RustySpoons
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Transdev are also my local operator, with no competition, and whilst the heavily subsidised Northern Railway service is cheaper, it only runs once an hour. However Transdev run from early morning to late evening, 7 days a week, up to every 7 mins during the day. They also invested in a fleet of 30 brand new buses two years ago, so they are clearly willing to provide a good level of service where it can be justified.
Sounds like you're on the Mainline in/around Burnley. However that can be inconvenient at times when the service splits at Burnley, and with no through ticketing you need to pay at least two single fares depending on where you've started the journey.
Unfortunately for anyone not on the Mainline, local services aren't great at all. People are put off using them outside of commuting because of the lack of return journeys after about 8pm - there's rarely any more than a handful of passengers on them after rush hour. Plus there's the expense, it's often cheaper to get a taxi which is a lot more convenient. Going from Higherford to Pike Hill or Harle Syke in an evening would take nearly an hour on the bus (if not longer) and you wouldn't be able to get home again whereas it'd take 15 minutes in a taxi.
LCC cutting funding for evening and sunday services are to blame, but that's another topic which I won't go into here otherwise I'll go a lot more off topic than I already have...