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title: "I tried St Helens’ new publicly controlled buses"
date: 2026-10-27
url: https://brendasbitterbrew.com/2026/10/27/i-tried-st-helens-new-publicly-controlled-buses/
note: "Satire. The news is real and linked to its source; Brenda's commentary is fiction and opinion."
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*Satire. The news is real and linked to its source; Brenda's commentary is fiction and opinion.*

# I tried St Helens’ new publicly controlled buses

News. Source: [St Helens Star](https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26670735.tried-newly-publicly-controlled-10a-liverpool/?ref=rss), published Monday 26 October 2026.

> St Helens to Liverpool on the £2 10A: a warm, comfortable publicly controlled bus with USB charging, but late running and painfully loud announcements.

**Brenda:** I had a go on that new 10A service to Liverpool. It's nice enough having a plug for your phone, but the announcements are so loud you'd think the driver was shouting through a megaphone, and it was running late before it'd even started.

From [Brenda's Bitter Brew, Tuesday 27 October 2026, No. 2](https://brendasbitterbrew.com/2026/10/27/).