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Festive season bus, rail, tunnels, and ferry services announced

A round up of transport information is now available, with Merseytravel confirming that it will be running its annual, special network of free bus services on Christmas Day between around 12 noon and 6pm, covering most hospital routes.

The Mersey Tunnels Tolls will also be free, as usual, between 10pm on Christmas Eve and 6am on Boxing Day.

Travellers are being urged to plan ahead and check timetables, so they don’t get caught out as some services finish earlier than usual at this time of year, particularly on Christmas Eve.

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Merseytravel is working with transport operators to provide services as safely as possible with minimal disruption. Staff will be out and about on the network providing reassurance and advice to passengers.

Cllr Liam Robinson, Transport and Air Quality Portfolio Holder for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, said, “This is a busy time of year for lots of reasons but with the emergence of the Omicron variant, it’s really important that we all do everything we can to help reduce the spread of the virus and keep everyone safe.

“The Metro Mayor has always said that face coverings should remain mandatory in enclosed public spaces and on public transport and I’m urging everyone to continue to wear them when you’re travelling and in places where you are mixing with lots of people, especially indoors.”

Travel Roundup

Christmas Day – Saturday 25 December

  • A special network of free bus services, funded by Merseytravel, will run between approximately 12 noon and 6pm, covering most hospital routes
  • No other bus services will operate.
  • No trains will operate.
  • Mersey Ferries will not operate.
  • The Kingsway (Wallasey) Mersey Tunnel and the Queensway (Birkenhead) Mersey Tunnel will be open throughout the holiday period. Both tunnels will be toll free from 10pm on Friday 24 December until 6am on Sunday 26 December.

Bus services

Bus services may vary over the festive period.

Football Fixtures  on 26 December, 30 December and 2 January, the following buses will be running to their normal timetables:

Soccerbus (Peoplesbus)

501/502 (Peoplesbus)

917 Liverpool FC (Stagecoach)

919 Everton FC (Stagecoach)

Taxi One Liverpool FC (A & J Taxis)

During the festive period there will be changes to some timetables, with some services finishing earlier than usual and some services not running.

Merseyrail and Northern will be running some services on Boxing day.

Mersey Tunnels

Kingsway and Queensway Tunnels will remain open throughout the festive period. Both tunnels will be toll free between 10pm on Christmas Eve and 6am on Boxing Day.

Mersey Ferries

Mersey Ferries will run to their normal morning service on Christmas Eve with an early finish.

Mersey Ferries will not operate on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

River Explorer Cruises will operate between Monday 27 December and Monday 3 January (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day) from the Pier Head at 1100, then hourly until the last service which will depart from the Pier Head at 1500, arriving at Woodside 1520. There will be no commuter service.

Normal service will resume on Tuesday 4 January with the first Commuter service at 0720 from Woodside and the first River Explorer Cruise departing from the Pier Head at 1000.

Please note all the information may be subject to change.

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Getting Here

Thanks to the Birkenhead and Wallasey Tunnels, access by car to the Wirral and Birkenhead couldn’t be easier. For Satellite navigation to Pyramids Shopping Centre use postcode CH41 2RL.

Its central location means it’s easy to find whether you are making your way by car, via public transport or on foot.

If you’re journey by car, bus or train, the Centre has fantastic transport links and over 1,100 parking spaces.

From Liverpool follow signs through the city to the Birkenhead Tunnel. On emerging, follow the road round the flyover after the toll plaza towards Birkenhead town centre. Follow signs to the Pyramids Shopping Centre which can be seen from the first roundabout after the toll plaza.

Visitors travelling from other parts of the Wirral or beyond, should take the M53 towards Junction 3 and follow the A552 for 3 miles towards Birkenhead. The Centre can then be found on the left hand side of Borough Road.

Services to the bus station just outside the Centre are operated by a number of companies who service all areas of Merseyside and the North West. For information and detailed timetables visit the Mersey Travel website at  www.merseytravel.gov.uk

Birkenhead Central train station is located on the opposite side of Borough Road to the Centre.

Merseyrail operates four services every hour all week from Liverpool to Birkenhead. There is a service between Birkenhead and Chester & Ellesmere Port.

For further details please visit the Mersey Rail website at www.merseyrail.org

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