing impediment. They can be downloaded here: https://www.nationalexpress.com/media/3122/assisted-travel-cards.pdf
Help by phone
If you need help to plan a journey, traveline’s national call centre can be contacted on 0871 200 2233 between 07.00 and 10.00 seven days a week (more limited hours at Christmas/New Year). Calls cost 12p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge.
Travelling with Mobility Equipment
National Express
Have a dedicated Assisted Travel Team who you can contact on 03717 818181 to talk through your needs. It isn’t a requirement to book your assistance in advance, but it will help to provide your assistance if you let them know.
Coaches are equipped with a wheelchair lift. However, it can’t be deployed at all stops, so it’s best to check in advance if your stop is accessible.
Wheelchair users are advised to book travel in advance, although this is not essential. This will allow them to carry out the following:
- that the wheelchair is compatible with the space on the coach
- that the combined weight of the customer and the wheelchair do not exceed the maximum weight capacity of being lifted by the wheelchair lift
- that the locations at which the customer plans to board and alight the coach from are accessible stops at which the wheelchair lift can be deployed
- that the specific coach on which the customer plans to travel is not already fully booked
It is recommended that you contact them 36 hours in advance of travel on the telephone number above. This will ensure we are able to carry out these checks. If you book same-day travel, they will make all reasonable efforts to carry out these checks on the day.
Customers cannot travel in their mobility scooters, however small lightweight mobility scooters that can be dismantled and safely stowed in the luggage hold of the coach are accepted.
In order to check if your scooter will be accepted, you will need to give details of the size, make and model of the mobility scooter you will be travelling with. You will be advised
either at the time of booking or by calling you back, about the suitability of your mobility scooter for carriage in the luggage hold.
Assistance Dogs
Are accepted on National Express services.
You just need to contact the Customer Service at the latest 36 hours before departure.