Route History

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Route History

(25/11/2019 22:38)MTL0201 Wrote:  Coming back to this, Lancashire United had a route, Bolton-Warrington numbered then 550, via 582 to Leigh then Newton Le Willows & Warrington, at d-reg Warrington Transport took over the service but cut it to operate Leigh-Warrington via Newton Le Willows, was then numbered 419, mostly to fit tin with Warringtons 19/420 routes[i think the 419 interworked the 19], 419 lasted well into the 90s, Warrington Transport always seem to allocate deckers[i remember the East Lancs Dominators] on the 419 even though it mostly carried fresh air

Also recall a brief spell when the Evening & Sunday 582's were extended to operate Bolton - Leigh - Newton. This was around the same time as the earlier mentioned 402 and was quite short lived.