Route change history

[skelmersey]

RE: Route change history

(25/08/2015 16:39)MTL0201 Wrote:  Liverpool Transport vol 5 confirms the 3 was merged with the 85 in September 78, becoming 85 Garston-Walton, 85 finished at D-reg but was partly replaced by the 21.

It was the 19 that merged with the 72 becoming Tower Hill-Hunts Cross, 4 & 5 stayed Woolton-City Centre, think the 4 & 5 was withdrawn around this time not merged with any route i've got a leaflet detailing the changes somewhere.

The Kirkby-Bootle route via Waddicar was the 54 operated by North Western, because of the weight restriction on Aintree Lane over the Canal North Western could only use minibuses, North Western extended the route at both ends to become Page Moss-City Centre, then extended the route again from City Centre to Page Moss to become a circle route 54,54A taking over 2 hours for 1 circuit, even then North Western still used minibuses as it still went down weight restricted Aintree Lane.

Think 218 stayed Kirkby-City Centre.

61A was a circle route with 61 ar D-Reg some journeys were numbered 62 Aigburth-Leckwith Road Industrial Estate, eventually 61/61A was split at Bootle, i've got an October 1986 Liverpool area bus map[have a few maps from that era including 1988 & 1990 Liverpool area maps.

Liverpool map from 1981 here https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/se...585016709/
St Helens 1979 map https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/se...589350236/
Wirral 1981 map https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/se...589353976/

These maps are great!! Would be interesting to find out which route numbers stuck after d-day and whether they just changed over time because the new 'private' companies deemed so