🚆📱💳📈 More than one million journeys have now been made using Tap & Go on the #Merseyrail network, marking a major milestone for smart ticketing in the #Liverpool City Region. Available at all 69 stations, the system allows passengers to travel using a #MetroCard, contactless bank card, smartphone or smartwatch, with most choosing to use mobile phones. Tap & Go automatically calculates the cheapest fare and removes the need to buy paper tickets in advance. More than 35,000 journeys were recorded during last month’s three-day Grand National Festival at Aintree. Backed by a £10 million investment from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the scheme is part of wider plans for a fully integrated #transport network covering rail, buses and ferries. Passengers are reminded to tap in and tap out to complete their journeys.
https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/news/one-million-journeys-with-tap-and-go-on-merseyrail/

Travel advice issued ahead of first Merseyside Derby at the Hill Dickenson stadium
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/travel-advice-issued-ahead-first-33797298
Everton will be playing Liverpool for the first time at their new stadium #EFC #Toffees #HillDickinsonStadium #MerseysidePolice #LiverpoolFC #Merseyrail #EvertonFC #Facebook

🚈 The #Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is examining how rail services should operate after the current #Merseyrail concession ends in 2028. A report due in March sets out progress to date and highlights the network’s role in supporting an integrated #transport system. It indicates that public ownership could improve links between transport modes and enhance services for passengers, reflecting wider government policy to bring more operators into public control. The authority is being asked to commission a full assessment of options for taking Merseyrail in-house, alongside a delivery plan. A further report will follow. Mayor Steve Rotheram said the aim is a reliable, efficient and affordable network, pointing to investment in buses, ferries, ticketing, active travel and new stations.
https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/news/merseyrail-concession-update

If your about to travel on the Merseyrail lines beware there are currently problems on the Kirkby & Chester/Ellesmere Port lines #Merseyrail #Liverpool

Merseyrail 'major disruption' ...

Public #transport will be at the centre of major changes across the #Liverpool City Region in 2026. Tap and Go smart ticketing will be fully rolled out on #Merseyrail, allowing passengers to #travel using contactless bank cards and digital wallets, with daily and weekly fare capping to guarantee the lowest price. A pilot is already under way and will expand across the network ahead of full launch. Bus franchising will begin in St Helens and Wirral from September, giving the city region greater control over fares, routes and timetables, with region-wide rollout planned by 2027 and closer integration with rail and other modes. Three new rail stations at Carr Mill, Daresbury and Woodchurch will move into further development, supported by Transport for City Regions funding. Meanwhile, the £26m Royal Daffodil, the first new Mersey Ferry in more than 60 years, is due to enter service, offering increased capacity, full accessibility and cleaner propulsion technology.
https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/news/11-projects-to-transform-the-liverpool-city-region-2026-2

How Everton's new home changed the way fans get to the match
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/how-evertons-new-home-changed-33114137
Some transport challenges remain for the new stadium as it reaches the half way point of its inaugural season #EFC #Toffees #HillDickinsonStadium #LiverpoolCouncil #Merseytravel #Merseyrail #EvertonFC

Everton fans 'unable to get to match' after major rail disruption
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/everton-fans-unable-match-after-33097133
A broken-down train at Ormskirk left some travelling on the Northern Line unable to get to the Hill Dickinson #EFC #Toffees #TrafficandTravel #Merseyrail #EvertonFC #Everton