Rail passengers in the Liverpool City Region[1] will be able to blow away the Christmas[2] cobwebs as Merseyrail[3] has announced that train services will be running on Boxing Day.
Trains will be running every day over the festive period, with the exce…
Merseyrail services were disrupted after a trespasser was pursued by police.
Train services on the northern line were disrupted due to a person being on the line near Liverpool Central. Merseyrail[1] said the trespasser was being pursued by police.
Tra…
There was a grim sense of inevitability as I glanced up.
I scanned the screen of departures information. New Brighton[1] on time, Ormskirk[2] on time, Liverpool Central on time, West Kirkby[3] on time, Headbolt Lane….cancelled.
Now I am not a regular…
The Transport Secretary said plans are starting to be worked up to see how a £12 billion investment will improve rail services between Liverpool and Manchester – including talks over new major train stations.
Mark Harper was in Merseyside today to offi…
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From the world’s first passenger railway powered by Stephenson’s Rocket, to the Docker’s Umbrella, the Liverpool City Region has been leading the transformation of Britain’s railways for centuries.
Both now and then, our railways have…
Enforcement of average speeds on the A581 between Rufford and Euxton has started as part of a major investment to improve safety on Lancashire’s historically most dangerous roads.
Work has been underway for the past year on five new schemes to install …
Almost £6k has been raised for a family going through a “nightmare” after a “lovely lad” was killed on his way to work.
Emergency services were called to East Lancashire Road, at the junction of Moorgate Road,[1] at around 7am on Friday, November 3. Th…
A lorry trailer full of Castore sportswear was stolen from a depot in Kirkby[1].
Merseyside Police[2] received a report that just after 10pm on Thursday, October 19, two men entered the Venus 110 depot on Hornhouse Lane and stole a trailer using a whit…
Liverpool played host to two surprise visitors at the AXA Training Centre ahead of Sunday’s match against Nottingham Forest – former goalkeeper Adam Bogdan and recently-sacked manager Joey Barton.
The Reds have had a packed schedule this week, playing …
Merseyside’s newest train station opened earlier this month.
A little after 5.30am on Thursday, October 5, passengers embarked on the first ever journey from the newly completed Headbolt Lane station towards Liverpool Central. The fully accessible stat…
A seemingly ordinary brick wall in Liverpool[1] city centre hides a secret world.
The wall, located near the roundabout that connects Park Lane with Jamaica Street, conceals the Wapping Tunnel, the first underground rail tunnel ever built below a city….
Storm Babet[1] caused widespread disruption across Lincolnshire as heavy rainfall[2] led to flooding in many areas of the county. Although the situation is improving with the rain easing, water levels remain high in some places and 21 flood warnings ar…
Mansfield Magistrates court, Rosemary Street. (Photo: Brian Eyre)Robert Barbo made contact twice with a 16ft-trailer being towed behind a work truck, outside Sutton, on the A617, at 5.20pm on August 23.Catherine Wilson, prosecuting, said the truck stop…
Near the Junction Pub, Sutton. Ashfield Fire Station urged drivers to avoid the area. (Photo: Ashfield Fire Station)
The UK faced strong winds and heavy rain as Storm Babet[1] swept in from across the Atlantic, resulting in flooding across the Ashf…