bus in the previous preston bus park and ride livery in december 2007 service area preston service type bus services destinations preston fleet optare solo sr operator rotala website preston bus park and ride preston park and ride is a park and ride scheme in the city of preston in lancashire england operated by rotala subsidiary preston bus formerly stagecoach in preston . contents 1 services 2 fleet 3 livery 4 references 5 external links services edit stagecoach in preston optare solo sr in may 2009 the park and ride system consists of two car parks at portway and one at walton le dale connected by a bus route via the city centre and railway station . the services do not run on sundays and a reduced service operates on bank holidays . the car parks are free with users paying for the bus journey . before 4 march 2013 the portway and walton le dale sites were served by separate routes route 1 portway fishergate shopping centre st george s shopping centre and return route 2 capitol centre london rd queen st jacson st and return when the park and ride service started there was only one site at portway in the riversway docklands area . the second at the capitol centre in walton le dale was opened on 1 december 2002 . in 2009 a third site was opened at bluebell way in fulwood . served by the orbit routes 88a and 88c rather than having its own dedicated service it was unpopular due to higher fares and infrequent bus service and was closed in january 2011 . 1 2 in february 2013 it was announced that the two park and ride routes would be combined from 4 march to create a route route 1 through the city centre . 3 fleet edit the portway park and ride service is run using optare solo sr buses ; since 2011 the walton le dale service is run by hybrid optare versas . preston bus was the first operator of optare solo sr buses as eight were acquired for the park & ride routes 4 five of which entered service in may 2008 . they have leather seats and when you enter the bus there is a display of pictures of preston s best . 5 minibuses will be used on the combined service replacing the versas until the portway site is redeveloped . 6 buses formerly used on the park and ride routes include optare s solo and metrorider . livery edit the previous livery had consisted of pink with a dark blue skirt and a broad light blue swish towards the back . all of the buses are now in green cream and blue livery . citation needed references edit issue decisions bluebell way park and ride and the preston orbit service . lancashire county council . retrieved 9 august 2012 . external link in publisher help white elephant park and ride needs experts . lancashire evening post . johnston publishing . 16 january 2013 . retrieved 20 february 2013 . new circular line for park and ride . lancashire evening post . johnston publishing . 14 february 2013 . retrieved 20 february 2013 . optare solo sr woos passengers onto park & ride . optare . archived from the original on 9 may 2008 . retrieved 3 june 2008 . new park & ride buses deliver new standards of comfort and quality . preston bus . may 2008 . archived from the original on 9 may 2008 . retrieved 26 may 2008 . preston park & ride cross city service 1 leaflet published by preston bus external links edit preston bus park and ride v t e bus companies operating in north west england cheshire arriva north west d & g bus halton transport network warrington stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire cumbria mountain goat stagecoach cumbria & north lancashire greater manchester arriva north west bullocks coaches diamond bus north west first greater manchester jim stones coaches manchester community transport rosso stagecoach manchester & wigan stotts lancashire arriva north west blackburn bus company blackpool transport blue bus of penwortham john fishwick & sons pilkingtons buses preston bus preston park and ride rosso stagecoach cumbria & north lancashire stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire transdev in burnley & pendle merseyside arriva north west avon buses cumfybus htl buses stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire the green bus isle of man bus vannin national megabus national express v t e culture and infrastructure of the city of preston transport bus station bypass dick kerr & co. fishwicks guild wheel longridge railway preston corporation tramways park & ride preston bus ribble bus ribble link ribble link trust ribble steam stagecoach tramroad transport in preston united electric car company whittingham hospital railway railway stations preston disused stations deepdale deepdale street fishergate hill grimsargh lea road maudland bridge maudlands ribbleton education university of central lancashire schools archbishop temple ashton broughton cardinal newman christ the king corpus christi fulwood academy moor park our lady s preston s college preston muslim girls closed catholic college larkhill winckley square sport deepdale dick kerr s ladies f.c. preston speedway preston city wrestling 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