However, due to difficulties with this method of operation, 550V overhead wiring was installed over the tracks in 1899 to replace the conduit system.

In July 1920, the first bus service was added to transport operations,[2] running between Cleveleys and Thornton railway station.

On 26 July 2010, Metro Coastlines branding was discontinued and the company resumed trading as Blackpool Transport.

In late 2022, work began to refurbish one of the older buildings onsite in preparation for the arrival of electric buses.

[8][9] On the double-deck side of Blackpool Transport's fleet, the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City is the most common type, with 55 examples in service as of June 2018; four more of these arrived in 2020.

[10] The most common single-deck type is the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC, with eighteen examples in service in 2018; this number has since increased.

Route branding was discontinued in July 2010, when Blackpool Transport introduced major changes to its bus network, replaced by a new livery of black and yellow.

All vehicles with Palladium specification are fitted with Wi-Fi, E-Leather seating, wood-effect flooring and a grey-and-yellow livery.

In late 2022, it was announced that Blackpool Transport had received funding to create an all-electric fleet and started to welcome the first buses by 2024, with the aim of a fully-electrified service in 2025.