Been 'debating' with our kid,was there a bus route from Kirkby via Fazakerley ,Walton through to Speke in the 70's, a kind of express where you paid more to get to your destination by leaving stops out??
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Been 'debating' with our kid,was there a bus route from Kirkby via Fazakerley ,Walton through to Speke in the 70's, a kind of express where you paid more to get to your destination by leaving stops out??
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Yes, the 500 it was.
Dead arm for me then!! I thought it was the 99!
Was 500 but i thought that went from speke to lime st........................... it deffo went along mather avenue
Speke to Kirkby. It stopped at the main districts only. Garston, Aigburth, Dingle, Lewis', etc. It also appeared to always be braking the speed limit. It didn't 'alf go.
These days, if a rail link is taken into John Lennon airport, Merseyrail would cover that route and do it faster.
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I always loved getting the 500 !, it felt great you got into "Town" much quicker....I thought the 544 was the bus that went to Kirkby, we got it to go to my Nans !
I occasionally got the 500 to Fords in the early 70s, Walton to Speke
In Reply to all the bus 500.workings,etc.Speke and Gillmoss were the main depots that crews covered 500.First buses left each depot about same time(very early)the last bus from Speke and Kirkby(gillmoss crew) met at same time every nite in Lime Street 23.30hrs then the crews would just walk over the road and got on the bus to finish at there respected nearest terminus.Other depots did works specials to Fords Factory 500.501.The route was always to be out from ranlaigh street.park rd.aigy road thru Garston then Eastern ave.It was fast limited stop.from town (south) first stop was Dingle Running time 7mins.even in peak hours.The fares were same as other routes and I think there was a minimum fare.Later on MPTE.introduced RAPID RIDE to encourage more paxs to use buses in the outter hsg estates.
Yes, the 544 went to Northwood, terminating at Roughwood Drive.
I remember the 510, up and down Prescot Rd.
Couldn't get on it with a kids bus pass though
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