MTT Liverpool Buses Running Day 2019

Independent Transport Videos welcome you to this, our 12th edition DVD programme of the Merseyside Transport Trust's (MTT) annual Liverpool Buses Running Day. This year was also very special in that the MTT reached it’s 20th year and that in 1969 the Merseyside PTE (MPTE) was formed, 50 years ago. Also celebrating its 50th birthday is the erstwhile National Bus Company (NBC), so some of the buses seen on this programme represent that bygone era of local transport. This year the event was centred on Mann Island at Liverpool Pier Head with services running to both north and south Liverpool, introducing areas not covered on previous running days. These included Netherton, Lower Lane, Speke, Penny Lane and for the first time buses ran through the Mersey Tunnel to Liscard and Wallasey. Our filming begins bright and early on a very sunny morning on Mann Island at Liverpool’s iconic Pier Head to film the day ahead.