Old Liverpool Routes

[skelmersey]

RE: Old Liverpool Routes

(27/09/2013 07:07)MPTE1955 Wrote:  

(27/09/2013 05:13)skelmersey Wrote:  

(26/09/2013 07:17)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Depends how far back you want to go, pre de-reg there was a ribble 365 that used to go Skelmersdale - Liverpool, going out through Wango Lane up to Aintree. Think there used to be a 306 that went Waddicar Lane, through to Aintree as well, think that was Ormskirk-Liverpool but can't quite remember for certain. Later a while after de-reg, the 365 went and changed to 355 but didnt go Aintree buy North Western re-routed the 345 to go through Kirkby, and then back on normal route when it went back through Waddicar Lane.

The 365 was axed on D-day when the 355 was introduced, prior to the 365 the 305 ran instead running up Aintree lane to Bull bridge lane re-joining 345 route to Skem.

Such a shame these services have long gone they were well used in their heyday, would re-regulation be a bad thing??!!

Knew the 365 had gone quickly, didn't realise it was instant, as for 305, well that is before my time. With the 306, I remember Merseybus doing a Kirkby-Ormskirk for a bit, they always used to use the buses with the experimental Dark Green Colours, which at GM was 1955 or 1957.

I know this as I went home from Skelhorne st on Sunday 26 October, remember passengers waiting at the shops opposite black bull only to see the bus veer right towards Fazakerley, no one knew about the new services and routes, mayhem!!