TRIVIA: Bus routes/services that are no longer

[charley_17/7]

That through Lancaster-Southport service only happened because Stagecoach/Ribble had driver problems at Preston and East Lancs (Clitheroe and elsewhere). The express run down the motorway got the coach down to Preston quickly, from where it ran as limited stop to Southport usually with the Morecambe driver in charge. Some Morecambe drivers were rostered motorway to Preston, then on to East Lancs (not sure of exact route Blackburn/Burnley/Clitheroe) and then down the M66 on the Manchester express (precursor to what is now the Witchway service). It wasn't advertised as a through service, but the same driver and bus went the whole way and back. After the East Lancs drivers finally went on strike Stagecoach sold the depots off, so there was no further need to get Morecambe drivers to East Lancs and the service was killed off.
I seem to remember Lancaster City Transport tried a Morecambe-Southport service around the same time and lost money on it.......but then they were daft enough during the summer holidays to run double decker buses on a walk-on Glasgow-Morecambe/Blackpool service

I remember the following Stagecoach Express services around the NW:

X24 Clitheroe - Bolton - Dumplington
X25 Clitheroe - Bolton - Manchester 'the Mancunian'
X43 Burnley - M66 - Manchester (- Dumplington)
X59 Morecambe - Lancaster - University - Preston - Southport
X60 Preston - Chorley - Horwich - Dumplington
X61 Manchester - Preston via the M61
X62 Manchester - Bolton - Blackpool
X63 Blackpool - Preston - Blackburn - Colne

Arriva tried a X4 or X1 that went from Liverpool - St Helens - Dumplington, as well as the 700 between Liverpool Airport - Manchester which lasted a while.

 

[anti-pacer]

I remember the following Stagecoach Express services around the NW:

X24 Clitheroe - Bolton - Dumplington
X25 Clitheroe - Bolton - Manchester 'the Mancunian'
X43 Burnley - M66 - Manchester (- Dumplington)
X59 Morecambe - Lancaster - University - Preston - Southport
X60 Preston - Chorley - Horwich - Dumplington
X61 Manchester - Preston via the M61
X62 Manchester - Bolton - Blackpool
X63 Blackpool - Preston - Blackburn - Colne

Arriva tried a X4 or X1 that went from Liverpool - St Helens - Dumplington, as well as the 700 between Liverpool Airport - Manchester which lasted a while.

For those who don't know, Dumplington is a little known area where the Trafford Centre is.

I also remember years ago the X43/743 started at Earby. I also remember in the 80's some journeys went through to Manchester Airport.

 

[ARN556B]

That through Lancaster-Southport service only happened because Stagecoach/Ribble had driver problems at Preston and East Lancs (Clitheroe and elsewhere). The express run down the motorway got the coach down to Preston quickly, from where it ran as limited stop to Southport usually with the Morecambe driver in charge. Some Morecambe drivers were rostered motorway to Preston, then on to East Lancs (not sure of exact route Blackburn/Burnley/Clitheroe) and then down the M66 on the Manchester express (precursor to what is now the Witchway service). It wasn't advertised as a through service, but the same driver and bus went the whole way and back. After the East Lancs drivers finally went on strike Stagecoach sold the depots off, so there was no further need to get Morecambe drivers to East Lancs and the service was killed off.
I seem to remember Lancaster City Transport tried a Morecambe-Southport service around the same time and lost money on it.......but then they were daft enough during the summer holidays to run double decker buses on a walk-on Glasgow-Morecambe/Blackpool service

The X51 Morecambe - Southport was introduced along with the X61 Backpool to Manchester, connecting at the Preston hub when the Stagecoach Express concept was introduced and not as a result of 'driver problems at Preston and East Lancs'.

A number of Morecambe Depot drivers worked at various depots around England due to driver shortages at those locations, including 2 drivers who worked at Clitheroe depot for a relatively short period, commuting daily via the Trough of Bowland, there was never any service linking Morecambe and Manchester via M66, Accrington and Clitheroe. There was a Saturday only Morecambe - Preston - Manchester day return journey aimed at shoppers and Lancaster University students, where the regular driver operated journeys Service 192 Manchester - Hazel Grove, during the layover period in Manchester.

