Route History

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RE: Route History

(01/07/2018 05:00)childwallblues Wrote:  I think LUT were involved in three routes out of Liverpool from South John Street but I may be wrong. These were 39 to Mancheter, 317 St Helens and 320 to Wigan. Ribble, and St Helens/Wigan Corrporations were also involved.
Ribble also ran a W4 workers service from Mann Island to Bold Colliery.

Correct, my 1977 MPTE Liverpool area timetable book has LUT as a joint operator on the 39/317/320 routes, the 317 was withdrawn in 78 when the Liverpool-St Helens rail frequency was improved which just left the 39 & 320.

39 was hourly Liverpool-Tyldesley, with 2 hourly extentions to Manchester.
317 made a combined 15 minute frequency with 39 & 320 St Helens-Liverpool.
320 was every 30 minutes.

Journey time was just over 45 minutes Liverpool-St Helens, after d-reg when the 39 became the 34, journey time was still 45 minutes but the 34 almost always arrived early, 34 was early over most of the route quite often back in the day, always ended up waiting a few minutes at Astley, Leigh, Newton Le Willows-St Helens, Leigh was were the driver changes took place.