All Merseyrail articles

  • Baltic Station CGI - Platform View
    Rail Business UK

    Liverpool Baltic station funding approved

    2024-09-24T11:00:00Z

    UK: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has approved £96m from the £710m City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement to fund construction of Liverpool Baltic station, which will be between Brunswick and Liverpool Central stations on Merseyrail’s Northern Line. This will serve the growing Baltic Triangle district. A ...

  • Last week of Class 507s (Photo: Tony Miles)
    Rail Business UK

    Merseyrail Class 507 EMUs bow out

    2024-08-30T04:00:00Z

    UK: August 26 marked the first day of the operation of eight-car formations of Stadler Class 777 EMUs on Merseyrail services to Southport, as well the first day in almost 46 years when no Merseyrail services were operated by a Class 507 EMU. The last day ...

  • Merseyrail Class 777 EMU at Headbolt station (Photo LCR  Combined Authority)
    Rail Business UK

    Lower fares to compensate passengers for battery train troubles

    2024-07-10T11:00:00Z

    UK: Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced reduced weekend fares on Merseyrail’s Headbolt Lane line until September, as ‘a goodwill gesture to thank passengers for their patience’ during problems with the introduction of the subfleet of Stadler Class 777 electric multiple-units fitted with batteries. ...

  • EMR 222006 at Sheffield 0900 to St Pancras May 2022
    Rail Business UK

    Interview: ‘It’s time to bring back dynamism’

    2023-11-28T05:01:00Z

    UK: Cost control, revenue growth and a competitive dynamic will be key to securing the future of the UK rail sector, Transport UK Group Chief Executive Dominic Booth explains to Tony Miles.

  • Merseyrail Class 777 EMU at Headbolt station (Photo LCR  Combined Authority)
    News

    Merseyside rail devolution MoU signed

    2023-11-20T15:48:00Z

    UK: A memorandum of understanding has been signed for discussions which could lead to further devolution of control of the rail network in Merseyside and collaboration to deliver a ‘fully integrated’ public transport system. The MoU was signed on November 16 by Secretary of State ...

  • Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram is seeking compensation from train manufacturer Stadler following continued poor performance of Merseyrail’s new fleet of Class 777 electric multiple-units.
    Rail Business UK

    Liverpool Mayor seeks compensation for poor Class 777 performance

    2023-11-15T11:00:00Z

    UK: Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram is seeking compensation from train manufacturer Stadler following poor performance of Merseyrail’s fleet of Class 777 electric multiple-units.

  • Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram at Headbolt Lane
    Rail Business UK

    Battery trains could take Merseyrail to places it couldn’t previously reach

    2023-10-06T04:00:00Z

    UK: Speaking to Rail Business UK at the opening of Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram expressed enthusiasm for extending Merseyrail services to more destinations by using battery power to avoid the need for electrification. Merseyrail trains reach Headbolt Lane using ...

  • Merseyrail at Headbolt Lane
    Rail Business UK

    Headbolt Lane station opens with battery train service

    2023-10-05T13:42:00Z

    UK: Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby opened on October 5, with services operated by Merseyrail and Northern terminating from opposite directions. Services run by the two operators previously terminated end-on at Kirkby, where the 750 V DC third rail electrification on the Merseyrail network ends. Merseyrail’s ...

  • 1st Class 777 service trains second arrivat at Kirkby 230123 TM05
    Rail Business UK

    Merseyrail’s custom-designed Class 777 EMUs enter service

    2023-01-25T15:23:00Z

    UK: Rail Business UK  travels on the first passenger service operated by Merseyrail’s custom-built Stadler Class 777 electric multiple-units to see a revised method of operation and hear about Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram’s plans for ‘putting the public back into public transport’.

  • Merseyrail Stadler EMU at InnoTrans 2022 (12)
    Rail Business UK

    Introduction of Merseyrail Class 777 EMUs ‘just days away’

    2023-01-18T16:23:00Z

    UK: ‘The time has finally arrived — our new trains are now just days away’, said Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram when he announced that Merseyrail’s Stadler Class 777 EMUs are expected to enter service on January 23. Rotheram’s announcement on January 18 came after ...

