Route History

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RE: Route History
The 418 now Birkenhead-New Ferry has an interesting history started out in early 80s as

18 Seaview Road Garage-Mill Park via Birkenhead Park-Bidston-Beechwood[or Ford as it was then]-Upton-Arrowe Park-Prenton-Rock Ferry-Bebington-New Ferry-Bromborough, think the original route went direct via New Chester Road to Mill Park, December 85, 18 was complemented by the

17 New Brighton-Clatterbridge, via Rake Lane then 18 to Bebington Station & 10 to Clatterbridge
19 New Brighton-New Ferry via Seabank Road-Poulton Road-then 18 to Bebington Station then to New Ferry Shorefields, those days buses went straight down Bebington Road in New Ferry before the New Ferry part was pedestrianised.

17 & 19 were short lived being withdrawn at d-reg, 18 was originally not registered so 118/119 Arrowe Park-Mill Park was introduced, before 118/119 was cut to Arrowe Park-Bebington Oval when at the 11th hour Merseybus registered the 18 with a new 18A which diverted via Spital, & extended to New Brighton, evening & Sunday service was 118/119.

Late 80s Merseybus withdrew the 18A & diverted the 18 via Liscard Road to Seacombe Ferry replacing the 15 Seacombe-Liscard

Mid 90s, 18 renumbered 18A diverted at Birkenhead Park to Woodside then Seacombe-Liscard-Grove Road partly replacing 501/502 Woodside-Wallasey Circulars

Late 90s, 18A renumbered 18 & cut to operate Mill Park-Woodside with new low floor darts introduced

Arriva renumbered 18 to 418 with a 419 via Spital in 2001, route stayed unchanged until last year.