But Mr Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers' (RMT) Union, said re-privatising the service would be a "betrayal" of passengers.

"Merseyrail operates over 600 train services every day and remains one of the best performing railways in the UK, with just 2% of trains being cancelled last week compared to the national average ...

As part of the inquest into what went wrong, bosses from both Merseyrail and Network Rail joined train manufacturer Stadler in front of the Liverpool City Region transport committee to explain ...

True to form, the Inside No 9 episode soon took a dark turn when one of the passengers had their bag stolen and the others tried to work out who was the culprit. People who use the Merseyrail service ...

In a joint statement, Merseyrail, Stadler and Network Rail said: “We welcome the findings of the review of the disruption on the 9th January 2025.

MERSEYRAIL hiked fares by almost 19 per cent, to cash in on one of the country’s most popular events this past weekend. No doubt there will have been winners and losers throughout the festivities at ...

Share by Liam Thorp 06:00, 22 Feb 2025Updated10:28, 22 Feb 2025 See news near you The new Merseyrail trains have had a tricky start to life (Image: Liverpool ECHO) ...

The evidence we have collected has been based on alerts sent out on the Merseyrail X/ Twitter feed, so we are reliant on the fact that they have issued a notification correctly whenever there has been ...