Full list of Christmas timetable changes for city

Transport services around Liverpool will be changing timetables over the holiday season.

Operators running rail, bus and travel services in the Liverpool city region have all made changes to accommodate the Christmas and New Year bank holidays.

The new festive timetable will see changes to the Mersey Tunnels, Merseyrail and Mersey Ferries services, with special services for the Christmas football fixtures also in place.

Passengers are being urged to plan their journeys ahead before travelling.

Councillor Steve Foulkes, chair of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Transport Committee, said: "This time of year is always very busy for everyone and the work that our frontline public transport colleagues do over this period is always hugely appreciated".

Mersey Tunnels, which usually cost a fee each way, will be free between 22:00 GMT on 24 December and 06:00 GMT on 26 December.

Both the Kingsway and Queensway Tunnels will remain open throughout the festive period.

There will be changes to the timetables of all rail operators, with some services finishing earlier than usual, particularly on 24 December and 31 December.

Some services will not be running.

There will be no Merseyrail services available on 25 December, but there will be some Northern and Wirral line services on Boxing Day.

There will be services for the Liverpool v Leicester City match and the races at Aintree Racecourse.

Northern Trains will also experience changes to services, particular on Sundays, including some cancellations and rail replacement bus services.

Passengers are being advised to check the Northern and Merseyrail website before travelling.

On Christmas Day, a special network of free bus services, funded by the Liverpool Combined Authority, will run between 12:00 GMT and 18:00 GMT, covering most hospital routes.

No other bus services will operate.

Services will finish earlier on 31 December and there will be a limited number of buses running on 1 January.

For the Liverpool V Leicester City football game on 26 December, the following buses will be running to the normal timetables:

• 917 Liverpool FC (Stagecoach)
• Taxi One (A & J Taxis)
• Soccerbus (Stagecoach)

On 29 December for the Everton v Nottingham Forest game, the following buses will be running to their normal timetables:

• Soccerbus (Stagecoach)
• 919 Everton FC (Stagecoach)

Passengers are being urged to check the Arriva and Stagecoach websites before travelling.

On 21 and 22 December, the River Explorer Cruise service will be operating as normal, as will the Commuter and River Explorer services on 23 December.

However, Mersey Ferries will not operate on 24 December, 25 December, 26 December, 27 December and 1 January.

River Explorer Cruises will operate between 28 and 31 December from the Pier Head at 11:00 GMT, then hourly until the last service, which will depart from the Pier Head at 15:00 GMT, arriving at Seacombe, in Wirral, at 15:20 GMT.

There will be no commuter service during this period.

Normal services will resume on 2 January with the first commuter service at 07:20 GMT from Seacombe and the first River Explorer Cruise departing from the Pier Head at 10:00 GMT.

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