Warrington Bus Wars

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Warrington Bus Wars
In 1995, Lancashire Travel and North Western subsidiary Warrington Goldlines began competing with Warrington Borough Transport with copycat routes operating over WBT's core network. In retaliation, WBT began operating in Lancashire Travel and North Western's territory with services running to Wigan, St. Helens, Runcorn, Chester and Liverpool. Lancashire Travel pulled out in Summer 1996 with North Western and WBT reaching a truce a months later

Routes operated by North Western/Warrington Goldlines; equivalent WBT routes in brackets

101/102 Warrington - Westy circular via Kingsway and Latchford (1/2)
103 Warrington - Martinscroft (3)
104 Warrington - Warrington via Padgate and Woolston (4)
105 Warrington - Pilling Gardens (5)
106 Warrington - Warrington via Statham, Stockton Heath and Thelwall (6)
107 Warrington - Appleton (7)
111/112 Warrington - Loushers Lane circulars via Knutsford Road and Chester Road (11/12)
116 Warrington - Dallam (16/16A)
120/121/220/221 Warrington - Longford circular via Winwick Road, Poplars Ave and Orford Ave (20/20A/21/21A)
123 Warrington - Houghton Green (23)
125 Warringron - Gorse Covert (23/25)
128 Warrington - Longbarn (28)
130/132 Warrington - Walton circular via Chester road and Stockton Heath (30/32)
135 Warrington - Statham (35)
602 Warrington - Wigan (402/460)
B1 Warrington - Lingley Green (B1)

Routes operated by Lancashire Travel: equivalent WBT routes in brackets

113 Warrington - Warrington circular via Penketh and Sankey Bridges (13/13A/13B)
114/115 Warrington - Warrington circular via Penketh and Great Sankey (14/15)
118 Warrington - Callands (18/18X)

Routes started by WBT, equivalent Lancashire Travel/North Western/Warrington Goldlines routes in brackets:

30X Warrington - Chester (C30)
329 Warrington - St. Helens (339)
H5 Warrington - Liverpool (H5)
T9/T11 - Warrington - Widnes/Murdishaw (T10)

If there's anything missing, feel free to contribute