#AYearOfBuses 79: Liverpool ONE – Halewood – Widnes
From yesterday’s rural wander around the Lake District, we’re heading to the opposite end of the spectrum for day 79 on #AYearOfBuses – inner city Liverpool. Arriva North West’s 79, 79C and 79D (the 79A and 79B are no longer with us) connect Liverpool’s half-indoor, half-outdoor shopping centre hybrid with the innermost suburbs of Wavertree, […]
#AYearOfBuses 32: 432 Liverpool – New Brighton
Welcome to February! For day 32 on #AYearOfBuses, we’re going underground. Arriva Merseyside’s route 432 links New Brighton on the Wirral peninsula with Liverpool, through the Wallasey Tunnel under the River Mersey. It’s home to a batch of ‘crossriver’ branded Volvo B5LHs with lowheight Wright double-decker bodywork, for maximum capacity whilst simultaneously avoiding becoming wedged in […]
#AYearOfBuses 2: X2 Preston – Southport – Liverpool
Day two on #AYearOfBuses takes us to Merseyside – it’s Stagecoach’s recently-upgraded X2, running every 30 mins between Preston, Southport and Liverpool. In 2018, Stagecoach Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire splashed out £4 million for a fleet of brand new Enviro400MMCs for the X2, featuring deluxe e-leather seats, tables, LED reading lights, free WiFi and […]