The X51 was simply withdrawn due to poor loadings and financial performance, nothing to do with the sale of Blackburn, Clitheroe and Burnley depots to Blazefield.

Lancaster City Transport operated a number of competitive local express services, X40 to Preston and X42 to Blackpool, with double deckers, after winning tenders to carry LCC scholars passes, which resulted in redundancies at Ribble due to the loss of the peak schools work. This was during the period of intense competition between LCT and Ribble following deregulation.

IIRC LCT operated a summer express service jointly with Lothian linking Scotland and Morecambe, this was a coach operation, certainly not a scheduled double deck operation.

 

[Statto]

It was X51 Morecambe-Preston-Southport, i have a timetable for it from 1996, the Morecambe-Preston section has long been withdrawn, but Preston-Southport is now X2 extending to Liverpool & has good to heaving loadings.

 

[backontrack]

6/X6 Whitehaven-St Bees-Egremont-Beckermet-Calderbridge-Gosforth-Seascale-Ravenglass-Muncaster-Haverigg-Millom
36 Cockermouth-Brigham-Bridgefoot-Greysouthen-Workington
44 York-University of York
68A Aspatria-Plumbland-Gilcrux-Bridekirk-Tallentire-Cockermouth-Brigham-Bridgefoot-Greysouthen

 

[Martin1988]

A few entries for Bristol.

2 (Stockwood to Cribbs Causeway) was renumbered from 54 in September 2013

The 3 and the 4 (City Centre to Cribbs Causeway) were renumbered from 41 and 40 in September 2015

The old 4 (Centre to Downend) was withdrawn on 18th April 2013.

The 8/9 (Temple Meads to Clifton/Redland) have changed in September just gone. All services in Clifton are now solely the 8 in
both directions. The 9 only runs half hourly and serves Redland only.

X18 (Aztec West to Southmead Hospital) was withdrawn this year due to low usage.

The 19 is the new 319, renumbered earlier this year.

21 (Felton to Temple Meads) was tendered by NSC but due to low usage was withdrawn on 23rd August 2015.

25 withdrawn a few years ago, now just 24 (Ashton Vale to Southmead Hospital).

42 (Centre to Bitton) journeys between Bitton and Keynsham withdrawn last year.

43 (Centre to Cadbury Heath) was cut back to Bitton only via Warmley but now runs back Cadbury Heath.

44 (Centre to Kingswood) now runs to Cadbury Heath via Hanham Common

45 (Centre to Longwell Green) now runs only to Cadbury Heath also.

51 (Centre to Hengrove) (surprisingly) withdrawn in September, all journeys now the 50. 51 taken over by Wessex.

71 (Temple Meads to UWE) diverted to serve UWE Bower Ashton instead this year.

74 (Centre to Cribbs Causeway) withdrawn and replaced partly by re-routed 73 and X74.

78/79 (Bristol to Thornbury) renumbered from 309/310 two years ago.

81 (Longwell Green to Yate) withdrawn this year, replaced in part by 16 (Hanham to Bristol Parkway Station) instead.

83 (Kingswood to Thornbury) withdrawn last year, replaced in part by 81 and 77.

121 (Bristol to Weston-super-Mare) withdrawn two years ago.

327 (Bristol to Yate), now the X49.

332 (Bristol to Bath), now the 37.

354 (Bristol to Nailsea), now the X8/X9.

357 (Bristol to Portishead), now the X3/X4.

361 (Bristol to Clevedon), now the X6.

379 (Bristol to Bath via Midsomer Norton) service withdrawn this year.

520 (Centre to Westbury) withdrawn last year, replaced in part by the 77.

W1 (Bristol to Weston-super-Mare) now the X1A.

X2 (Bristol to Portishead) now the X4

X5 (UWE to Weston-super-Mare) now only Bristol Parkway to Weston-super-Mare. Route axed from UWE.

X7 (Bristol to Newport via Chepstow), now branded Severn Express.

