Plan ahead of rail strike
Passengers travelling to, from and within the Liverpool City Region are being urged to plan their journeys and check before they travel ahead of planned industrial action by members of the RMT union on Merseyrail services Friday 22nd December.
Merseyrail services are planned to run every 30 minutes, with the exception of the New Brighton to Liverpool services which will be every hour, from around 07:00 to 19:00, with a break in service between around 11:30 and 14:30.
There will be no services on the following: Hunts Cross – Liverpool Central; Ellesmere Port – Hooton; Chester – Hooton and Ormskirk – Maghull.
There will also be no ‘late night’ services which were due to depart Liverpool Central at 01:30 on Saturday 23rd December.
Merseyrail tickets will be accepted on Arriva bus services on Friday 22nd December, except between 07:00-09:00 and 16:00-18:00.
Passengers are strongly advised to check the Merseyrail website and Twitter @Merseyrailbefore travelling, as it is possible that timetables will change prior to, as well as during, strike action.
Other train operating companies including Northern, TransPennine Express, East Midlands Trains and London Midland will continue to operate as normal, apart from Virgin Trains which are also due to strike on Friday 22nd December. For more information, please visit the Virginwebsite.
All other bus services, including late night services, and the Mersey Ferries are due to run as planned. Valid cross river rail tickets will be accepted on the Mersey Ferries on this day.
Living Well Sefton 