Route History

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RE: Route History

(18/08/2020 00:13)MTL0201 Wrote:  My 1988 & 1990 maps show a 28/29 circular route operated by North Western, this followed the current 52 Liverpool-Netherton, then by 1990 28/29 was diverted in Bootle via Orrell Road & Watts Lane[current 52A route], from Netherton 28/29 went via the old 30 route back to City Centre, but via Scotland Road rather than Netherfield Road North/South & Shaw Street, not sure when the 28/29 were withdrawn

There was also the short lived Merseybus 28 in 1997. Not 100% on it's route but I think it ran a similar route like the current 52's to Linacre Lane then ran along Netherton Way/Dunnings Bridge Road to Netherton. Again not 100% but I think it might have ran along Great Homer Street to/from the city centre too.

I'm not sure if they interworked with Merseybus's 53/55's but they used the last of Gillmoss's Wright Endurance/Volvo's from the 6607-23 batch they did so assume they did. I think the 28's may have latterly interrworked with the 3/30's when Fareway was closed and integrated into Gillmoss but it didn't last that long as IIRC it was gone by that sumner.

To be honest the route number and general number of other routes in/around the general Bootle area didn't make it a success and they were generally not that well used when I used a few 28's around that time. Sadly like many places their probably is a 'need' for a route like that, MPTE/Ribble days certainly had such links, but unless deregulation disappears and subsidies increase considerably no chance of such a service working these days.

I think the 56 is the only route which covers parts of that now and doesn't serve the Stand either.