Crosville on the Wirral

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RE: Crosville on the Wirral

(06/06/2019 08:34)Barney Wrote:  Prior to deregulation in 1986, the main reason why there were very few local buses running through the tunnels was simply because the MPTE did not want them to as the policy at the time was to force passengers onto to Merseyrail Wirral lines. From 26.10.86, the privatised bus companies could do whatever they wanted.

Yes indeed but I am going back long before de-reg and MPTE. There was no Merseyrail then. BR terminated at Central via James St. Most travel across the river was by ferry. Some bus services like the 510 terminated at Central Station which gave some level of interchange with the trains. But basically the ferries were owned by the corporations (Birkenhead and Wirral) who were also part owners with Liverpool Corporation of the tunnel.