Old Bus Routes Wirral

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RE: Old Bus Routes Wirral
8/8A New Brighton-Woodside, was one of my local routes, reverse of the 7/7A[this was because of a double run down Hoylake Road], evening & Sundays was 8E New Brighton-Moreton Cross which then became 7A[the evening & Sunday did a full loop Moreton Cross to Town Meadow Lane, the Merseytravel equivalents 107/208 finished 18 months ago when Avon went bust, Merseytravel never renewed the tender. The 7A/8A/8E was via Victoria Road, Atherton Street, Albion Street, Dudley Road, Hamilton Road & Mount Road, the 7 & 8 went the direct route as current 414 to Moreton Cross.

501/502 ended in 1996, partly replaced by diverting the then 18 Mill Park-Seacombe, at Park Station to Woodside then via the 501/501 to Grove Road, renumbering it to 18A, the 18A from Woodside went via the docks to Seacombe then current 409 to Sandy Lane then that loop via Bayswater Road to Grove Road, i have a timetable for the 18A somewhere took around 2 hours end to end.

The differences in the 433/434[431/432] were in Liverpool City Centre,
432/433 were the peak routes, which went direct from Scotland Road via Byrom Street & Whitechapel to Hood Street Gyrotory.
431/434 were off peak, which went via Hunter Street, Norton Street, London Road & Lime Street.
Both routes going out from Hood Street Gyrotory went via Crosshall Street, Dale Street, Exchange Street East, Tithebarn Street & Great Crosshall Street to Scotland Road

Arriva changed the numbers, 403/413 replaced 3/3B, the 3A was the evening & Sunday route now 423, the 7/7A/8/8A became 405/406/407/408, evening & Sunday 7A/8E was withdrawn.