Route History

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Route History
I think I remember just before dereg a 28 ran between St Helens and Ravenhead.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
St. Helens Corporation Bus Services 1960 to 1972.

Timetable No. 17, February 1963.

1 St. Helens - Atherton.
2 St. Helens - Ashton
3. St. Helens - Haydock Manor Road.
3A. St. Helens - Blackbrook (Owls Nest).
5. St. Helens Junction - St. Helens - Eccleston (Stuart Rd.)
5A. St. Helens Junction - St. Helens - Eccleston (Griffin Inn)
5B. St. Helens Junction - St. Helens - Eccleston (Carmelite)
(All via Knowsley Rd.)
5D. St. Helens - Ackers Lane.
6. St. Helens Junction - St. Helens - Dentons Green.
7/8. St. Helens - Rainhill / Prescot circulars.
9. St. Helens - Rainhill - Prescot.
10. St. Helens - Toll Bar (no advertised journeys)
11. St. Helens - Portico.
12. St. Helens - Nutgrove
15. Parr - St. Helens - Knowsley Road - Eccleston - Dentons Green - St. Helens - Parr
16. Parr - St. Helens - Dentons Green - Eccleston - Knowsley Road - St. Helens - Parr
(Short workings :
15A. Parr - St. Helens
15B. St. Helens - Boardmans Lane or Horseshoe Hotel.
15C. Eccleston - Dentons Green - St. Helens
15D. Parr - Ackers Lane
16C. Eccleston - Knowsley Rd. - St. Helens
16D. Parr - Dentons Green.
20. Moss Bank (Lorton Avenue) - Sutton Manor via Marshalls Cross, Sutton Leach.
20A. Moss Bank (Lorton Ave.) - Sutton Manor via New St., Clock Face Rd.
20B. Moss Bank (Lorton Ave.) - St. Helens
23. Clinkham Wood (Wythburn Crescent) - Sutton Manor via Sutton Leach.
23A. Wythburn Crescent or Lorton Avenue - Sutton Manor via New St., Sutton Leach
24. Clinkham Wood (Dalehead Place) - Sutton Heath - Sutton Manor.
25. Clinkham Wood (Dalehead Place) - Bold (Bridge Road)
25A. Clinkham Wood (Wythburn Crescent) - Sutton Manor via New St., Clock Face Rd
26. Clinkham Wood (Dalehead Place) - Clock Face (Crawford Street)
27. Ravenhead - Sutton Library
27A. St. Helens - Sutton Library
(Extended from St. Helens to Eccleston Gillars Green on 29 June 1963)
35. St. Helens - Widnes (Town Hall) via Sutton Leach, Sutton Manor
(33. Direct route, peak hours only; 34 route variant in Widnes, no advertised journeys
37. St. Helens - Widnes (Town Hall) via St. Helens Junction (peak hours only)
(Joint with Widnes)
39. Liverpool - St. Helens - Tydesley / Manchester.
(Operated by LUT)
47. St. Helens - Rainford (Bridge Inn)
48. St. Helens - Rainford (Eagle & Child)
51. St. Helens - Rainford (Higher Lane / Old Lane)
52. St. Helens - Crank - Rainford Junction.
53. St. Helens - Rainford Junction (direct)
(47 to 53 all joint with Ribble & LUT, but all operated by St. Helens, effectively as short workings of 329)
55. St. Helens - Carr Mill (Kirkstone Avenue)
(56 allocated to variant via Green Leach Lane instead of Woodlands Rd., but no advertised journeys)
65. Burtonwood (Haley Rd. South) - Earlestown.
67. St. Helens - Burtonwood - Earlestown.
(Both operated by LUT)
89. St. Helens - Speke.
89F. St. Helens - Ford Factory.
(Joint with Crosville, Ribble)
90. St. Helens - Kirkby Station via Whiston, Prescot, Knowsley.
90A. St. Helens - Kirkby Trading Estate. (peak only)
93. St. Helens - Haresfinch - Prescot
( 95, peak hours to Rye Hey Factory)
96. Moss Bank (Lorton Ave.) - St. Helens - Portico - Prescot Thomas Drive.
97. Moss Bank Brow - St. Helens - Prescot (Cross Lane)
(97X, peak hour variant to Thomas Drive)
98. St. Helens - Sutton Heath - Grange Park.
99. St. Helens - Kings Moss
100. St. Helens - Kings Moss - Prescot (SSuO)
140, St. Helens - Warrington.
(Joint with Crosville, Warrington)
317. Wigan - Billinge - St. Helens - Liverpool (SO)
(Joint with Ribble)
317. St. Helens - Liverpool (South John Street).
320. Wigan - Ashton - St. Helens - Liverpool.
(Joint with LUT, Ribble, Wigan)
323. Wigan - Billinge - Rainford Junction.
(Joint with Ribble, Wigan)
309. Warrington - Southport via Bickerstaffe Lane Ends, Scarisbrick
319. Warrington - Southport via Barrow Nook, Scarisbrick.
329. Warrington - Rainford.
344. Warrington - St. Helens
(Joint with LUT, Ribble, all via Winwick, Burtonwood & Parr)
342. Billinge - Orrell Station - Wigan
352. St. Helens - Billinge - Wigan (direct)
362. St. Helens - Billinge - Orrell Station - Wigan
57/58. St. Helens - Billinge (Stork Inn)
57 via Green Leach Lane, 58 via Woodlands Rd. - handful of short workings on 352/362 route.
(Joint with Ribble, Wigan)

