Route History

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RE: Route History
Just to add, either April or May 88, Whitechapel & Lord Street became pedestrianised which meant buses were diverted via the current routes, which was weird at first as most buses heading to the Pier Head the usual route from Hood Street Gyrotory was via Whitechapel, Lord Street, James Street, Goree & Water Street, now they went via Crosshall Street, Dale Street & Water Street which is actually a more direct route, outbound as normal to Lord Street, then North John Street, Victoria Street then either Sir Thomas Street Whitechapel or straight down Victoria Street & Whitechapel to Hood Street Gyrotory

The Gyrotory itself was a dreadful place, it was a free for all, passengers regularly having to go into the road to board/alight from buses until Merseytravel started imposing rules & fining drivers if they didn't stop at the right stop, there was also a footbridge across the Gyrotory there, which most never used, one end was next to the Merseytravel shop, but you had to go up/down escalators & the escalators never worked.