X10 (Bristol to Nailsea) withdrawn last year.

X74 (Centre to Bradley Stoke) withdrawn in September, Centre to UWE Express replaced by UWE service.

Service 4 from The Centre to Downend was withdrawn on 12th April 2014. I remember as I photographed the vehicle on the last journey departing Rupert Street.

In addition Service 327 from Yate to Bristol was replaced by Service 46. Service X49 was a replacement for Service 689.


X2 from Bristol to Portishead(replacement for 357-359 routes)

X2c from Bristol to Chipping Sodbury

X27 from Bristol to Yate

X29 from Bristol to Yate

X30 from Bristol to Frampton/Yate

17 from Longwell Green to Downend

23 from Bristol to Portishead(evening and sunday variant of X2 and X3)

85 from Yate to Emersons Green

86 from Kingswood to Wotton Under Edge

87 from Yate to Longwell Green

88 from Iron Acton to Chipping Sodbury

200 from Chipping Sodbury to Frenchay Hospital

222 from Chipping Sodbury to Longwell Green

318 from Cribbs Causeway to Keynsham

328 from Yate to Bristol

329 from Yate to Bristol

482/483 from Chipping Sodbury to Cribbs Causeway

581 from Chipping Sodbury to Hanham

611 from Thornbury to Cribbs Causeway

622 from Thornbury to Tetbury

627 from Yate to Wotton Under Edge

686 from Kingswood to Wotton Ubder Edge

681 from Chipping Sodbury to Filton

 

[zuriblue]

A couple that I remember in the North West were the 400 Trans Lancs Express from Bolton to Stockport.

Another is the old GMT 123 which ran from Moss Side to Victoria Station via Ancoats.

 

[Deerfold]

You could get an awful lot in this thread for some areas.

Looking at the village of Ripponden, which I grew up in and return to fairly regularly, bus routes I can remember that are no more:

8 Leeds - Halifax - Ripponden - Rochdale. 70s. Hourly.
58 Halifax - Barkisland - Ripponden. 70s, early 80s, Hourly.
59 Elland - Ripponden, 70s. Infrequent.
60/61/62 Halifax - Ripponden-Rishworth - (Commons/Cunning Corner) - 60s/70s. 2-4 an hour.
508 Leeds - Halifax - Ripponden - Rishworth - (Commons). Early-mid 80s. 2 an hour, 1 to Commons.
524 Halifax - Mill Bank - Ripponden (late 80s). Couple of journeys a day.
527 Halifax - Mill Bank - Rochdale. 80s-2000s. Ran 2-hourly, later evenings/. Only one late journey served Ripponden.
528 Halifax - Ripponden - Rochdale 80s-2000s, Ran 2 hourly, increasing to hourly in the daytime replacing some 527s when the 564/6 were introduced.
531 Halifax - Copley - Mill Bank - Ripponden. Hourly all day, 2000s, replaced 532/3, 564/6.
532 Halifax - Copley - Ripponden. Every 2 hours, evenings, Sundays
533 Halifax - Copley - Mill Bank - Ripponden. Every 2 hours, evenings, Sundays.
556 Halifax - Barkisland - Ripponden (1 peak journey to Oldham). Late 80s/Early 90s. Hourly.
557 Halifax - Barkisland - Ripponden most of the 90s and 2000s. Every 2 hours
559 Halifax - Barkisland - Ripponden Replaced 557. Every 2 hours
561 Halifax - Mill Bank - Ripponden - Rishworth (early 2000s). Hourly with peak extras.
561 Dean Head - Barkisland - Ripponden (briefly, late 90s).
561 Halifax - Ripponden - Rishworth - Commons - Rochdale (briefly, mid-90s, 2 hourly with Commons served 2-hourly by 560 and Rochdale 2-hourly by 528. Withdrawn when a weight limit was imposed on road between Commons and Rochdale Road.)
561 Halifax - Ripponden - Rishworth - (Trafford Centre) 90s, 2000s, hourly. Briefly 2-hourly non-stop Rishworth to Trafford Centre.
562 Halifax - Ripponden - Rishworth - (Commons) - Oldham (- Manchester) late 80s, 90s, 2000s. Hourly, (2-hourly Sundays and evenings from late 90s). Briefly extended to Manchester.
564 / 566 Halifax - Mill Bank - Ripponden (Hourly combined). 90s. Hourly combined with peak extras.
567 Halifax - Mill Bank - Ripponden. Briefly replaced 527 before becoming the 527 again.
900X Ripponden - Huddersfield, fast commuter timed version of 900. Renumbered 901 when this became the main Hebden Bridge - Huddersfield route.
E7 Ripponden - Barkisland - Greetland - Brighouse. Early 2010s. Barkisland - Ripponden withdrawn and route renumbered 564 in 2015.
X12 Bradford - Halifax - Ripponden - Oldham - Manchester. 70s, Late 80s. Every 2 hours daily. Late journey each way Friday/Saturday night, briefly hourly in peak.
X12 Leeds - Halifax - Ripponden - Oldham - Manchester. Early 80s. every 2 hours.