Workpeoples & other infrequent / irregular services:

4. Sutton (Cecil St. ) - St. Anne's Church (SuO)
5X. St. Helens (Tontine St.) - Eccleston (Stuart Rd.) $$
14. Bold Bridge Rd. - Sutton Manor (Green Dragon) (SuO)
20C. St. Helens - Sutton Manor Colliery via Marshalls Cross
22B. St. Helens - Parr Trading Estate.
28. St. Helens - Clock Face Colliery via Marshalls Cross
29. St. Helens or Gaskell St. - Clock Face Colliery via St.Helens Junction.
29A. St. Helens / Finger Post - Bold Colliery.
30. Finger Post - Sutton Manor Colliry via St. Helens Junction.
31. St. Helens or Parr -Bold & Clock Face Collieries.
36. St. Helens - Widnes (Everite Facrory, Derby Rd.)
38. Widnes Library - Notre Dame School
40. St. Helens - Clock Face - Sankey (Header House)
42. St. Helens - Parr - Clock Face - Sankey (Header House)
(Both via Bold Heath, Sankey Bridges; joint with LUT, Ribble)
46. St. Helens - U.S. Industries, Burtonwood .
(Joint with LUT, Ribble)
54. Carr Mill - Holy Cross School
72. St. Helens - Lea Green Colliery.
75. Far Moor - St. Helens Colliery - Lea Green Colliery
76. Billinge - Lea Green Colliery.
77. St. Helens - Finger Post - Lea Green Colliery.
78. Parr - Ravenhead & Lea Green Collieries.
82. Warrington (Arpley Station) - Sankey (Header House)
(Joint with LUT, Ribble)
83. St. Helens - Parr - Bold Colliery.
84. St. Helens - Parr - Clock Face Colliery.
85. St. Helens - Peasley Cross - Bold / Clock Face Collieries.
94. Sutton Manor - Prescot (Rye Hey Factory) via Rainhill.
101. St. Helens - Rye Hey Factory via Portico.
102. St. Helens - Rye Hey Factory via Rainhill.
105. Ashton - Parr Trading Estate (Joint with LUT)
106. Sutton Manor (Forest Rd.) - Parr Trading Estate.
107. St. Helens - Bold Iron Works via Peasley Cross, St. Helens Junction
109. Mill lane (New St.) - Bold Colliery via New St. , St. Helens Junction
110. St. Helens - Kirkby Trading Estate
111. St. Helens - Napier Factory.
112. St. Helens - Stopgate Lane
113. St. Helens - Littlewoods Factory.
114. St. Helens - Melling (B.I.C.C.)
(110, 114 via Knowsley Rd., 111-113 via Dentons Green, then all via East Lancs, Rd.)
115/116. St. Helens - Rugby League ground (Knowsley Rd.) (Match days only)
117. St. Helens - Greyhound Track (Park Rd.) (Race days only)
W3/W6. Liverpool (Pier Head) - Bold Colliery
W4/W5. Bootle (Stanley St.) - Bold Colliery
(operated by Ribble; W3, W5 via Toll Bar, W4, W6 via Whiston & Rainhill)
W7 (Wigan) / 88 (St. Helens) - Cronton Colliery.
(Joint with Ribble, Wigan)

