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I think it's a good idea to split this article into sections, instead of having all information on LUT squashed into 'Lancashire United - 2001 onwards'
Sections could include
More knowledge would be welcome from anyone here, and I have already sectionned 'Awards' and 'Bus Types'.
It just makes the article tidier. Lradrama 21:19, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, that's a good idea - it looks...well...awkward there in the middle of the modern day Lancashire United article. Yes.
(i won't be able to make many changes in the next three days - i'll be on a theatre trip, but i'll get to it good and proper after that.) Lradrama 14:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I've now split up the article a bit, and when i've got more time, i'll see if it can be improved, OR, someone else can do it Lradrama 18:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Though it'd be nice to have an LUT info. box, and i've put it on.
I've moved the logo here.
If you have any comments on it, put them here. Lradrama 19:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks to 210.0.201.145 (Talk) for fixing the logo image at the top of the box. Lradrama 12:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Lancashire United have recently got some brand new buses - don't know exactly what they are yet though. I'm going to create a new section stating the history of the fleet - there's lots that can go in there. Lradrama 13:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
The Lancashire United fleetlist (i.e. the buses that've always belonged to LUT) are just a typed list. As such, the former Blackburn Transport fleetlist is in a table. It'd be better if both fleet lists were the same. Lradrama 14:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
We need to be careful with the information about Lancashire United's new 'SPOT ON' routes. Going through the article today, there were three paragraphs in different places in the article, giving the same detailed descriptions of 'Spot On'. I think we'll just keep the info in the 'Present day' section of the article.
If anyone has any other ideas, please don't hesitate to come forward, and put forward your opinions here. With regards, Lradrama 08:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know if there's an up-to-date Lancashire United fleetlist on the internet? Anywhere? Because it would be really useful for making progress with the article. I know books are good, but the company change their fleet seemingly every few months so it's not that brilliant. Please reply here, many thanks, Lradrama 09:36, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
The MPDs in Spot on Route 2 branding are 663, 664, 665, and 667, and the branding is in green hope this is of help--86.150.170.25 (talk) 00:09, 14 February 2008 (UTC)ewood.eddie
The 6 Optare versas seemed to have arrived in blackburn, i saw one on 03/03/08 in white unbranded spot on livery on driver training dutys, bit overdue but as soon as these enter service i'll update the Optare versa section in the fleetlist.David Graham (talk) 17:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Saw an ex Blackburn Transprt Transbus dart today in a brown variation of the spot on livery and its interiors refurbished, also saw an ex burnley and pendle Transbus dart also refurbished operating Spot On route 21. David Graham(talk) 14:45, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
One MetroRider? they still operate some of the ex-Blackburn Transport lot and some from northern blue/Accrington Transport, these can now be found operating around accrington while one of these still retains its Blackburn Transport livery and used as a staff bus.David Graham (talk) 13:21, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Went past the mannor sutton st depot on 16th may and saw what seemed to be a Wright eclipse urban painted in a black, red and silver lancashire way style livery, this could either been transferred from Harrogate and District swapping the geminis that was badly damaged or one of the buses from burnley and pendle that is mentioned in the article, i'll update when i find out more.David Graham (talk) 13:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
There were two plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs ex Yorkshire coastliner still in Y C livery but with lettering removed parked up in the yard at Manner Sutton Sreet on thursday 11th September 2008.--Ewood.eddie (talk) 18:18, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
I've also saw a bus pull out of the garage at Mannor Sutton st on 5th September 2008 in what seemed to be a blue livery, i think it may have been one of the ex-tyrer DAFs, has anyone got any info on this?David Graham (talk) 20:33, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Now this is something I didn't know about! (And that, I might add, is quite rare ;-) )
Have we any references or anything? Maybe it's pointless asking because 80% of the time, I'm the only user who uses this talkpage. :-S Lradrama 13:57, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
This article contains loads of unreferenced material and uncertain facts "Approx 164 buses", "About 4 of these are in green..." - history, services, current fleet and liveries all lack citations. How can anyone trust this material? Current fleet missing vital numbers eg how many ECW Leyland Olympians are there?? And Optare Versa description seems to be in wrong place. Needs sourced facts, not speculation, guesses or conjecture.81.151.203.219 (talk) 22:17, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Unfortunately other websites just rely on people's observations and conjecture too, and "bus handbooks" are always out of date before they are published, particularly with a fleet like LU that changes so much. I think one approach is to at least provide photographic evidence of vehicles in different liveries, also route info. is online at various places - LU website, BwD BC website, LCC website, VOSA (Traffic Commissioners) etc. Wonder if contacting LU themselves will yeild a fleet list? All we need is hard facts, and sources!149.254.192.192 (talk) 09:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Regarding Lradramas comments about my contributions to this artical I sincerely apologies for the lack of refferences and replys, I have a history with Blackburn Transport, I did a modern apprentice in admin with them in 2002 - 2003 before they got taken over and I was very enthusiastic into their fleet, services and oprations, I gathered fleet details from the old company website, enthusiasts sites and I read BUSES magazine every month though I have'nt read the mag for a few months until now so I have almost clear knowledge of their fleet history plus I travelled with this company all my life and still do, some drivers still know me.
