To assist with the phased rollout of Merseyrail‘s ground-breaking new fleet of Class 777 trains, from next Monday, 6th March, there will be further temporary timetable changes on the Ormskirk, Southport, and Hunts Cross lines to support driver training.

These changes are as follows:

Ormskirk line

Monday to Friday

• The 09:34, 11:04, and 15:04 trains from Ormskirk to Liverpool Central will be cancelled;
• The 10:16 and 14:16 trains from Liverpool Central to Ormskirk will be cancelled;
• The 11:46 and 15:46 trains from Liverpool Central to Ormskirk will start at Walton instead of Liverpool Central.

Saturdays

• The 08:01, 09:31, 12:01, and 13:31 trains from Liverpool Central to Ormskirk will be cancelled ;
• The 08:49, 10:19, 12:49, and 14:19 trains from Ormskirk to Liverpool Central will be cancelled;
• The 11:01 and 15:01 Liverpool Central to Ormskirk services will start at Walton instead of Liverpool Central.

Sundays

• There are no cancellations.

Southport line

Monday-Friday

• The 12:51, 15:21, and 19:06 trains from Hunts Cross to Southport will be cancelled;
• The 14:13 17:58 20:28 trains from Southport to Hunts Cross will be cancelled.

Saturdays and Sundays

• There are no cancellations on the Southport line.

Kirkby line

• This line has experienced a reduction of services to assist the rollout of new trains.
• From Monday, 6th March a full timetable will be reinstated, with a train every 15 minutes through the day, up to 19:43.

For the latest information passengers should use the journey planner at merseyrail.org or use the Merseyrail App

Before the new trains are introduced on these lines further announcements will be made so passengers will know exactly when to expect them.

Suzanne Grant, Commercial Director at Merseyrail, said: “Our driver training programme will be moving across to the Ormskirk line as we move towards the next exciting phase of the rollout of the new trains.

“This does mean a temporary reduction in the frequency of services on the Ormskirk and Southport line while this happens, but we will ensure that a full timetable can be restored as soon as possible.

“We apologise for any inconvenience that this temporary reduction in frequency will cause passengers and look forward to our Ormskirk line passengers experiencing the ground-breaking new trains in the near future.”