Lancashire United Transport

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RE: Lancashire United Transport

(30/07/2018 13:55)knutstransport Wrote:  My Dad (now deceased) grew up in the Leigh area when LUT were operating. He always said at one time the conductors only sold you a ticket to the council boundary, if you stayed on then you had to buy a second ticket after it crossed the council boundary!

In my time (60s) the services through/to Leigh were joint LUT/Leigh Corp, certainly 57,47, 59(Bolton Corp) and I think the 54. The 50/51/52 (not 39) were on the transfer through ticket system at Newton. I didn't do Leigh much but daily Wigan, Warrington, and often to St.Helens. LUT was generally straight forward alighting only (inbound) and minimum fare to boundary (outbound or cross town).

T think it might have been more complex in earlier times when there where semi-competing tram and trolley bus services which included more operators such as St Helens and Bolton.