Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

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RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(06/03/2025 11:38)Merseysidebusenthusiast Wrote:  Noticed some changes to services on these expect the obvious number changes:
St Helens:
10A - Instead of running a combined 7/8 minute frequency Monday to Saturdays it now every 10 minutes.
29 - The renumbered 20 service is also increased on Saturdays to every 30 minutes.
37/37A - Nice to see a increased frequency between St Helens and Ormskirk to hourly.
39 - Increased from every 120 minutes to hourly.
289 - A introduced Sunday and evening service running as short journeys to Rainhill I presume.
297 - A Saturday service is introduced and now runs hourly. Wish it would be more increased.
322 - Weird how they take the 22 but not the 360/329 services.
X83 - A new service.
Wirral:
405/406 - Increased to run hourly each.
407 - No longer goes to West Kirby presuming it will be replaced by the 483/484 services.
408 - Brand new service
413/414 - New Sunday service presuming their replacing the 423. Also 414 runs short journeys on Sundays.
417 - A Sunday service introduced.
437 - Reduced from every 10 mins to every 20 mins??
480 - Now every 60 minutes
482 - Extended to Heswall and every 60 minutes.
483/484 - Replaces the 81 & 407 probably and run from West Kirby, Frankby, Greasby, Arrowe Park, Upton, Moreton, Meols, Hoylake and back to West Kirby.
492/495 - Sunday service increased to every 60 minutes.

So yeah overall, services look great just the confusing things of renumbering and why 360/329 will be ran by.

The 297 did already have a Saturday service under Cumfybus from Prescot to Kirkby i believe but was withdrawn when Hattons took over full 297 operation