Schools services, numbered between 601 & 621 were shown in the timetable, but are not listed here. Some routes covered as many as 3 or 4 schools with just one or two return journeys.

One man operation commenced with route 22 on 2 April 1967, and gradually extended to other routes, mostly using batches of Marshall - bodied AEC Swifts.

[Jack]

RE: Route History
Thank you Bevan.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
St. Helens Corporstion - the last timetable before St. Helens was dragged into Merseyside PTE on 1 April 1974.

Timetable No. 22, Undated, but probably late 1972 or early 1973.
The list includes a few changes made later in 1973.

1 St. Helens - Atherton.
2 St. Helens - Ashton
3. St. Helens - Haydock Manor Road.
3A. St. Helens - Blackbrook (Owls Nest).
3B. St. Helens - Haydock (Haydock Lane)
5. St. Helens - Eccleston (Stuart Rd.)
5B. St. Helens - Eccleston (Carmelite)
(5, 5B were infrequent, shopping hours only.)
5D. St. Helens Junction - Ackers Lane.
6. St. Helens Junction - St. Helens - Dentons Green. - Hard Lane
6A. St. Helens Junction - Dentons Green
7/8. St. Helens - Rainhill / Prescot circulars.
9. St. Helens - Rainhill - Prescot.
10. St. Helens - Toll Bar (no advertised journeys)
11. St. Helens - Portico.
12. St. Helens - Nutgrove
13 /13A / 13B. St. Helens - Chain Lane. (commenced 8 May 1972)
13 out & return via Blackbrook, Chain Lane;
13A out via Chain Lane, return via Merton Bank Rd.
13B out via Merton Bank Rd., return via Chain Lane
15. Parr - St. Helens - Knowsley Road - Eccleston - Dentons Green - St. Helens - Parr
16. Parr - St. Helens - Dentons Green - Eccleston - Knowsley Road - St. Helens - Parr
(Short workings :
15A. Parr - St. Helens
15D. Parr - Ackers Lane
16C. St. Helens - Dentons Green - Eccleston - Knowsley Rd. - St. Helens)
22. Eccleston Dodd Avenue - Bold Bridge Road
22A. Eccleston Dodd Avenue - Clock Face (Crawford St.)
(Extension Sutton to Bold / Clock Face commenced 21 Sept. 1969, replacing old 25 & 26)
23. Clinkham Wood (Kendal Drive) - Sutton Manor circular.
24. Clinkham Wood (Dalehead Place) - Sutton Manor circular.
(23 out via Sutton Leach, return via Toll Bar; 24 out via Toll Bar, return via Sutton Leach).
25. Clinkham Wood (Dalehead Place) - Sutton Manor via New St (Su a.m. only)
25B.St. Helens - Sutton Leach (Wheatsheaf) (occasional short workings)
26. St. Helens - New St. - Four Acre Lane (commenced 14 May 1973)
27. St. Helens - Sutton Library
27A. Eccleston Gillars Green - St. Helens - Sutton Library
