A few questions about St Annes-on-sea

[jednick]

I'm getting the 04.52 service from St Annes-on-sea station to Preston on my way to Dumfries next Wednesday,

The first question is, why are the first 3 or 4 services of the day always run by replacement buses? This always seems to be the case, it's not engineering works as far as I can tell, it's a year-round thing.

Secondly, from where exactly outside St Annes station will the bus depart from, is it obvious where that will be?

Lastly, is there any way of checking live departure times for this bus, or does anyone know if it usually runs on time? (I have a 15 minute wait at Preston for my booked train to Carlisle, I'm scared I'll miss it).

 

[30907]

Electrification work berween Kirkham and Preston.

St Annes only has one entrance, so there should be no problem finding the bus stop. There should be a poster at the station if the stop isnt in the car park.

Given that the bus is allowed 25 minutes from Kirkham I'd be extremely surprised if it arrived late at Preston, especially at that time of day!

 

[yorkie]

(I have a 15 minute wait at Preston for my booked train to Carlisle, I'm scared I'll miss it).

I am struggling to see this itinerary.

The itinerary I get is:

0452 St Annes
0550 Preston

0640 Preston
0749 Carlisle

0815 Carlisle
0852 Dumfries
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It would take a huge delay to miss the connection, so it would appear to be extremely unlikely. You'd get 100% of the cost of the ticket back in Delay Repay in that rather unlikely event.

 

[jednick]

Thanks 30907, that's really helpful.

Hope you have a good evening.

 

[jednick]

Hi Yorkie, thanks, you're right. I have about 50 minutes wait at Preston, I just checked, and the itinerary you give is correct for my ticket. I booked it over a month ago and was going by memory.