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Overview of changes to the Sefton Bus Network from 4th September 2022
- Improved links between Millers Bridge and Bootle town centre in the evenings. Through links to Netherton created.
- Standardised route and reintroduced frequency on the 135 for consistency for customers.
- New services and improved links for the entire North Sefton network.
- Formby frequency to Ainsdale increased from four buses an hour to five.
- Increased hospital connections to the wider area of Southport.
- Bus connections created to Ainsdale, Birkdale, Southport Hospital and Crossens.
- 300 & 310 timetable better co-ordinated in Maghull.
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Detailed changes:
Service | Current Provision | Overview of Proposed Change | Proposed Provision | Alternative services for areas no longer served |
144 | Bootle – Netherton Circular Every 60 minutes (Monday – Saturday) Every 120 minutes (Sunday)
| Service to be to be revised to operate via Strand Road in both directions in the daytime. Evenings operate via Millers Bridge | Monday – Saturday: No change. Evening route Monday – Saturday serves Millers Bridge and runs into Bootle Strand. Evenings & Sunday frequency reinstated to every 60 minutes | N/A |
135 | Aintree Station – Bootle Evenings Every 120 minutes (Monday – Friday) Evenings Every 120 minutes (Saturday) From 12:00 Every 120 minutes (Sunday)
| Frequency reintroduced at 60 minutes. Millers Bridge no longer served. Route is now standardised. | Monday to Friday; Frequency increased to every 60 minutes Saturday; Frequency increased to every 60 minutes Sunday; Frequency increased to every 60 minutes Journeys no longer operate via Millers Bridge. This provision now covered by revised evening & Sunday route of 144. | Millers Bridge is covered by the 235 Bootle – Orrel Circular. 60-minute frequency Monday – Saturday Service 136 covers Millers Bridge in the Weekday Peaks. |
44 Arriva | Formby – Crossens Every 60 minutes (Monday – Sunday) Formby - Crossens Every 20 minutes (Monday – Saturday) Crossens – Southport Hospital Every 30 minutes (Sunday) Crossens – Southport Hospital Every 60 minutes (Sunday) Formby - Crossens Via Southport Hospital, Southport Town Centre, Woodvale, Ainsdale, Marshside
| Formby – Crossens New Timetable and Route added through Ainsdale and Woodvale onto Formby. | Every 60 minutes (Monday – Sunday) Formby - Crossens Journeys Now operate through Ainsdale and around Woodvale Hourly link to Southport Hospital remains. | Route combines to provide a 20-minute link to Southport Hospital from Crossens. Route combines to provide a 30-minute link to Formby via Crossens, Southport, Ainsdale, Woodvale. |
49 Arriva (New Number 45) | Crossens – Woodvale Every 15 minutes (Monday – Friday) Crossens – Woodvale Every 20 minutes (Saturday) Crossens – Woodvale Every 30 minutes (Sunday) Crossens – Woodvale Via Ainsdale, Hillside, Churchtown | Route to be renumbered and incorporated into a new map of local services in the area | New Number 45 Every 60 minutes (Monday – Sunday) Formby - Crossens Follows the 49 route to Ainsdale, then the current 44 route to Formby, where it does the reverse of the 44, Ravens Meol Lane, Queens Road, Ward Avenue, Formby Bridge, Duke Street Route omits Gleneagles in Ainsdale. | Routes 41,42 and 45 incorporate areas of the 49 routes. Route combines to provide a 30-minute link to Formby via Crossens, Southport, Ainsdale, Birkdale. Route combines to provide a 20-minute link to High Park |
41 Arriva | NEW SERVICE | 41 Circular Service Crossens via Ainsdale – Crossens Monday – Saturday daytime | 41 Circular Service Departs Crossens at 00 & 20, past the hour, Monday – Saturday daytime to create a combined 10-minute frequency on the common sections. Service runs via Crossens Churchtown, Southport, Southport Hospital, Liverpool Road, Ainsdale. Route omits Gleneagles in Ainsdale. | Route combines to provide a 20-minute link to Southport Hospital Route combines to provide a 10-minute link to Southport Lord Street Route combines to provide a 20-minute link to Churchtown & Marshside Route combines to provide a 20-minute link to Ainsdale |
42 Arriva | NEW SERVICE
| 42 Circular Service Crossens via Ainsdale – Crossens Monday – Saturday daytime | 42 Circular Service (reverse of the 41 routes. Departs Crossens at 30 & 50, past the hour, Monday – Saturday daytime to create a combined 10-minute frequency on the common sections. Every 30 minutes (Monday – Sunday) Crossens - Ainsdale
| Route combines to provide a 20-minute link to High Park Route combines to provide a 20-minute link to Birkdale Route combines to provide a 20-minute link to Ainsdale |
300 Arriva | Queen Square Bus Station – Southport Every 30 minutes (Monday – Friday) Every 30 minutes (Saturday) Every 60 minutes (Sunday)
| Saturday frequency reduction | Monday to Friday; No Change Saturday; Frequency reduced to every 60 minutes Sunday; No Change Evenings remain 60 minutes: Lydiate – Queen Square | N/A |
310 Arriva | Liverpool - Maghull & Skelmersdale Every 30 minutes (Monday – Saturday) Every 60 minutes (Sunday) | Reduced Service to Skelmersdale | Monday to Friday; Liverpool – Skelmersdale every 60 minutes. Retain journeys between Liverpool & Maghull to provide service every 30 minutes.
