Old Bus Routes Wirral

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RE: List Of Bus Routes Wirral October 1986

(06/06/2012 21:13)SNL 824 Wrote:  Thanks MTL.

I left the Wirral in 1980 and didn't get back until 2004. Can someone fill in some gaps please? What happened to the 91/92 Oxton Circle and 90/94 North Circle. Also when I left the Liverpool-Heswall service was 418/419. What was the difference between the 417 and 419?

Also this service was one of, if not, the first MPTE Rapidrides, albeit Crosville operated. These were designated with the 4 prefix. Somewhere along the way the Rapidrides died away and the 4 prefix was used to designate cross-river and then Wirral services. Can anyone fill in the background on this?

90/94 was withdrawn in the 1979 changes, although the 94 reappeared at D-Reg with the 96 being an Eve & Sun route merging the 95/97/98/99. in 1979 all the F series Crosville routes in Wirral were renumbered between 72 & 89 & intograted with PTE routes.

91/92 was withdrawn at D-Reg, although a Red Rider 91 reappeared Liscard-Birkenhead which was replaced by the 39.

The 417 went via Irby, 418 via Pensby they were Peak Hour only services after D-Reg, as the Daytime route Heaswall-Liverpool was 72A, not sure when think may be around 89, when the 417/418 ended up operated by Merseybus with the 472 introduced.