| Bus | From | To | Service | Operator |
| 2457 | Birkenhead BS | King's Parade, New Brighton | 410 | Arriva North West & Wales |
| 2436 | King's Parade, New Brighton | Woodside BS | 411 | Arriva North West & Wales |
| 2436 | Woodside BS | Birkenhead BS | 411 | Arriva North West & Wales |
Christmas over, we decided to go out on this first day of proper bus services, albeit a Sunday service. Today we had decided to go to Birkenhead. Research was non existent , just taking our pack of Birkenhead timetables we had collected up previously. Matthew slept in a little late so we did not set off until around 12:30. The weather was dull but unseasonably warm. We picked up Uncle Dave on the way and set off North on the motorway. The M6 was very busy. The traffic probably added at least another 20 minutes onto our journey. The M56 was a bit quieter, and the was traffic outside Cheshire Oaks on the M53. We arrived a little before 14:00 and parked up by the bus station. Today we took some food with us because we want to make sure we at least did a couple of buses before it went dark. At the bus station Matthew was at little undecided as to what buses to catch. Everything Liverpool bound seemed to be very full so we decided against going in that direction. We nearly got on a #40 to Saughall Massie, but then we realised that they do not sell Saveaway tickets on the bus. Matthew and Uncle Dave waited at the bus station whilst I went to the Conway Park railway station to pick up a saveaway ticket. Whilst there I saw a National Express coach parked up in Europa Way. When I got back we had a few more moment of indecision before we saw a #410 to New Brighton coming towards the bus station. We quickly raced around the outside of the bus station to stand 10 where required 'Goldfish bowl' 2457 was waiting for us. The bus filled up to near full and we were soon on our way. After an uneventful journey up through Liscard we arrived in New Brighton. Matthew then got a picture of the inside of the empty bus.
Inside 2457 (Matt)
Once off the bus Matthew was able to get a good picture of the outside of the bus too...
Arriva NW&W 2457 in New Brighton (Matt)
On arrival there were a few buses parked up include a double decker from Maghull's bus and coach hire. Before Morrison's was built, we would probably have spent time chasing Matthew around the tennis courts! Now we have to visit the supermarket. Today after using the facilities we went in a brought a pack of 2 cream cakes and a bottle of Orange Lucozade. After we had been through the till we went to the bus stop. On lay over was our bus back to Birkenhead on service #411, required 2436.
2436 in New Brighton (Matt)
As the bus pulled of to work our service, newly allocated to Laird Street 2426 pulled up.Hi matty great blog and fab pictures I know birkenhead area well I live in london but like to travel and birkenhead and new brighton I enjoy the ferry from birkenhead to liverpool is great and the bus ride under the 2 tunnels to liverpool is great ride I so pleased you enjoyed yourself with the others happy new year
2426 in New Brighton (Matt)
The bus pulled around and we got on it. The journey back via Seacombe was quiet, all but for the fact a man with ill fitting tracksuit bottoms stood up and mooned the bus before he pulled his trousers up. This action caused a couple of teenage girl to burst into uncontrolable laughter. I did think that there was going to be trouble but the bloke got off the bus without incident. as we had the rover tickets we decided to do this bus to Woodside and back to the main bus station so we didn't have to walk and also to give Matthew an extra mile or so on the bus. After we arrived back in the main bus station, we ran around to the car park and got a decent picture of 2436.
2436 in Birkenhead bus station (Matt)
We were soon joined by mum and then we went back to the car to eat sausage rolls and in Matthew's case a cream cake. We stopped at the Shell garage just out of Birkenhead on the A41 to put some air on one of the tyres which seemed a little flat. Once on the motorway we made good progress on a busy M56. The M6 was stop start most of the way down to the A500. on the way home we picked up LPG in Longport and then we dropped Uncle Dave home. After a quick trip to Macdonalds we were home a little after 18:00...Mark
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