Thursday 3rd January 2013 ~ A bus day out to Liverpool

Started with ALX400 no.18152 on the 68 from Lytham Road (Medical Centre) to Preston Bus Station, running via St Annes, Lytham and Warton. All buses we rode on today were operated by Stagecoach.

Enviro400 no. 15576 reverses out of it's stand at Preston bus station at the start of it's journey on the 125 to Bolton

At Preston we boarded Enviro400 no. 15474 on the 2X from Preston to Liverpool, via Southport. At Southport the bus's route number changes from 2X to X2. The journey from Preston to Liverpool takes around 2 hours.

Enviro400 no. 15474 after arrival in Liverpool City Centre

An early evening shot of Arriva Pulsar 2904 departing Liverpool's Queen's Square bus station

After a few hours of culture, including a sighting of Brookside creator Phil Redmond, we headed to Liverpool's Queens Square bus station and boarded Enviro400 no.15823 the X2 to Preston, it's route number changing back to 2X at Southport.

A couple of shots from inside Preston's soon to be demolished 'brutalist' bus station. A bit gloomy to tell the truth, like stepping back in to the 1980s.

Finally, at around 20.00 it was ALX400 no. 18154 on the 68 from Preston bus station to Blackpool Airport.