Blackpool Driver Training Buses

Mercedes Citaro 974 on Rough Lea Road in Cleveleys in October 2024

Blackpool Transport currently have three buses dedicated to driver training duties. Plaxton Centro bodied Volvo B7RLE trainer buses 977 and 978 were originally numbered 527 and 528 in the passenger fleet, becoming driver training vehicles in 2020. A couple of years later in 2022, Mercedes-Benz Citaro 554 joined the two Centros and become driver trainer 974.

Volvo Plaxton Centro 978 turning into Pharos St in Fleetwood in July 2024

Volvo Plaxton Centro 977 turning right onto Rossall Road in Cleveleys in November 2022