That's 28 withdrawn routes in just one Yorkshire village - there may be others I've forgotten.

The village is currently served by the 560, 561, 562, 900, 901, 902 and X58 with only the 560 of those having existed when I last left in 2001.

I think it may have a record for the number of different bus services with the same number - with 5 different 561s that I know of since the early 90s.

The 508 used to particularly confuse people, with it not always being obvious that this was the main bus to Halifax as it had the name of a hamlet over 30 miles away as its destination.

 

[sk688]

83 - Golders Green to Ealing Hospital ( now that was a long journey )
140 used to go from Edgware to Heathrow , but now luckily its only Harrow -Heathrow . Still takes over 1hr 30min at peak times

 

[Robertj21a]

83 - Golders Green to Ealing Hospital ( now that was a long journey )
140 used to go from Edgware to Heathrow , but now luckily its only Harrow -Heathrow . Still takes over 1hr 30min at peak times

Still not very far in distance terms.

 

[Alex 2901]

Within my lifetime, my town (Willenhall) has had the following withdrawn:

9 Walsall - Willenhall Via Darlaston & Lodge Farm (Withdrawn 2015)
28 Willenhall - Wolverhampton via New Invention (Withdrawn 2016)
40 Wolverhampton - Walsall via Willenhall (Withdrawn 2016)
325 Wednesbury - Bloxwich Via Willenhall (Withdrawn c.2005)
327 Wednesbury - Willenhall Via Darlaston (Withdrawn 2012) (Renumbered to 310, then extended to Merry Hill Centre, cut back in 2014)
331 Walsall - Willenhall Via Manor Hospital (Withdrawn 2008)
332 Walsall - Willenhall Via Alumwell (Withdrawn 2007)
340 Walsall - Willenhall Via Bentley (Withdrawn 2011)
342 Walsall - Willenhall Via Beechdale & Bentley (Withdrawn 2011)
369 Walsall - Willenhall Via Beechdale & New Invention (Withdrawn 2011)
525 Wolverhampton - Dudley Via Willenhall & Bilston (Withdrawn 2007)
527 Wolverhampton Circular Anticlockwise (Withdrawn 2002)
528 Wolverhampton Circular Clockwise (Withdrawn 2002)
528 Wolverhampton - Bilston Via Willenhall (Withdrawn 2011)
572/573 Wolverhampton Circular (Withdrawn 2004)
574 Wolverhampton - Willenhall Via Ettingshall (Withdrawn 2011)

A lot of these were withdrawn in the last network review, the 327 did extend to Ashmore Park at one point, but that was withdrawn around 2003 I think?

