Crosville on the Wirral

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RE: Crosville on the Wirral

(04/06/2019 21:54)MTL0201 Wrote:  Not to sure that's the case, as wasn't the night tunnel bus service up & running by the time the PTE took over?

Main problem though was the ferries, any regular tunnel bus would take work from the ferries[or so the unions would claim], unions would be out straight away in protest, so buses were coordinated to Woodside/Seacombe/Pier Head, last buses from the ferry terminals were normally timed to connect with the last ferries[certainly most PTE routes were], d-reg changed all that, straight away there was an increase in cross river bus routes, with Queensway[Birkenhead]tunnel having regular services

Yes you are right although I am talking very much about the (very) pre-pte period. Cross river services did increase post 69 of course. Engineering disruption due to the loop-line construction and the withdrawal of the New Brighton Ferry also created demand for cross river services.