Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot

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RE: Stagecoach Merseyside - Gillmoss Depot

(13/09/2015 19:23)Metroline1511 Wrote:  As I rode route 17 to Kirkby on the August Bank Holiday, I wondered why it is extended there on Sundays and Bank Holidays ie why this route extension applies and whether it replaced a weekday route?

The extension replaced the Merseytravel 218 some years ago which ran evenings/Sundays City Centre - Kirkby Admin. It used to use West Derby Road along its length which is already heavily commercialised and several attempts by Arriva had been made to curtail it or change the route away from theirs. Stagecoach then agreed to extend the 17 to cover it.