Route History

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RE: Route History

(24/05/2019 07:52)moreton407 Wrote:  Don't forget that GM Buses operated on the 284 during their war with MTL.

In 1976, there were the S1/S2/S3/X27/X37 running the Skelhorne Street-Southport via Crosby series of routes. The first major change was when the Waterloo Interchange opened in January 1977, and S1 and S3 were withdrawn. S4 was introduced between Freshfield Grapes Hotel and Waterloo, but was extended to Skelhorne Street at the peaks. Then in October 1978, S2 and X37 were withdrawn, probably because of the success of the improved Merseyrail service between Liverpool and Southport, and S5 was introduced between Freshfield station and Skelhorne Street. Both S4/S5 were fully extended to Skelhorne Street as all-day services. A connection at Formby police station was possible between S4/S5 and local 10/17/19 if one still wanted to travel by local bus between Liverpool and Southport. In fact, Ribble took a part share in 10/17/19 routes to shore up their guaranteed mileage after losing the S2, and it wasn't uncommon to see the odd Southport-based Ribble National on these services.