Route History

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RE: Route History

(12/12/2020 14:52)Liamkennedy2231 Wrote:  Would anyone happen to know anything about the old 32A service running between Widnes and Liverpool please? Think it may have operated until about 2013 and was operated by Merseypride Travel under contract to Halton Borough Council

It was the 32 and later 82B (a few years after the arriva re-numbering of North Western services). The 32A was short Runcorn to Airport services operated by North Western/Arriva when the 32 (Runcorn to Airport) and 82A (Liverpool to Airport) were combined to form the near-current 82A Liverpool to Murdishaw Service.

It was completely commercial and followed pretty much the same route as the 82A (not calling at the Airport) between Widnes Green Oaks and Aigburth Vale and then follows the 82 between Aigburth Vale and Elliot Street. There were also shorter Liverpool to Speke journeys in which the bus would terminate at Speke Eastern Avenue and move in order to run a school service/driver meal breaks (and at one point Garston for the same reason)

Originally the route served PSBS before terminating at the old ‘Speke’ stop on Charlotte Street where the Halewood services now call (outside Boots/Clayton Square). During the Lime Street remodelling this was moved to Lime Street with morning peak services calling to Dale Street in competition with the Arriva 82D