New data collated by On Times Trains has revealed how each railway station in the UK has performed so far in 2023.
Neston railway station, where trains run with Transport for Wales (TfW) was ranked 2,593rd best out of 2,616 stations across the UK.
This…
A Merseyrail train leaves Birkenhead Park. Photo: Wikimedia
While many train companies across the country staged industrial action over the weekend, our local rail operator continued to run and has been named as the best train operator in the UK fo…
A railway station in Wirral has no trains stopping at its platforms and appears frozen in time.
Hadlow Road Station in the village of Willaston[1] is a unique place. It’s a Grade II listed heritage railway station and now a free museum and café.
It’s s…
West Kirby has changed significantly over the years, with the town’s roads and the buildings that line it looking very different, being used for different purposes or once adored shops no longer existing.
If you go back almost 100 years, like many plac…
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal needed a tough truck in a compact package for deliveries across the north of England and it said it was delighted with its choice: a Fuso Canter. The Birkenhead-based manufacturer said it received a significant number of…
A major green public realm and streetscape project, which surrounds the Mea Park[1] neighbourhood at Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters, is now complete.
The Greenway, which forms part of the Liverpool City Region Freeport and runs along the north side of Beauf…
Wirral clears path for £12m Birkenhead active travel projects[1]
Two projects to improve walking and cycling facilities in Birkenhead have been approved by Wirral Council’s environment, climate emergency, and transport committee. One of them is a £9m s…
Exciting XVI edition Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona: Navigating to the past with an eye on the future
by Covadonga Muñoz 23 Jul 11:07 BST 13-15 July 2023
Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona 2023 © Nico Martinez / Puig Vela Clàssica
In its sixteenth edition, t…
The Claret Jug in front of the clubhouse at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, which will host The 151st Open this July. Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images.The Open chamionship is here and people have travelled from all around the world to watch the huge …
Transport for Wales (TfW) has said that one of the technical issues plaguing the Class 230 trains, which operate exclusively on the Wrexham to Bidston Line, is engine filters becoming blocked by pollen. …
The Northside Neighbourhood is proposed on land that sits next to the motorway leading to the Wallasey Tunnel. This land includes the site of former Wallasey gasholders that were finally dismantled in 2015 and will form “a crucial part of the spine” of…
Wirral Council has unveiled “crucial” new regeneration plans on a site where the old Wallasey gas holders used to be.
The Northside Neighbourhood is proposed on land that sits next to the motorway leading to the Wallasey Tunnel.
This land includes the …
On June 14, 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block, caused by an electrical fault in a refrigerator. Seventy two people tragically died. This opened the biggest can of worms for flat dwellers in Britain.
After the flames…
Flames and smoke were seen from across the River Mersey.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service[1] were called to Woodside Ferry Terminal in Birkenhead[2], Wirral[3], just before 8pm on Wednesday, July 5, following reports of a blaze. Once two fire engines…