The Merseyside Transport Trust

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Running Day - Sunday 11th September 2011

When is it happening?

Our sixth annual Running Day event takes place on Sunday 11th September 2011.

What time?
The main services will run between 10.00 am and 6.00 pm. There will be "feeder"
journeys on various routes from the north of the city before 10.00 am, and some
returning after the main event.

Where will it take place?
The hub of all the activity will be Liverpool South Parkway Interchange. The routes
served will be mainly pre-deregulation LCPT and MPTE services as follows:
4 & 5: Woolton (Hunts Cross Avenue) via Menlove Avenue, Penny Lane to Pier Head.
66B: Woolton (Hunts Cross Avenue) to South Parkway.
77A: Speke Hall (inside grounds) via South Parkway, Mather Avenue, Penny Lane to Pier Head.
87: South Parkway via Aigburth, Dingle to Pier Head.
There will be some additional services on other routes, including services 1, 17C, 73, 99 and the 100/101 midi-bus services.
Some feeder journeys will operate towards South Parkway or the Pier Head from north Liverpool early in the morning. Details of these are listed lower down this page, but everything is in the PROGRAMME BOOKLET. To order yours in advance and plan your day, please scroll down this page for instructions.

Which buses will be operating?
The plans are not quite finalised yet, but it is hoped to run most of the following buses, some of which are visitors:-

LCPT: A36 (NKD 536), A267 (VKB 900), L501 (501 KD), L835 (FKF 835E), 1054 (FKF 933G), 2025 (SKB 695G).
MPTE: 1111 (UKA 562H), 1236 (BKC 236K), 1365 (DKC 365L), 2160 (MUA 45P), 1836 (TWM 220V), 6036 (UEM 36V).
Merseybus: 1055 (A135 HLV), 1070 (B926 KWM).
Crosville: DFG 38 (319 PFM), ERG 52 (UFM 52F), SRG 196 (HFM 196J), ERL 267 (TFM 267K).
Ribble: 831 (DBV 831W) and either 1686 (NRN 586) or 1775 (RCK 920).
National Express: 4771 (XGS 771X).
(This list was updated on 8th September, but may need tweaking again - see allocation list on the left).

How much does it cost?
All the bus services are free! However, to get the most from your day it would make sense to order your timetable booklet in advance. For only £5.00, this special souvenir booklet contains timetables and route details of all the services, as well as the allocation of vehicles*. This booklet will be available from our volunteers at South Parkway, and from bus crews on the day. To order in advance, please send a cheque or postal order for £5.00 (payable to "Merseyside Transport Trust") to the following address:

Don't forget to include your name and address! Your programme will be posted out as soon as we receive your payment.
*The programme identifies the "board number" of each bus, because final allocation was not possible before the printer's
deadline. Sheets with the final allocation will be available at the event, and will be posted on this website page as soon as it
is available. Please call back.......

How do we get there?
By bus - local bus services (mainly Arriva) run regularly to South Parkway. (See also our own feeder journeys listed below).
By train - services from many parts of the country call in at South Parkway.
By car - there is ample parking at South Parkway. The entrance is on Woolton Road, enter L19 5NE in your satnav.
By boat - take the Mersey Ferry to the Pier Head and join our services at Mann Island.
By plane - simply park your aeroplane at the John Lennon Airport, and it's only a ten-minute ride on Arriva service 501.

Bringing your own bus or coach?
If you are organising a group visit to Liverpool (and we are aware that several bus museums or enthusiast groups from around the UK may be doing this), there will be spaces to park behind the main concourse. Please let us know in advance if you are bringing a bus or coach, so that we can reserve you a place and give you further information.

Are there facilities for the disabled?
Unfortunately, the age and design of our buses means that wheelchairs and unfolded buggies cannot be carried.
However, the facilities at South Parkway and the Pier Head are wheelchair-accessible, including toilets.

Feeder journeys
Listed below are journeys from outlying areas to the Pier Head or Liverpool South Parkway before the main event gets
under way. If you travel on one of these, you can buy a programme from the conductor and plan the rest of your day.

Frequent services will operate all day on routes 4, 5, 35A, 77A, 87, H1 and H25 starting from:
Pier Head at 0940 towards Liverpool South Parkway and
Liverpool South Parkway at 1015 towards Pier Head.