As for the fleet list and refference I had added, I digged as deep as could on the internet and is the best i could do, obviously its not 100% perfect but to me it looks more or less official. I will continue to update the fleet section the best i can and find more refferences. I would also like to thank everyones support to this artical especialy Lradrama. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David Graham (talk • contribs) 15:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I have finally got some photographs into the article! About time! I took these today while I was in Accrington, and I think the article is now starting to really look great. Everyone keep up the good work! :-) Lradrama 15:38, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Has anyone got a photo of a Volvo B7RLE in Ribble Valley express livery? i cant find it anywhere on the web.David Graham (talk) 20:02, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
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I have added a new section on the artical detailing fares, I have just rearranged it into a table to make it easier to follow and makes the section look less cluttered, hope you like it.David Graham (talk) 20:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I've now added a gallery in Wikimedia Commons (www.wikimedia.org) to put the photographs in, so they can be used on all Wiki-projects.
Anyone else who uploads new photographs may want to do the same. Click here to look at the gallery. Lradrama 15:46, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
There seems to be a slight problem with the images Lradrama has uploaded on the Commons. I have notified them on their talk page. Apart from that, they are very good! Thanks, -- Arriva436 (talk) 19:35, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Should we remove the image of the Optare metrorider in the now obsolete Blackburn transport livery? I think all of these buses now wear a plain white livery.David Graham (talk) 18:44, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
I've added some information on some service changes from june 2008 before i change details on the route lists, may give people an insight to how the services will change, this is tempory however.David Graham (talk) 15:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone think this article desrves a rating? theres so much work done on this, similar and smaller articles have been given at least a Low rating, and should be at least a B rating on the quality scale.David Graham (talk) 18:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I just want to thank user:Nev1 for rating this article, this article needed a decent rating. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David Graham (talk • contribs) 10:57, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello everybody. Recently, an IP address contributed to the article, and made what I thought were some good changes, although some of what he/she did wasn't because it was written like an advertisement. That is not allowed on Wikipedia. Please see this diff - the yellow text on the left is what I removed. However, is what was written true? And if it is, it can be written back into the article, but in a way that makes it less like an advert. Thanks everybody, Lradrama 12:14, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Keep up the good work guys, I'm not going to be around much longer to develop this article, but I'm proud of what it has turned into since I started work on it. Lradrama 23:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
I've reorganised the route list into tables to make it look less cluttered and more organised.David Graham (talk) 18:24, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
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I've just seen an episode of top gear on Sunday 30th november & they did a bus race and surpisingly saw an ex-Blackburn Transport Optare Metrorider make an appearence in the race, should we include this bit of info in the fleet section? David Graham (talk) 22:02, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone think we should add some information on criticism prior to the latest bus service changes which start on 22nd february 2009? I am mainly pointing out the route 2 service between darwen, blackburn and the hospital which has fustrated passengers who use this route, it has been mentioned the most in the local papers along with the now withdrawn service 16 which also links darwen with the hospital. David Graham (talk) 22:55, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Whilst on the Boulevard in Blackburn today I was suprised to see what appeared to be a Plaxton President painted in a grey and silver livery with 'Transdev Ideas in action' vinyls applied, it had a restyled front and rear end, leather seats and a bit of advertising, looked rather eye catching, does anyone have any information on what this unusual bus is about? could be mentioned in the liveries and fleet sections. DG6985 21:54, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Any chance we can have the new 'Lancashire United' logo in the infobox? DG6985 10:04, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Just to let you know this article now has a page rating box at the bottom.DG6985 14:30, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
As the fleet are now starting to receive new liveries we need to update the photos on this article, I dont know how to upload photos to wikipedia. DG6985 21:40, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
We desperately need new photos, the current photos on this article are old and dated, especially when the fleet are receiving brand new liveries.DG6985 18:13, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Transdev has rebranded services and buses are receiving a new livery so new photos needed in the article. Barnoldswick1 20:50, 22 September 2016 (BST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barnoldswick1 (talk • contribs)
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At a later date I intend to upload a number of new images including the current logo and 1 or 2 of the current fleet (being careful to move the older liveries to history and not removing them). In addition, I will condense information from Liveries into Routes and Brands as it does repeat itself.
If anyone has questions or queries, please feel free to comment or message and I'll get on it asap!
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New collage needed for the branding section, as all brands shown are no longer in use Mnene T (talk) 12:43, 16 June 2023 (UTC)