Transdev in Burnley & Pendle
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| Parent | Transdev Blazefield |
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| Founded | 1933 |
| Headquarters | Burnley |
| Service area | Burnley and Pendle (With services to Manchester and North Yorkshire) |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 31 (October 2013) |
| Hubs | Burnley |
| Depots | Queensgate |
| Fleet | 97 (October 2013) |
| Website | www.lancashirebus.co.uk |
Transdev Burnley & Pendle is a bus operator running services in the boroughs of Burnley and Pendle, and into the surrounding areas including Accrington, Keighley and Manchester. It is a subsidiary of the Transdev Blazefield.
The Burnley, Colne & Nelson Joint Transport Committee was established in 1933 to merge the three municipal tramway and bus operations of those towns. The tramway network was progressively being abandoned with the last closing in May 1935. In 1974 as part of the local government reorganisation Colne and Nelson boroughs were amalgamated to form Pendle and thus the transport operation became the Burnley & Pendle Joint Transport Committee.
To comply with the Transport Act 1985, in 1986 the assets were transferred to a new legal entity and the operation rebranded Burnley & Pendle Transport Company. Deregulation opened Burnley & Pendle's routes to competition from other operators, with Blackburn Transport, Tyrer Tours and Victoria Coaches establishing competing services. To stave off the competition five AEC Routemasters were purchased with each named after a character from the television series EastEnders. Deregulation also saw many Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive services contracted out. Burnley & Pendle successfully tendered a number of routes with their sphere of operation extending to Blackburn, Bury, Manchester, Preston, Rawtenstall, Rochdale and Skipton.
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