Company Name:
MerseyRail
Head Office Postal Address:
Rail House
, Lord Nelson Street
, Liverpool
L1 1JF,UK
Head Office Phone Number:
0151 702 2534
Head Office Fax Number
0151 702 3074
TAKE A TRAIN WITH MERSEYRAIL FOR ONE OF THE QUICKESTAND GREENEST WAYS TO TRAVEL AROUND THE LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE REGION
Merseyrail is the brand name for the transport system that runs electrical urban services either side of the Mersey River, around the Liverpool and Merseyside region. Merseyrail is a unique contract between operator Merseyrail Electrics Ltd and Merseytravel, the Merseyside passenger transport executive. Merseyrail Electric Ltd is a 50:50 joint partnership between Serco and NedRailways.
Merseyrail provide train line services along the former Northern line and Wirral line routes. Merseyrail run services in and out of a total of 67 stations, 66 of which are commanded by Merseyrail, including 4 Underground city centre stations.
The Merseyrail network calls at stations including: Southport train station, Liverpool Lime Street train station, Ormskirk train station, Ellesmere Port train station, New Brighton train station, Preston train station, Chester train station, West Kirby train station and Hunts Cross train station. Merseyrail also run services to Liverpool South Parkway train station providing airport connections to Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
The routes operated by Merseyrail are some of the most intensively used in the country carrying over 100,000 passengers a week and running around 800 trains a day. Underground Merseyrail services have been operating since 1886 along the Mersey Railway tunnel.