  • Liverpool Baltic Station CGI 1
    Rail Business UK

    Liverpool Baltic station on course to open in 2025

    2022-11-09T05:22:00Z

    UK: Re-opening of the former Liverpool St James station in the city’s Baltic Triangle district is going ahead now that funding has been secured from central government.

  • Merseyrail Stadler EMU at InnoTrans 2022 (12)
    Rail Business UK

    Merseyrail Class 777 battery IPEMU on show at InnoTrans

    2022-09-22T11:01:00Z

    INNOTRANS: On show in Berlin is one of the seven battery-equipped independently powered electric multiple-units which Stadler is supplying as part of an order for a total of 53 custom-designed Class 777 EMUs for use on the Merseyrail network around Liverpool. The 53 ...

  • Greater Anglia Class 745 Stadler inter-city trainset at London Liverpool Street
    Rail Business UK

    Abellio UK management buy-out as NS exits British market

    2022-08-23T17:06:00Z

    UK: Dutch state passenger operator NS has announced a management buy-out of its Abellio UK rail and bus business.

  • Merseyrail Stadler Class 777 EMUs outside Kirkdale depot
    Rail Business UK

    Strong reaction to rejection of Skelmersdale rail link plan

    2022-08-22T05:00:00Z

    UK: There has been a strong local reaction to the Department for Transport’s rejection of the proposed extension of the Merseyrail network from the future Headbolt Lane station to Skelmersdale. In 2021 Lancashire County Council submitted a Strategic Outline Business Case for the project which had ...

  • Merseyrail Train at Liverpool Central (Photo: Tony Miles)
    Rail Business UK

    Liverpool City Region to take control of Merseyrail network

    2022-08-19T06:00:00Z

    UK: Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Department for Transport have reached an agreement in principle on a memorandum of understanding for the devolution of the infrastructure of the Merseyrail network. Whilst discussions are at a relatively early stage, it is understood that a ...

  • The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has published its report into a Merseyrail train comprising a pair of Class 507 EMUs hitting the buffer stop at Kirkby at around 47 km/h on March 13 2021.
    Rail Business UK

    Recommendations in Kirkby buffer stop collision report

    2022-08-15T12:29:00Z

    UK: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has published its report into a Merseyrail train comprising a pair of Class 507 EMUs hitting the buffer stop at Kirkby at around 47 km/h on March 13 2021. RAIB found that the driver of the train did not apply ...

  • Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram at ASLEF's Invest in Rail meeting (Photo: Tony Miles)
    Rail Business UK

    Burnham and Rotheram call for more control of rail

    2022-05-18T14:35:00Z

    UK: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and his Liverpool City Region counterpart Steve Rotheram called for more investment in public transport and greater devolution of budgets and control at a meeting held in Manchester on May 12 as part of the ASLEF trade union’s Invest ...

  • Liverpool Baltic station impression (not the final design)
    Rail Business UK

    Liverpool Baltic station makes progress

    2022-04-14T12:00:00Z

    UK: Mott MacDonald has been appointed as lead designer for the planned Liverpool Baltic station between Liverpool Central and Brunswick on Merseyrail’s Northern Line. Mott MacDonald has been awarded the contract under Network Rail’s Design Services Framework, and will manage single option development and outline design ...

  • Headbolt Lane Station - Aerial View 1
    Rail Business UK

    Battery trains to serve Headbolt Lane station

    2021-12-13T12:00:00Z

    UK: Work is set to begin on construction of a station at Headbolt Lane as part of an initiative which will see Merseyrail Stadler Class 777 electric multiple-units use battery power to run around 2 km beyond the end of the 750 V DC third rail ...

  • Merseyrail Stadler Class 777 EMU 777010 at Kirkdale (Photo Tony Miles)
    Rail Business UK

    Stadler hands over first of 53 EMUs to Merseytravel

    2021-08-27T13:40:00Z

    UK: The first of 53 Class 777 EMUs which Stadler is manufacturing for Merseyrail services has been formally handed over to Merseytravel, which will own the fleet on behalf of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The handover follows intensive testing in Germany and on the ...