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Ribble & North Western in Skelmersdale - skemnational - 18/09/2012 08:22
Hi has any body got any route info from when ribble and north western ran in skelmersdale
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - motormayhem - 18/09/2012 08:39
they use to operate numerous routes from skem at one time i can only remember a few though,
339 skelmersdale-warrington(then shortened warrington-st helens)
10A parr-liverpool
311 ormskirk-liverpool
350 ormskirk-liverpool
395 wigan-southport
a couple im unsure if northwestern or arriva started:
310 concourse-birch green circ
302/3/4 ormskirk-burscough/windermere/preston
375/385 wigan-southport
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - skemnational - 18/09/2012 09:13
The 310/303/304was started by little white bus they arriva bought them out ,wasn't the 311 run from bootle or Aintree when it was north western
0thers I remember are
42/43 ashurst birch green
46 tanhouse/claybrow
345 skelmersdale/Liverpool
Also didn't they run the 393 to wrightington
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - MPTE1955 - 18/09/2012 09:16
355 could have been another one, (Liverpool - Skelmersdale), this replaced the 365 which I think went a different route as that went Wango Lane, Ormskirk Lane, Walton Vale, think 355 went Longmoor Lane.
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - skemnational - 18/09/2012 10:15
Yer 355 went through Kirkby too 345 went through waddicar
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - MPTE1955 - 18/09/2012 10:26
(18/09/2012 10:15)skemnational Wrote: Yer 355 went through Kirkby too 345 went through waddicar
Then the 355 was axed and the 345 was sent through Kirkby for a few years.
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - St Helens Rider - 18/09/2012 11:21
Just after dereg, the 329 ran from Skelmersdale - Rainford - St Helsns - Warrington with the 339 (Skelm - Ormskirk - Rainford - St Helens - Warrington) being the evening & Sunday variant (daytimes 309 ran Ormskirk - St Helens - Warrington).
Also when Skelhorne Street closed in September 1989 the 345 ran Penny Lane - Liverpool - Aintree - Skelmersdale - Wigan and the 355 ran Penny Lane - Liverpool - Kirkby - Skelmersdale - Wigan.
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - skemnational - 18/09/2012 12:16
Liverpool wigan that's a distance
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - MPTE1955 - 18/09/2012 12:42
Where they really that long, don't remember that but what a journey Penny Lane - Wigan, imagine doing that in one go.
RE: Ribble & north western in skelmersdale - skelmersey - 18/09/2012 15:51
From memory and around late 70's early 80's:-
Skem locals:-
60 Concourse-Town Hall (Old Skem)
61 Concourse-Digmoor via Tanhouse
62 Concourse-Tanhouse via Digmoor
63 Ashurst-Concourse-Tanhouse-Digmoor-Railway Station (Upholland)
64 Concourse-Ashurst/Birch Green
65 Concourse-Hall Green
Through routes:-
375 Southport-Ormskirk-Skem-(Tanhouse)-Wigan (1pr hour Wigan-Ormskirk)
385 Southport-Ormskirk-Skem-(Digmoor)-Wigan (1pr hour Wigan-Ormskirk)
(Skem/Wigan/Southport depots) - both services deviated in Old Skem
Liverpool services
305-Skelmersdale-Digmoor-Aintree-Liverpool(Aintree/Skem depots)
345-Skelmersdale-Tanhouse-Aintree-Liverpool(Aintree/Skem depots, these routes deviated in Aintree)
There is more but memory has faded!!
The Skem local routes were savaged back when Lancs CC cut the funding for what was called 'Skelmersdale Centrelink' and went something like this:-
41 Old Skem-Concourse-Clay Brow
42 Concourse-Ashurst/Birch Green
43 Ashurst-Concourse-Tanhouse-Digmoor-Railway Station
44 Concourse-Tanhouse
The 375/385 all went via Digmoor
The 305 changed to 365 (via Kirkby) and 365/345 both went via Digmoor AND Tanhouse
Pretty sure I've missed some and I have missed Ormskirk services like the 311/350 which I am sure were operated by Bootle using MPTE ultimate machines not setrights