Transport Briefing

Mersey Gateway procurement starts as trams swapped

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Procurement for the half a billion pound Mersey Gateway Bridge project has got underway with the publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union that invites potential...

Government agrees Mersey Gateway PFI package

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Procurement for a new bridge across the River Mersey costing half a billion pounds can proceed after ministers agreed that a private finance initiative can be used to deliver the project. The...

Liverpool launches Walrus smartcard ticket brand

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Merseytravel is to become the latest public transport authority to offer passengers Oyster-style smart ticketing with the launch of the Walrus brand this week. The ITSO compatible smartcard will...

Lib Dems call for Merseytravel allowance reform

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Merseytravel ITA members from Liverpool City Council have voted to reform and cut their allowances following growing criticism. At present ITA members are the only ones in the country to set their...

ITA pulls plug on Merseyrail vertical integration

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Labour councillors in Merseyside may prevent a full pilot of vertical integration taking place by 2015, as recommended in Sir Roy McNulty's Rail Value for Money study. Merseytravel, the integrated...

Hooton rail upgrade creates Merseyrail flagship

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

J Murphy and Sons has completed a �2.5m programme of improvements at Hooton railway station (pictured) near Ellesmere Port. Murphy, and its team of sub-contractors, carried out the works for...

Merseyrail fleet replacement talks get underway

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Merseyside passenger transport executive Merseytravel has gone to market with plans to buy up to 250 new train carriages through a rolling stock replacement programme valued at between �120m and ...

Alstom delivers first 11-car Pendolino to Edge Hill

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The first of four new 11-car Pendolino Class 390 trains ordered from Alstom arrived in Liverpool this week (6 December). In line with the �1.5bn agreement signed between train lessor Angel Trains,...

Better stations project survives funding cut

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A financial package to upgrade Liverpool Central station has been lined up despite the loss of a contribution from Network Rail's Better Stations fund. Passenger transport executive Merseytravel says...

Alstom opens Pendolino lengthening train depot

Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Train manufacturer Alstom has opened a new depot in Liverpool from where it will lengthen existing 9-car Pendolino sets to 11 carriages. The official opening ceremony this week marks completion of...