Merseyrail
Sign in to saveMerseyrail is a commuter rail network which serves Merseyside and adjacent areas of Lancashire and Cheshire in North West England. The network consists of two lines, the Northern Line and Wirral Line, which together serve 69 stations along of routes, of which are underground. It uses Class 777 trains based on the Stadler METRO platform, which primarily operate on electrified track. The network carried 29.9 million passengers in 2024/2025. Since 2003 the network has been run as a concession, held by Serco and Transport UK Group.
Key facts
- Public transit.image
- Merseyrail logo.svg
- Public transit.alt
- Merseyrail logo, a yellow letter M on a grey circle.
- Public transit.owner
- Merseytravel, Network Rail
- Public transit.area served
- Liverpool City Region and surrounding areas
- Public transit.transit_type
- Commuter rail
- Public transit.stations
- 69 (67 managed)
- Public transit.annual_ridership
- 29.9 million (2024/2025)
- Public transit.chief_executive
- Neil Grabham
- Public transit.began_operation
- 1886 as the Mersey Railway, 1977 as expanded Merseyrail
- Public transit.operator
- Merseyrail Electrics 2002 (Serco and Transport UK Group)
- Public transit.host
- Network Rail
- Public transit.character
- Commuter rail, Concession
- Public transit.vehicles
- 53
- Public transit.map
- 250px|Map of the Merseyrail network.
- Public transit.map_state
- show
- Public transit.name
- Merseyrail
- Public transit.image2
- 777010 at Hooton Station 20210728-1.jpg
- Public transit.caption2
- A Class 777 in service on the Wirral line at Hooton
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Network
- Northern line
- Wirral line
- Other related services
- City Line
- History
- Services
- Fleet
- Current fleet
- Past fleet
- Franchise and concession history
- Performance
- Accidents and incidents
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Further reading
- External links
Merseyrail is a commuter rail network which serves Merseyside and adjacent areas of Lancashire and Cheshire in North West England. The network consists of two lines, the Northern Line and Wirral Line, which together serve 69 stations along of routes, of which are underground. It uses Class 777 trains based on the Stadler METRO platform, which primarily operate on electrified track. The network carried 29.9 million passengers in 2024/2025. Since 2003 the network has been run as a concession, held by Serco and Transport UK Group.
Merseyrail was established in 1977, when existing railway lines were connected by constructing new tunnels under Liverpool city centre and Birkenhead. The network has since been expanded through the creation of new stations, the electrification of existing lines, and the use of trains capable of running on battery power; the last allow trains to reach despite the line leading to the station not being electrified.
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