Strawberry is a bus operator based in St Helens

St Helens, Merseyside

St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000, part of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census...

, Merseyside

Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...

, England. It was founded in 2009 and attracted attention by offering free rides for passengers with red hair

Red hair

Red hair occurs on approximately 1–2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations...

 for a period. By March 2010 it operated two routes, with a third planned. In February 2011 it was operating 9 routes in addition to works and school services.

Service Changes

From 30 October, services Line 1, Line 7 and 606 are withdrawn. Service 319 will be rerouted to omit Bickerstaffe with a revised timetable introduced.

Routes

This is a summary of services operated by Strawberry.

No.	From	To	Via	Notes
319	St Helens	Ormskirk	Rainford
516	Leigh Leigh, Greater Manchester Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss....	Horwich Horwich Horwich is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest from the city of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway close to the...	Atherton Atherton, Greater Manchester Atherton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England, historically a part of Lancashire. It is east of Wigan, north-northeast of Leigh, and northwest of Manchester... , Westhoughton Westhoughton Westhoughton is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is southwest of Bolton, east of Wigan and northwest of Manchester.... , Middlebrook Middlebrook, Greater Manchester Middlebrook is a locality that spans the boundaries of Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England....	TfGM contracted service until 11 December 2011. Monday-Thursday late evenings, some Sunday journeys.
582	Atherton Town Centre Marlborough Road	Atherton Station Four Lane Ends		Evening and Sunday service. Free shuttle bus operating until 4 December 2011 due to road closure.
584	Leigh Leigh, Greater Manchester Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss....	Crankwood	Plank Lane	TfGM contracted service until 11 December 2011. Monday-Saturday evenings, Sunday daytimes.
603	Ashton-in-Makerfield Ashton-in-Makerfield Ashton-in-Makerfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is situated south of Wigan, north-northwest of Warrington and west of the city of Manchester. In 2001 it had a population of 28,505....	Newton-le-Willows Newton-le-Willows Newton-le-Willows is a small market town within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is situated about midway between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool, to the east of St Helens, to the north of Warrington and to the south of...	Garswood Garswood Garswood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, within a civil parish called Seneley Green.-History:Historically within Lancashire, Garswood is from Old English wudu "wood" with an uncertain first element... , Haydock Haydock Haydock is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. It contains all of the Haydock electoral ward and a section of the Blackbrook electoral ward. The village is located roughly mid-way between Liverpool and Manchester, close to the junction of the M6 motorway...	TfGM contracted service until 11 December 2011.
607	Wigan	Ashton Heath	Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield	TfGM contracted service until 11 December 2011.
664 665	Wigan	Wigan	Worsley Hall, Kitt Green, Beech Hill	TfGM contracted service until 11 December 2011. 664: one weekday journey. 665: one Saturday journey.