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Merseytravel and
transport operators offer Late night services start this weekend
PEOPLE getting out and about during
the festive period will have more choice about how and when to travel after
Merseytravel's work with bus and rail operators to provide a greater range
of services this year.
The services have started, with Saturday late night bus services from 28
November 2015.
Late night buses will run on 28 November, 5 December 2015, as well as on 12
December, and 19 December
2015, between midnight and 4.30am, from Liverpool City Centre to Allerton, Chester,
Croxteth, Garston, Page Moss and Waterloo.
Late night trains will run on 11 December, 12 December, 18 December and
19 December 2015, from Liverpool Central Station to Hooton and Southport. Each
train will leave Liverpool Central Station at 1.30am. The Hooton train will
call at Birkenhead Central, Bebington, Bromborough and Hooton only. The
Southport train will call at:- Waterloo, Formby and Southport only.
On Christmas Day free buses will operate on routes serving hospitals across
Merseyside from around 12 noon until around 6pm.
On Boxing Day Merseyrail trains will run every 30 minutes, from 9am until
around 6.30pm, calling at selected stations on the network; limited bus
services will operate, and for football fans the Soccerbus will run, linking
with trains calling at Sandhills.
All of these services are part of a wider initiative between Merseytravel
and transport operators to provide more choice during the Christmas period
and support the local economy. The late night services will be delivered in
partnership with Merseyside Police and British Transport Police.
Councillor Liam Robinson, Chair of Merseytravel, said:- "This is the
Liverpool City region really doing something differently. We are one of very
few authorities to provide a Christmas Day bus service and now we can add
Boxing Day train services to that. The late night train and bus services
before Christmas give people more travel options too. We would encourage
people to plan their journeys and really take advantage of as many of these
services as possible."
For further details of late night services visit:-
MerseyTravel.gov.uk.
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