Saturday; Liverpool – Skelmersdale every 60 minutes. Retain journeys between Liverpool & Maghull to provide service every 30 minutes.
Sunday; No Change | N/A |
54 Arriva | Liverpool – Thornton Circular Every 30 minutes (Monday – Friday) Every 30 minutes (Saturday) Every 30 minutes (Sunday) | Sunday Frequency reduction | Monday to Friday; No Change Saturday; No Change Sunday; Reduced to every 60 Minutes | N/A |
55 Arriva | Liverpool – Old Roan Every 30 minutes (Monday – Friday) Every 30 minutes (Saturday) Every 30 minutes (Sunday)
| Sunday Frequency reduction
| Monday to Friday; No Change Saturday; No Change Sunday; Reduced to every 60 Minutes | N/A |
58/58A Arriva | Liverpool – Netherton Every 30 minutes (Monday – Friday) Every 30 minutes (Saturday) Every 60 minutes (Sunday) | Saturday Frequency reduction
| Monday to Friday; No Change Saturday; reduced to every 60 minutes Sunday; No Change
| N/A |
62 Arriva | Bootle – Penny Lane Every 20 minutes (Monday – Friday) Every 30 minutes (Saturday) Every 30 minutes (Sunday) | Minor Evening Frequency reduction | Monday to Friday; reduced to every 60 minutes from 22:00 Saturday; reduced to every 60 minutes from 22:00 Sunday; Evenings reduced to every 60 minutes from 21:00 | N/A |
63 Arriva | Bootle – Aintree Circular Every 30 minutes (Monday – Friday) Every 30 minutes (Saturday) Every 60 minutes (Sunday) | Timetable amendment | Hourly phasing in until 06:30 Monday – Saturday Monday – Sunday: No Change | N/A |
60 Arriva | Bootle – Aigburth Vale Monday – Friday: Frequency 15 minutes Saturday: Frequency 20 minutes Sunday: Frequency 30 minutes
| Minor Frequency Reductions
| Monday to Friday; reduced to every 60 minutes from 22:00 Saturday; reduced to every 60 minutes from 22:00 Sunday; reduced to every 60 minutes from 21:00 | N/A |
81 Arriva | Bootle Bus Station to Liverpool John Lennon Airport / Speke Every 10 minutes (Monday – Friday) Every 30 minutes (Saturday) No Service (Sunday) Between Hunts Cross and Bootle Bus Station, the 81 and 81A operate with a combined daytime frequency of about every 12 minutes.
| Monday to Friday frequency reduced | Monday to Friday; reduced to every 30 minutes Saturday; No Change Sunday; No Change – No Service Between Hunts Cross and Bootle Bus Station, the 81 and 81A operate with a combined daytime frequency of every 15 minutes | N/A |
81A Arriva | Bootle Bus Station to Liverpool John Lennon Airport / Speke Between Hunts Cross and Bootle Bus Station, the 81 and 81A operate with a combined daytime frequency of about every 12 minutes. | Monday to Friday frequency reduced | Monday – Friday; reduced to every 30 minutes Saturday; No Change - 30-minute frequency Sunday; No Change - 30-minute frequency Between Hunts Cross and Bootle Bus Station, the 81 and 81A operate with a combined daytime frequency of every 15 minutes. | N/A |
121 | Aintree Station - Broadway Evenings every 30 minutes (Monday – Saturday) Every 30 minutes (Sunday PM) | Frequency Reduction | Every 60 minutes (Monday – Saturday evenings & all day Sunday | N/A |
159 | Walton Park – Aintree Hospital Every 60minutes (Monday – Friday) Every 60minutes (Saturday) Every 60 minutes (Sunday) (Evening & Sunday journeys operate between Bootle & Aintree Hospital only)
| Evenings & Sundays route extended to Walton Park | Service now operates Walton Park – Aintree Hospital all day, every day. | N/A |
*If a bus service does not appear in this list, then there are no plans for it to change. However, there may be some revisions to timetables or operator. These will be confirmed by the beginning of August.
Any changes to services to schools will be publicised via any affected schools.
Further information for some of the proposed changes outlined above, as we have them at present
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