Route change history

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RE: Route change history
Mention of the extended 79 in Post 9 reminds me of the stability of the route prior to D-Day. The only changes that I can remember were by LCPT for the extensions to Lee Park and Netherley and in the City Centre for the closure of Church Street, William Brown Street and Elizabeth Street. After D-Day and the closure of Prince Alfred Road depot the route was run from four different depots (Garston, Gillmoss, Edge Lane and Speke with at least twice at Garston) before finally settling at Speke. Its time at Gillmoss was easily the most exiting with the different types of bus used. It hosted the first trials of the Titan in the city prior to Merseybus purchasing a vast amount of the type. It was not uncommon to see nearly all red buses in service at one point as the Titans were joined at Gillmoss by five ex LT Metrobus (0015-0019). Also you could see Metrobus 0801-20. The splitting of the route back to the 14 and 79 saw the route return to Garston until its closure and re-allocation to Speke.
Nowadays the route has returned to double deck after many years of single deck operation. It can still be interesting as although the Geminis are the dominant bus it see any of the Speke allocation on a daily basis from the 64/15 Enviro400s, B7 Alexander, ex LT Geminis to the occasional single deck Commanders.