Passengers faced severe disruption on Merseyrail’s Wirral line this afternoon after a lightning strike at New Brighton station which damaged signalling equipment – and further signalling ...

7.37am Chester to Liverpool terminated at Birkenhead Central. 8.15am Liverpool Central to Chester is cancelled. 8.22am Liverpool Central to Chester will start from Birkenhead Central at 8.30am.

Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, Merseyrail’s managing director, said: “We recognise that recently, Wirral line train performance has not been as good as it should be.

Rail passengers in a region are facing delays after a train came off the tracks. The train, which had no passengers on board at the time, partially derailed on the Wirral line in the West Kirby ...

Alex Rigby completed 109 miles around the Merseyrail network in 28 hours – even travelling on foot through the tunnel underneath the River Mersey which links Liverpool and Wirral.