Route History

[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.