SERVICE 1A SERVICE 16 SERVICE 17C
Netherton, Magdalene Sq.......0918 Litherland.............................0920 Lower Lane, East Lancs Rd..0900
Ford Cemetery.......................0939 Bootle, New Strand...............0930 Broadway, Broad Lane..........0905
Seaforth & Litherland Stn.......0946 Melrose Road.......................0934 Donaldson Street..................0910
Sandhills Lane........................0953 Pier Head, Mann Island........0950 Breck Road...........................0917
Pier Head, Mann Island..........1003 Pier Head, Mann Island.........0932

SERVICE 56 SERVICE 59 SERVICE 61D
Netherton, Magdalene Sq......0904 Old Roan.............................0930 Black Bull..............................0927
Dunnings Bridge Road..........0912 Watts Lane..........................0943 Broadway.............................0933
Kirkdale Station.....................0921 Bedford Road......................0954 West Derby..........................0939
Stanley Rd/Scotland Rd.........0928 Stanley Rd/Scotland Rd.......0958 Old Swan.............................0952
Pier Head, Mann Island..........0940 Pier Head, Mann Island........1005 Penny Lane.........................1005

SERVICE 81C SERVICE 92A SERVICE 761
Bootle, New Strand................0915 Kirkby, Civic Centre Bus Stn.0930 Ormskirk..............................0900
Townsend Avenue.................0933 Fazakerley, Elmham Cres....0940 Pier Head, Mann Island.......1000
Prescot Road........................0942 Black Bull.............................0948
Taggart Avenue....................0948 Spellow Lane.......................0957 SERVICE X27
Hunts Cross Hotel.................1001 Pier Head, Mann Island........1019 Southport............................0900
Liverpool South Parkway......1005 Crosby................................0930
Pier Head, Mann Island.......1000

SERVICE 10 SERVICE 31
Eastham, Little Chef.......... ...0930 New Brighton.......................1020
Bromborough Cross............ .0935 Grasmere Drive...................1027
Rock Ferry Station............... 0946 Liscard Crescent.................1030
Hamilton Square Station........0952 Gorsedale Road..................1035
Liscard, Coronation Building.1005 Whitechapel........................1045
New Brighton........................1012 Pier Head, Mann Island.......1052

EXTRA! HOWARD'S TRAVEL are providing a feeder journey using an ex-Hong Kong Olympian as follows:
Runcorn Bus Station.............1000
Widnes, Oaks Green............1010
Liverpool South Parkway......1025

Map of services
This map shows the services that will be operating. Full details and timetables will be in the Programme booklet - details of how to obtain this are shown higher up this page.

Need more information?
Please get in touch - you can do this through the "contact us" page of this website.

TOO LATE! If you haven't already posted your cheque, we won't be able to promise delivery in time for the event - sorry!

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ALLOCATION OF BUSES

("Final" draft - 10/09/2011)

Journeys in the programme timetable are identified by "board number".

With less than 24 hours to go, following a long hard week by a few dedicated volunteers preparing and checking the buses, this is what we plan to use.

However, it should be understood that it may be necessary to make last-minute changes if a vehicle becomes unavailable.

BOARD VEHICLE
1 A267 or A36
2 6036
3 L835
4 1111
5 1054
6 1836
7 L501
8 2025
9 1070
10 1236
11 1055
12 2160
13 1365

14 ERG 52
15 SRG 196
16 DFG 38
17 4771 (see below)
18 ERL 267

19 Ribble 831
20 Ribble 1686 or 1775

Sorry, but due to mechanical problems that cannot be fixed in time, L255 has had to be withdrawn from this year's event.

STOP PRESS-PIER HEAD

PANIC OVER!

Page 2 of the programme mentions using Exchange Street East in the morning, instead of the Pier Head. This was included in error by copying from last year! Our intention is to use the Pier Head all day.

The River Festival event will not affect us, so the Pier Head (Mann Island) terminal will be in use ALL DAY.

SPOT THE "TYPO"

Thank you to those people whose close scrutiny of the programme booklet discovered a few minor "typos" as follows:

The 61D journey is actually operated by board 4, and not the number typed in the programme!

The H1/H25 journey that leaves Garston at 1024 is operated by board 16, and not the number printed.

Departures from Woolton - all the 66B journeys from Woolton are listed as going to..... Woolton! This should obviously read "LSP".

Departures from Penny Lane - the 77A journeys at 1720 and 1820 are listed as going to Speke Hall; these actually terminate at LSP.

LEYLAND LEOPARD

XGS 771X (fleet number 4771) has stepped in at short notice to operate board 17 when one of the Crosville buses became unavailable. Grateful thanks to Adrian Penfold-Ivany!