 

[Statto]

Leeds is one example where they still have the same numbers but operate to different parts of the City like
4 was Ireland Wood-Beeston, now Seacroft-Pudsey
5 was Whinmoor-Pudsey/Troydale now Halton Moor-Leeds City Centre Circular[Leeds City Bus]
6 was Pudsey-Halton Moor now Leeds Bus Station-Halt Park
7 was Beckett's Park-Hunslet now Leeds City Centre-Primley Park

 

[SCH117X]

Must be a huge list of services no more in Harrogate as West Yorkshire placed minibuses onto local services, "Hoppa"s, which when I arrived in the town seemed to run down every road you coulf get a minibus along, and on many routes duplicated by Harrogate Independent Travel. Since then there has been a number of changes but now extinct are any services venturing north of the Knaresborough Road (due to difficulties passing parked vehicles) and Starbeck away from the High Street and that afforded by the very limited service to Knaresborough via Calcutt (Transdev York 22), Hornbeam Park (the bus service went downhill when the train station opened) and to the Army Training College. There was also a period when the Sainsburys superstore opened that a lot of services were extended to that for a few months. Very recently Transdev tried a couple of services, 4 and 5, serving the District Hospital which died a death after a few months; a few years earlier a service 8 linking the Hospital to Starbeck had an equally brief existence.

 

[Busaholic]

140 used to go from Edgware to Heathrow , but now luckily its only Harrow -Heathrow . Still takes over 1hr 30min at peak times

Heathrow was only the destination for, at most, half the journeys in those days, down to a third at peak times. Hayes Station (actually Hayes and Harlington) was the default terminus, which could be quite busy with the likes of the 207A which ran to South Kensington Station at times, supplementing the 207 and the 49. Two Sunday p.m. journeys on the 140 in the 1970s ran via an otherwise unserved cemetery (not much passing trade) and I was the guy then working in the appropriate dept at LTE who had to arrange for a stop to be placed in a strategic position (only the one from memory, but my memories are admittedly hazy on this)

 

[philthetube]

For those who don't know, Dumplington is a little known area where the Trafford Centre is.

I also remember years ago the X43/743 started at Earby. I also remember in the 80's some journeys went through to Manchester Airport.

the x43 used to start at Skipton, operated with White Ladies by Standerwick.

Although the service ran from Skipton to Manchester the conductor came round at Colne to collect fresh fares from passengers as through tickets were not available.

Interestingly Burnley and Pendle used to run reliefs from Skip;ton to Colne on Saturday afternoons, they now run the whole lot.

 

[dgl]

In Dorset (the ones I can remember)

First:
2A Granby Industrial Estate to Littlemoor
5 Weymouth to Radipole/Southill
7/7A Grove/Verne to Weymouth via Downclose Estate
9 Weymouth to Lanehouse
X52? Dorchester to Poole (using coaches iirc)
Sureline:
X10 Portland Bill - Weymouth - Dorchester and later via The Grove, Verne Common, Lanehouse and Westham. Used old Mercedes buses.
Weymouth to Yeovil (can't remember the route number)

 

[Busaholic]

You could get an awful lot in this thread for some areas.

Looking at the village of Ripponden, which I grew up in and return to fairly regularly, bus routes I can remember that are no more:

