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Longest route in/through Merseyside?
 09/10/2012, 12:04
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Yeah, constant turning ! haha ! :-)

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 09/10/2012, 12:18
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RE: Longest route in/through Merseyside?
One of the longest routes within Merseyside has to be the 137/138 taking around 1 hour and 40 minutes in either direction. Also the 139 when doing full route to St Helens clocks in a 1 hour 32 minutes one way and 1 hour 35 minutes the other.

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 09/10/2012, 12:58
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I know it's a bit pedantic but wouldn't the 89A technically be longer than the 89 seen as it does that extra stint to LJLA? :P
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 09/10/2012, 13:17
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(09/10/2012 10:54)tinytears87 Wrote:  The 89 from St Helens to JLA is approx 16.5 miles.

48/48A Liverpool-Southport is longer at 21 miles

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 09/10/2012, 13:56
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Wasn't there a short lived JL Airport-Southport 48A? I imagine that had a good few miles on it.

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 09/10/2012, 14:14
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Yes there was, and then there was the 217 Halewood-Liverpool City Centre that was also a very long journey.

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 09/10/2012, 15:36
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What about when the 418/419 went to/from Cheshire Oaks?

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 09/10/2012, 15:43
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Possibly cheating, but could you include the National Express 060 to Leeds via Manchester given it is possible to pay on boarding, thus making it a stage carriage service?

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 09/10/2012, 17:42
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(09/10/2012 15:43)Nicholas Wrote:  Possibly cheating, but could you include the National Express 060 to Leeds via Manchester given it is possible to pay on boarding, thus making it a stage carriage service?

Is it a registered bus service with VOSA?

Even so, it is 30-35 miles long, which is probably still shorter than the 811/817 routes.

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 09/10/2012, 17:57 • (This post was last modified: 09/10/2012 18:00 by Nicholas)
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It most certainly is registered - and its more like 77 miles long (even longer in the evening when some journeys run via Manchester Airport and Bradford)!

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