Route History

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RE: Route History

(28/06/2018 16:27)Phil Wrote:  Cracking post this. Thanks for sharing!

Growing up around Belle Vale in the early 90's, I always wondered why the Kirkby - Halewood service was given the number 192, when the 92 that I knew of (Crosby-Penny Lane) went nowhere near it.

It wasn't until I did a bit of internet digging that I found out about the pre de-reg 92 that is mentioned in the post above! Wasn't there also a 92A variation of the MPTE service that I seem to recall reading about? Not too sure.

I remember the first time I used the 92 was around 1997 to get to Crosby Marina. We caught a North Western National to Picton Clock on the 79 (I'm pretty sure it had Skelmersdale branding) and then what must have been a E*** WBG Alexander Olympian on the 92.
On the return journey, it was an Atlantean in the 10** series with very very threadbare and worn modular seating.

Can't remember what our return 79 bus was unfortunately. Saying that, it could have been a 14 or a 38!

Hope i haven't rambled on too long!

79 has an interesting history, original routes were 79C/79D Lee Park-Pier Head, there was a 79B which was an evening & weekend variation to the 79D, 79B went via London Road, then Church Street, later Hood Street Gyrotory, not sure when 79A Belle Vale-Pier Head via Barnham Drive-Gateacre Park Drive & Grange Lane, although the 79A Pier Head stop was Georges Dock Way rather than the bus station itself. 79 was the last to be introduced, Pier Head-Netherley, introduced when the Netherley estate was built & residents started moving in

At d-reg, only the 79 remained an all day route, 79A was reduced to peak hour route only, 79C/79D were withdrawn, not sure when the 79D was reinstated, think it was well into the 90s though, 79C Netherley-City Centre reappeared, this went via Caldway Drive & Naylors Road, before being extended to Murdishaw & merged with the 30 Hough Green Farm-Murdishaw