8 Leeds - Halifax - Ripponden - Rochdale. 70s. Hourly.
58 Halifax - Barkisland - Ripponden. 70s, early 80s, Hourly.
59 Elland - Ripponden, 70s. Infrequent.
60/61/62 Halifax - Ripponden-Rishworth - (Commons/Cunning Corner) - 60s/70s. 2-4 an hour.
508 Leeds - Halifax - Ripponden - Rishworth - (Commons). Early-mid 80s. 2 an hour, 1 to Commons.
524 Halifax - Mill Bank - Ripponden (late 80s). Couple of journeys a day.
527 Halifax - Mill Bank - Rochdale. 80s-2000s. Ran 2-hourly, later evenings/. Only one late journey served Ripponden.
528 Halifax - Ripponden - Rochdale 80s-2000s, Ran 2 hourly, increasing to hourly in the daytime replacing some 527s when the 564/6 were introduced.
531 Halifax - Copley - Mill Bank - Ripponden. Hourly all day, 2000s, replaced 532/3, 564/6.
532 Halifax - Copley - Ripponden. Every 2 hours, evenings, Sundays
533 Halifax - Copley - Mill Bank - Ripponden. Every 2 hours, evenings, Sundays.
556 Halifax - Barkisland - Ripponden (1 peak journey to Oldham). Late 80s/Early 90s. Hourly.
557 Halifax - Barkisland - Ripponden most of the 90s and 2000s. Every 2 hours
559 Halifax - Barkisland - Ripponden Replaced 557. Every 2 hours
561 Halifax - Mill Bank - Ripponden - Rishworth (early 2000s). Hourly with peak extras.
561 Dean Head - Barkisland - Ripponden (briefly, late 90s).
561 Halifax - Ripponden - Rishworth - Commons - Rochdale (briefly, mid-90s, 2 hourly with Commons served 2-hourly by 560 and Rochdale 2-hourly by 528. Withdrawn when a weight limit was imposed on road between Commons and Rochdale Road.)
561 Halifax - Ripponden - Rishworth - (Trafford Centre) 90s, 2000s, hourly. Briefly 2-hourly non-stop Rishworth to Trafford Centre.
562 Halifax - Ripponden - Rishworth - (Commons) - Oldham (- Manchester) late 80s, 90s, 2000s. Hourly, (2-hourly Sundays and evenings from late 90s). Briefly extended to Manchester.
564 / 566 Halifax - Mill Bank - Ripponden (Hourly combined). 90s. Hourly combined with peak extras.
567 Halifax - Mill Bank - Ripponden. Briefly replaced 527 before becoming the 527 again.
900X Ripponden - Huddersfield, fast commuter timed version of 900. Renumbered 901 when this became the main Hebden Bridge - Huddersfield route.
E7 Ripponden - Barkisland - Greetland - Brighouse. Early 2010s. Barkisland - Ripponden withdrawn and route renumbered 564 in 2015.
X12 Bradford - Halifax - Ripponden - Oldham - Manchester. 70s, Late 80s. Every 2 hours daily. Late journey each way Friday/Saturday night, briefly hourly in peak.
X12 Leeds - Halifax - Ripponden - Oldham - Manchester. Early 80s. every 2 hours.

That's 28 withdrawn routes in just one Yorkshire village - there may be others I've forgotten.

The village is currently served by the 560, 561, 562, 900, 901, 902 and X58 with only the 560 of those having existed when I last left in 2001.

I think it may have a record for the number of different bus services with the same number - with 5 different 561s that I know of since the early 90s.

The 508 used to particularly confuse people, with it not always being obvious that this was the main bus to Halifax as it had the name of a hamlet over 30 miles away as its destination.

That's one hell of a village - did anyone ever stay home or did all the residents suffer from St Vitus Dance?

 

[Statto]

the x43 used to start at Skipton, operated with White Ladies by Standerwick.

Although the service ran from Skipton to Manchester the conductor came round at Colne to collect fresh fares from passengers as through tickets were not available.

Interestingly Burnley and Pendle used to run reliefs from Skip;ton to Colne on Saturday afternoons, they now run the whole lot.

X43 still goes to Skipton, uses the Motorway Burnley to Colne though.

 

[ARN556B]

the x43 used to start at Skipton, operated with White Ladies by Standerwick.

Although the service ran from Skipton to Manchester the conductor came round at Colne to collect fresh fares from passengers as through tickets were not available.

Interestingly Burnley and Pendle used to run reliefs from Skip;ton to Colne on Saturday afternoons, they now run the whole lot.

I don't think Standerwick operated on the X43. The White Ladies were operated by Ribble and were a local coach version of the Standerwick Gay Hostess; no toilet or servery, smaller engine; the opaque windows covered the large luggage area required on summer services to Blackpool and Morecambe,

 

[Deerfold]

X43 still goes to Skipton, uses the Motorway Burnley to Colne though.

Well, it doesn't still go there. It restarted going there this year, replacing the 4 slow buses an hour with 2 fast ones between Skipton and Burnley (services had gone through for a couple of years on a Sunday with the X43 and 872 being the same bus, changing number at Burnley).

That's one hell of a village - did anyone ever stay home or did all the residents suffer from St Vitus Dance?

It's never had more than half a dozen regular routes at any one time. Sadly it has more route numbers than I can ever remember at the moment (7) but fewer buses than the peak I recall in the nineties.