28. St. Helens - Ravenhead (Royal Grove) (occasional, commenced 8 Dec. 1969)
35. St. Helens - Widnes (Town Hall) via Sutton Leach, Sutton Manor
(33. Direct route, peak hours only; 34 route variant in Widnes, no advertised journeys
37. St. Helens - Widnes (Town Hall) via St. Helens Junction (peak hours only)
(Joint with Widnes)
39. Liverpool - St. Helens - Tydesley / Manchester.
(Operated by LUT)
47. St. Helens - Rainford (Bridge Inn)
48. St. Helens - Rainford (Eagle & Child)
51. St. Helens - Rainford (Higher Lane / Old Lane)
51A. St. Helens - Rainford Junction via Higher Lane
52. St. Helens - Crank - Rainford Junction.
53. St. Helens - Rainford Junction (direct)
(47 to 53 all joint with Ribble & LUT, but all operated by St. Helens, effectively as short workings of 329)
55. St. Helens - Carr Mill (Broad Lane)
65. Burtonwood (Haley Rd. South) - Earlestown.
67. St. Helens - Burtonwood - Earlestown.
(Both operated by LUT)
79. St. Helens - Rainhill Stoops.
89. St. Helens - Speke.
(Joint with Crosville, Ribble)
90. St. Helens - Kirkby Station via Whiston, Prescot, Knowsley.
90A. St. Helens - Kirkby Trading Estate. (peak only)
93. St. Helens - Haresfinch - Prescot
(93A, peak to Cable Works via St. James Rd.; 95, peak hours to Rye Hey Factory)
96. St. Helens - Portico - Prescot Thomas Drive.
97. Moss Bank Brow - St. Helens - Prescot (Cross Lane)
97A, St. Helens - Grange Park.
97X. St. Helens - Prescot (Thomas Drive)
98. St. Helens - Sutton Heath - Grange Park.
99. St. Helens - Kings Moss
100. St. Helens - Kings Moss - Prescot (SSuO)
140, St. Helens - Warrington.
(Joint with Crosville, Warrington)
317. Wigan - Billinge - St. Helens - Liverpool (SO)
(Joint with Ribble)
317. St. Helens - Liverpool (South John Street).
320. Wigan - Ashton - St. Helens - Liverpool.
(Joint with LUT, Ribble, Wigan)
323. Wigan - Billinge - Rainford Junction.
(Joint with Ribble, Wigan)
309. Warrington - Southport via Bickerstaffe Lane Ends, Scarisbrick
319. Warrington - Southport via Barrow Nook, Scarisbrick.
329. Warrington - Rainford.
344. Warrington - St. Helens
(Joint with LUT, Ribble, all via Winwick, Burtonwood & Parr)
342. Billinge - Orrell Station - Wigan
352. St. Helens - Billinge - Wigan (direct)
362. St. Helens - Billinge - Orrell Station - Wigan
372. Billinge - Wigan via Tontine (occasional)
57/58. St. Helens - Billinge (Stork Inn)
57 via Green Leach Lane, 58 via Woodlands Rd. - handful of short workings on 352/362 route.
(Joint with Ribble, Wigan)


Workpeoples & other infrequent / irregular services:

