Work has begun on installing lifts at two more Merseyrail stations – with a further two in the design stage. A £9.5m investment will see Aigburth and Rock Ferry stations soon become fully accessible to passengers with mobility issues, prams,...

Network Rail is upgrading the drainage at a Cheshire flooding hotspot for passengers travelling between Liverpool and Chester. Services passing through Ledsham near Hooton have been subject to delay in recent months following heavy rainfall in the North West. Engineers have...

British Paralympic legend and disability rights campaigner Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has thanked Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Merseyrail for showing what ‘can be done’ to make rail travel fully accessible. The multiple gold medallist tried out the city region’s...

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced a special New Year ticket offer - allowing unlimited travel for just £2 a day at weekends during January. The special weekend offer will start on Saturday, January 4, and end on...

Throughout Menopause Awareness Month, Merseyrail strengthened its commitment to its people by signing the Menopause Workplace Pledge, an initiative led by Wellbeing of Women. By signing this pledge, Merseyrail committed to making the workplace more inclusive for employees experiencing menopause...

Merseyrail has today launched a brand-new recruitment website, which the City Region rail operator hopes will help it to attract the best new talent to its ranks. Developed by recruitment website specialists Pinpoint, the new site provides potential applicants with...

Customers, train enthusiasts and people from across the country will get a special opportunity to say farewell to a retiring stock of trains which have served the Liverpool city region since 1978. Merseyrail’s Class 507 fleet is being phased out...

Network Rail is investing £12.5 million to replace 14 escalators at four stations across the Merseyrail network over the next three years. The escalators have reached the end of their life and need to be replaced. The work will make...

Merseyrail’s longest serving member of staff has been recognised at a special awards ceremony after clocking up an astonishing 53 years at the rail company. David Hunter, now aged 77, began working on the local train network in 1970 just...

Neil Grabham has today been named as the new managing director of Merseyrail. Currently the customer services director for East Midlands Railway, Neil brings a wealth of experience both from the rail sector and beyond, having previously undertaken senior leadership...