Route History

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RE: Route History
My late 80s/1990 bus maps don't have a 25 variant going to Maghull, 25 went Garston-Old Roan, interestingly at d-reg the 25 wasn't registered by Merseybus, so Merseytravel stepped in, tendered the 25 as 125, initially operated by Crosville, not sure of the operators after Crosville closed the Liverpool depot, late 80s Merseybus introduced the 25 Garston-Old Roan, & my bus maps don't have the 25 serving the gyrotory, may have done by the time it was withdrawn though, although i seem to remember the 25 going straight down Lime Street & not calling at the gyrotory at first, the traditional 25 route though was via Upper Parliament Street-Grove Street & Crown Street, the 25 before d-reg was Aigburth Vale-Walton.

At d-reg the 46 Penny Lane-Walton was renumbered 52/52A, extended to Old Roan 52, & Maghull 52A, the route followed the old 30 to Old Road, 52A though turned onto Dunnings Bridge Road then to Maghull Westway

The 30 to has had interesting changes, most of the time 30A Netherton Village-Pier Head the outer turning circle was on Northern Perimeter Road, take a look next time you get the 55 as it's still there, 30C was introduced mid 70s Crosby-Pier Head but lasted a few years. At d-reg the 30 wasn't registered so Merseytravel introduced a 130 but only Pier Head-Everton Valley, another route Crosville gained the tender for[d-reg was an interesting time as you then had companies operating out of traditional areas]. Merseybus introduced the 30 Pier Head-Old Roan with 30A Pier Head-Maghull 30A followed the 52A to Maghull, 30A didn't last long, neither did the 30 as the route became Merseytravel tender 130 again, 30 was reintroduced with evening & Sunday 130 & there have been a few operators over the years, oh & traditional 30 route was via the current 21

At d-reg 12/13 was moved to Gillmoss, until 91, interworked with the 14, rather bizarrely even though the 12/13 interworked the 14[with Gillmoss depot being almost over the road from the 14 terminus] driver changes often took place top of Stockbridge Lane & around Waterpark Drive, drivers would use the M57 to get from Gillmoss to the change point. The 91 changes the 12/13 were one of the few routes that escaped being merged, & terminus moved to Central Bus Station, when Central Bus Station was rebuilt 12/13 moved to Water Street/James Street