4. Sutton (Cecil St. ) - St. Anne's Church (SuO)
14. Bold Bridge Rd. - Sutton Manor (Green Dragon) (SuO)
22B. St. Helens - Parr Trading Estate.
27B. Eccleston Gillars Green- Carmelite (SuO)
30. Finger Post - Sutton Manor Colliery via St. Helens Junction.
31. St. Helens - Parr -St Helens Junction -Bold Colliery
31A. St. Helens . Parr - St. Helens Junction - Sutton Manor Colliery.
36. St. Helens - Widnes (Everite Facrory, Derby Rd.)
40. St. Helens - Clock Face - Sankey (Header House)
42. St. Helens - Parr - Clock Face - Burtonwood Air Base.
(Both via Bold Heath, Sankey Bridges; joint with LUT, Ribble)
94. Sutton Manor - Prescot (Rye Hey Factory) via Rainhill.
101. St. Helens - Rye Hey Factory via Portico.
102. St. Helens - Rye Hey Factory via Rainhill.
103. St. Helens - Haydock, Mullard's Works
104. Clinkham Wood - Parr Trading Estate.
105. Ashton - Parr Trading Estate (Joint with LUT)
106. Sutton Manor (Forest Rd.) - Parr Trading Estate.
107. St. Helens - Bold Iron Works via Peasley Cross, St. Helens Junction
108. St. Helens - Ravenhead Glass Works
109. St. Helens - Huyton (Associated Biscuits)
110. St. Helens - Kirkby Trading Estate
111. St. Helens - Napier Factory.
112. St. Helens - Stopgate Lane
113. St. Helens - Littlewoods Factory.
114. St. Helens - Melling (B.I.C.C.)
(110, 114 most via Knowsley Rd., 111-113 via Dentons Green, then all via East Lancs, Rd.)
115/116. St. Helens - Rugby League ground (Knowsley Rd.) (Match days only)
200. St. Helens - Knowsley Safari Park (tour)

Schools services, numbered between 601 & 621 were shown in the timetable, but are not listed here. Some routes covered as many as 3 or 4 schools with just one or two return journeys.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Route History
This is roughly the network I remember in PTE days. It's amazing that the likes of the 15/16, 22 and 23/24 lasted with same routes until the big Arriva network change in July 2006.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
Old Bus Routes, Central, East & North Lancashire.
Ribble, Time Table Area Nos. 2 & 3, Sept. 1960.

The list is long, so I am posting it in sections. Many services appeared in both timetables nos. 2 and 3; to avoid much duplication, I have combined the lists.

2. Preston - Myerscough - Mellor Brook - Blackburn.
3. Blackburn - Padiham - Nelson (SO)
8. Preston - Longridge
9, Preston - Longridge - Clitheroe.
10. Preston - Longridge - Chipping.
11. Preston - Longridge - Ribchester - Blackburn.
14. Accrington - Gaulkthorn - Oswaldtwistle.
(Joint with Accrington)
14/281. Colne - Earby (14)/Thornton & Skipton (281)
15. Colne, Railway Station - Cross Skelton Street.
20. Burnley - Padiham
(14, 15, 20, 281 Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson)
22. Garstang - Calder Vale - Bleasdale (MFX, infrequent).
23. Garstang - Scorton - Cabus. (Infrequent)
27. Lancaster - Dolphinholme - Abbeystead (infrequent)
37/39. Lancaster - Brookhouse - Wray - Lower Bentham - Ingleton
(37 via Wennington, Burton In Lonsdale, 39 via Millhouses & Burton)
38/40. Lancaster - Ingleton - Settle - Hellifield - Skipton.
(38 via Winnington, 40 via Millhouses.)
41. Morecambe - Lancaster - Millhouses - Ingleton.
42. Morecambe - Lancaster - Millhouses - Ingleton - Skipton.
(37- 42 joint with Pennine.)
44/46. Burnley - Pike Hill - Worsthorne.
45/47. Burnley - Pike Hill - Mereclough.
48. Burnley - Pike Hill - Holme Chapel
(44 to 48 Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson)
48. Lancaster - Over Kellet (TuSO)
50. Lancaster - Hornby - Melling - Kirkby Lonsdale.
57. Carnforth - Arkholme - Kirkby Lonsdale.
58. Carnforth local (War Memorial - Windermere Rd./Highfield Rd)
63. Lancaster - Carnforth - Warton - Yealand - Milnthorpe
64. Lancaster - Carnforth - Warton - Yealand - Silverdale.
65. Lancaster - Carnforth - Warton - Crag Foot - Silverdale - Arnside.
66. Kendal - Levens Bridge - Milnthorpe - Arnside.
68. Lancaster - Carnforth - Kendal - Windermere - Keswick.
70. Lancaster - Carnforth - Kendal.
72. Lancaster - Carnforth - Hutton Roof. (SO)
73. Morecambe - Hest Bank - Carnforth.
(Joint with Morecambe & Heysham)
77. Blackpool - Poulton - Out Rawcliffe (SO, infrequent).
79. Lancaster - Cockerham - Pilling - Knott End On Sea.
80. Lancaster - Glasson Dock - Cockerham - Pilling - Knott End
81. Lancaster - Glasson Dock - Cockerham.
83. Garstang - Pilling - Knott End (Infrequent)
85. Blackpool - Poulton - Hambleton - Knott End On Sea.
87. Blackpool - Poulton - Elswick - Great Eccleston.
88. Blackpool - Elswick - Great Eccleston - Garstang.
89. Blackpool - Larbreck - Great Eccleston.
91. Knott End - Preesall (Infrequent)
96. Preston - Longton - Croston - Bispham Green.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
Ribble 1960 (continued):

