Route History

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RE: Route History
The 130 was one of the routes Crosville won the tender for at d-reg, the route was cut short to operate Pier Head-Everton Valley.

20 has interesting history route PTE era was Aigburth Vale-Fazakerley Elmham Crescent, via 82C to Park Road, 26/27 to South John Street, then had it's own route in the City Centre to Vauxhall Road, then Vauxhall Road-Boundary Road & current 20 to Fazakerley

21 was introduced early 80s Aigburth Vale-Fazakerley as an experimental route, difference from the 20 was it went via the 82C & called at Hood Street Gyrotory, 21 also did the loop around Feild Lane in Fazakerley

At d-reg 20/21 were revised, 20 diverted to serve Berry Street & Renshaw Street & Hood Street Gyrotory, & extended to Northwood replacing the 157.

21 rerouted to serve Mill Street in Toxteth, then St James Street, South John Street/Paradise Street-Central Bus Station to Vauxhall Road via Exchange Street East then as 20 to Fazakerley but diverting via Westminster Road & Barlow Lane to Fazakerley Field Lane loop.

By February 1988, 20/21 had been revised to operate 20 Aigburth-Tower Hill, 21, Aigburth-Northwood, 20 most of the route unchanged, 21 still serving Mill Street, bus diverted via the 20 to Hood Street Gyrotory, then Scotland Road & still via Westminster Road


By 1990 apart from the 21 deviation in Toxteth both 20/21 operated common routes, now both via Scotland Road & County Road, Vauxhall Road & Westminster Road no longer served,

1991 20/21 were merged with the 82 to become 20 Speke-Tower Hill & 21 Speke-Northwood, my memory is a bit hazy from here until the Arriva take over but 20/21 were cut back mid 90s & 82 reintroduced, i think 20 was cut to Tower Hill-Aigburth, 21 Northwood City Centre


Not sure when the 20/21 became 1/2/20, 21 merging with the Fareway F1/F2, City Centre-Kirkby, 20 though had a few extensions to Garston, think back to Speke in the GTL era, before Stagecoach rationalised the routes to today's 20/21 City Centre- Tower Hill/Northwood

20/21 were always operated by Walton garage, until Walton closed in 89 then they moved to Gillmoss