 

[Statto]

Well, it doesn't still go there. It restarted going there this year, replacing the 4 slow buses an hour with 2 fast ones between Skipton and Burnley (services had gone through for a couple of years on a Sunday with the X43 and 872 being the same bus, changing number at Burnley).



It's never had more than half a dozen regular routes at any one time. Sadly it has more route numbers than I can ever remember at the moment (7) but fewer buses than the peak I recall in the nineties.

X43 has had a couple of names over the years, i remember it being called The Mancunian in the mid 90s.

Burnley & Pendle have renumbered the mainline services 21-29 to M1-M4, with a less confusing arrangement where the bus returns on the same route ie M1 returns as M1 rather than 21 returning as 29 then as 24 ecc.

 

[Deerfold]

X43 has had a couple of names over the years, i remember it being called The Mancunian in the mid 90s.

And your point?

Burnley & Pendle have renumbered the mainline services 21-29 to M1-M4, with a less confusing arrangement where the bus returns on the same route ie M1 returns as M1 rather than 21 returning as 29 then as 24 ecc.

Burnley and Pendle stopped the system where buses ran with different numbers in different directions a couple of years before this renumbering. The M4 (previously 25, before that the 25 in one direction 20-22 in the other) passes my house.

 

[73001]

The village where I spent my first 30 years (Lydiate, on the edge of north Merseyside) had the following buses at one point during that time; 80A, 101, 302, 311, 321, 341, 345, 351, 361 - these are the ones I can remember. At some points there were as many as 9 buses an hour going towards Liverpool. Now there is the 300 (2 an hour) and the local circular to the train station in Maghull.

 

[OwlMan]

If anyone is interested in the history of bus routes around Coventry then the website of the Coventry Corporation Transport Society is very interesting

http://www.cct-society.org.uk/about.htm

 

[TUC]

Renumbering? The old Teesside routes didn't have numbers but letters. All are lost now.

I think he means the renumbering since the 1990s, not the 1970s!

 

[route101]

National Express 534
Used to go via the Borders Gala and Jedburgh and onwards to Hull
Now goes via A1 and goes to Sheffield

 

[anti-pacer]

National Express 534
Used to go via the Borders Gala and Jedburgh and onwards to Hull
Now goes via A1 and goes to Sheffield

I used to work for National Express back in 2006/7 and I'm sure I caught that coach from Newcastle to Glasgow. This was in 2007 and it went up the A1 and via Edinburgh. However, back then it definitely came from Hull.

Sounds like this route has been tweaked a bit over the years.

 

[sk688]

Still not very far in distance terms.

Yes , but because the route passed through Wembley Central and other traffic hotspots , it takes a hell of a time to complete

 

[route101]

I used to work for National Express back in 2006/7 and I'm sure I caught that coach from Newcastle to Glasgow. This was in 2007 and it went up the A1 and via Edinburgh. However, back then it definitely came from Hull.

Sounds like this route has been tweaked a bit over the years.

The 591 London to Edinburgh goes A1 way !
Was 2012 when i used it Glasgow to Newcastle and went via A7 , Gala , A68 , Jedburgh , NCL airport . Certain this route was still operating recently .

Another is the 537 that used to go from Glasgow to Corby via Carlisle , A65 , Skipton , Bradford etc . The 537 now appears to go via A1 and Newcastle .

Theres a new 548 that Starts in Edinburgh and goes to Birmingham via Glasgow

 

[anti-pacer]

The 591 London to Edinburgh goes A1 way !
Was 2012 when i used it Glasgow to Newcastle and went via A7 , Gala , A68 , Jedburgh , NCL airport . Certain this route was still operating recently .

Another is the 537 that used to go from Glasgow to Corby via Carlisle , A65 , Skipton , Bradford etc . The 537 now appears to go via A1 and Newcastle .

Theres a new 548 that Starts in Edinburgh and goes to Birmingham via Glasgow

It's definitely had some tweaks then. Maybe they trialled the Borders run and then reverted to the A1.