98. Preston - Longton - Croston.
99. Preston - Hoole / Tarleton.
100. Preston - Tarleton - Southport.
101. Preston - Tarleton - Ormskirk - LIverpool.
104. Hesketh Bank - Ormskirk (ThO, one round trip)
109. Preston - Lostock Hall - Leyland - Euxton - Chorley.
111. Preston - Lostock Hall - Leyland - Earnshaw Bridge.
(Joint with Fishwick; I think Fishwick operated entire 111 service)
112. Preston - Lostock Hall - Leyland - Euxton - Charnock Richard - Coppull
115. Preston - Tardy Gate - Coote Lane - Croston Road - Leyland.
116/117. Preston - Tardy Gate - Bamber Bridge - Leyland - Earnshaw Bridge.
(116 direct, 117 via Town Brow)
118. Leyland (Fishwicks Garage) - Earnshaw Bridge.
119. Chorley - Euxton - Leyland.
(109, 112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119 All joint with Fishwick.)
123. Chorley - Bamber Bridge - Preston.
126. Bolton - Chorley - Preston - Kirkham - Wrea Green - Blackpool.
130. Bolton - Chorley - Preston - Lancaster - Morecambe.
138. Preston - Brock - Calder Vale (SO).
140. Preston - Lancaster - Morecambe.
141. Preston - Inglewhite - Whitchapel (MWSO)
142/145. Preston - Broughton - Whittingham - (infrequently to Goosnargh.)
(142 via Moore's Corner, 145 via Whittingham House.)
143. Whittingham - Longridge (Infrequent)
150. Burnley - Blackburn - Preston - Lancaster - Morecambe.
152. Burnley - Padiham - Blackburn - Preston - Freckleton - Lytham.
(Joint with Burnley & Pendle between Burnley & Blackburn)
154. Burnley - Blackburn - Preston - Kirkham - Wrea Green - Blackpool.
155. Wigan - Chorley - Preston - Kirkham - Wrea Green - Blackpool.
156. Preston - Kirkham - Wrea Green - Ballam - Blackpool. (Infrequent, joint with Scout)
157. Preston - Kirkham - Blackpool.
158. Rochdale- Blackburn - Preston - Kirkham - Weeton - Blackpool.
162. Wigan - Eccleston - Preston - Kirkham - Thornton - Fleetwood.
165. Preston - Kirkham - Freckleton - Lytham.
166. Preston - Freckleton - Lytham.
168. Kirkham - Treales - Wharles (SO)
169/170. Blackpool - Weeton Camp
(Joint services with Scout: 126, 154, 155, 157, 158. 168, 169, 170)
171. Wesham - Kirkham - Freckleton - Lytham.
172. Freckleton (R.A.F.) - Warton - Higher Ballam - Peel - Blackpool (SO)
180/182. Wigan - Chorley - Preston - Great Eccleston - Poulton - Cleveleys.
(180 via Catforth, 182 via Woodplumpton & Catforth)
181. Preston - Ingol - Bartle - Catforth -Elswick - Great Eccleston.
182/183. Preston - Ingol - Woodplumpton - Catforth.
184/185. Preston - Ingol - Lea Town - Salwick.
186/187. Preston - Ingol - Lower Bartle - Lea Town - Salwick.
(181, 183, 185, 187 via Plungington Road; 182, 184, 186 via Fylde Road)

