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Liverpool Picturebook

A site dedicated to photographs and History of old Liverpool

  1. From Trams to Buses

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Edwards View Post
    Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport (known at first as "Liverpool Corporation Tramways") first came into being back in 1897, but did not run buses until 1910. In 1945, following the Second World War, the process of replacing the tramways with buses began. As part of the post war planning policy, slum clearance became a priority, creating new towns outside the main metropolitan areas that in turn needed appropriate transport links. Bus routes were, therefore, extensively developed
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