Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(06/01/2019 23:39)St Helens Rider Wrote:  I think 1988-89 was about the time when Merseybus introduced a 472 Mon-Fri although ironically I seem to recall Crosville ran the service on a Saturday although I think it was all part of the wider Woodchurch Road corridor competition at the time. I know they both competed on the Woodchurch Estate 70/70A services.

Wasn't that due to an agreement after a short lived bus war with Crosville/Merseybus & Goldstar trading as Busman Buses, Crosville got the 41/70/70A[now 41/41A/42] on a permanent basis, withdrew from the C10, 37A & Monday to Friday 72A, Merseybus got the daytime 472 with Crosville operating it on Saturdays, Merseybus already had the peak hour routes 417/418 which went via the M53 & Wallasey Tunnel, also Merseybus kept the Liscard/Woodside-Chester via Ellesmere Port routes 9C/10C, later revising them into the 1C New Brighton-Chester direct.