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
Ribble 1960, (3rd instalment):

210. Skipton - Gargrave / Malham.
(Joint with Pennine)
214. Clitheroe - Rimington - Gisburn - Barnoldswick.
215/225. Bolton - Darwen - Blackburn - Clitheroe / Chatburn / Downham.
(215 via Astley Bridge, 225 via Tonge Moor; joint with Bolton between there & Blackburn))
224. Blackburn - Haslingden / Edenfield.
227. Burnley - Padiham - Whalley - Clitheroe.
228. Burnley - Barrowford - Barnoldswick.
(227, 228 Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson)
231/251. Accrington - Whalley - Clitheroe.
(Joint with Accrington; 231 via Great Harwood, 251 direct.)
236. Burnley - Waterfoot - Rawtenstall - Ramsbottom - Bolton.
237. Burnley - Padiham - Sabden.
(Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson)
248. Burnley - Barrowford - Gisburn - Hellifield (ThSO)
249/259/318. Blackburn - Chorley - Coppull - Wigan
(249 via Withnell Fold, 250/318 via Abbey Village, 318 via Coppull Old Parish.)
250. Ingleton - Clapham - Settle - Skipton.
(Joint with Pennine)
252. Colne - Kelbrook - Barnoldswick.
(Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson)
253. Low Moor- Clitheroe - Bolton by Bowland.
254. Bolton by Bowland - Wigglesworth - Settle. (TuSO)
256. Chatburn - Worston (TuSO)
257. Bolton by Bowland - Lane Ends (TuO)
258. Clitheroe - Chaigeley - Chipping.
261/271. Earby - Barnoldswick.
(Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson; 261 via Kelbrook, 271 via Klondyke)
264. Accrington - Burnley.
267/277. Oswaldtwistle - Church - Great Harwood(277) - Clitheroe (267)
(264, 267, 277 Joint with Accrington)
274. Accrington - Hapton - Padiham.
279. Burnley - Newchurch - Barley.
280/284. Nelson - Barley.
(280 via Happy Valley, 284 via Newchurch.)
283. Padiham - Nelson.
(279, 280, 283, 284 Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson)
287. Brierfield - Wheatley Lane.
288. Whalley - Sabden.
289/299. Nelson(289) / Barley(299)- Downham - Clitheroe. or Rimington (SuO)
290/291. Rawtenstall - Crawshawbooth - Loveclough (290) / Burnley (291)
(Joint with Rawtenstall)
292. Bury - Edenfield - Rawtenstall - Water.
(Joint with Bury, Ramsbottom & Rawtenstall)
294. Colne - Standing Stone Gate - Barnoldswick - Gisburn.
(Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson)
295. Whalley - Mitton - Hurst Green.
298. Oswaldtwistle - Blackburn - Leyland - Tarleton - Southport.
308. Chorley - Coppull - Wigan.
311/331. Blackburn - Chorley - Ormskirk - Liverpool.
313. Preston - Chorley - Westhoughton - Bolton.
367. Croston - Euxton - Chorley.
(Joint with Fishwick)
483. Ingleton - Ribblehead (SO) / Hawes (TuO).
555. Kendal - Windermere - Ambleside - Grasmere - Keswick.
X27. Liverpool - Southport - Preston - Clitheroe - Skipton.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
This completes the Ribble 1960 service lists from Central, East & North Lancashire. Of course, some services have long since disappeared, and many others are not longer operated by Stagecoach (post-dereg. purchaser of Ribble.)


Blackpool area locals.
B1. Blackpool - Peel (Four Lane Ends) via Park Road.

Blackburn area locals.
B2. Blackburn - Langho / Dibster.
B3. Blackburn - Rishyon - Clayton le Moors
(Joint with Burnley, Colne & Nelson)
B7. Blackburn - Samlesbury. (SO, two round trips)
B9. Blackburn - Ramsgreave - Mellor Village.
B10. Blackburn - Feniscowles / Pleasington.
B13. Blackburn - Rishton - Great Harwood.
B21. Blackburn - Copster Green / Langho.
B24. Blackburn - Belthorn.

Bolton area locals.
B15/B35. Bolton - Dimple.
(B15 via Astley Bridge, B35 via Tonge Moor)
B25. Bolton - Dunscar.
(Joint with Bolton)

Chorley area locals.
C9. Chorley - Euxton
(Joint with Fishwick)

Clitheroe area locals.
C1. Clitheroe, Well Terrace - George Street.
C3. Clitheroe - Pendleton.
C5. Clitheroe - Waddington.
C6. Clitheroe - Wiswell / Whalley.
C10. Grindleton - Clitheroe - Henthorn.


Fleetwood area locals:-
F1. Marine Hall - Homestead Drive
F2. Queens Terrace (Station) - Chatsworth Avenue)
F4. Queens Terrace - Rossall Grange Lane (Golf Club House.)
F8. Cleveleys - Thornton via Cumberland Avenue.
F12. Cleveleys - Thornton - Stanah.
F15. Cleveleys - Thornton via Church Road.
F18 /F19. Cleveleys - Burn Naze. Via West Drive (F18) or Meadows Ave. (F19)


Lancaster area locals:
L4. Lancaster - Cross Hill
(Joint with Lancaster City)
L5. Lancaster - Morecambe direct.
L6. Lancaster - Torrisholme - Morecambe - Heysham.
L11. Lancaster - Morecambe - Overton.
(Joint with Morecambe & Heysham)
L14. Lancaster - Bare.
L15. Lancaster - Hest Bank.
L16. Lancaster - Halton - Gressingham.
L20 /L21. Lancaster - Quernmore (infrequent)

Preston area locals.
P1. Frenchwood - Preston - Lea or Larches Estate
(Joint with Scout & Preston Corporation)
P2. Broughton - Preston - Penwortham (Plough Inn)
P3. Preston - Penwortham - Longton via Cop Lane.
P4. Preston - Penwortham - Longton via Leyland Rd. & New Lane.
P5. Gammull Lane - Preston - Hutton.
(P2, P5 Joint with Preston)
P20. Preston - Bamber Bridge - Tardy Gate.
P25. Preston - Higher Walton.
P26. Preston - Higher Walton - Gregson Lane via Castle Hotel.
P28. Preston - Hospital Inn
P29. Preston - Higher Walton - Gregson Lane via Hospital Inn.

Skipton local sevices.
S3. Skipton - Embsay - Bolton Abbey.
S6. Skipton - Embsay - Eastby.

(Workpeoples services)
W1. Lancaster (Lune Mills) - Abbeystead.
W5. Lancaster - Halton (Town End Mill).
W8. Lancaster - Bolton Le Sands - Over Kellet.
W8. Preston - Red Scar Works.

Numerous other workers & scholars services have not been listed in detail.
W2 to W7, W10,11, 12, 14, 20, 21, 32, 33, 69 & 77 served various parts of Leyland Motor Works from locations in the Preston area, via various routes

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Route History
Does anyone have A full list of routes ran by Chesterbus before first acquired them

Thanks