With a week of festivities in Liverpool coming up for the Eurovision Song Contest, Merseyrail has announced special arrangements for the launch of festivities tomorrow, Sunday, 7th May, at The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome.

As thousands of revellers descend upon Liverpool City Centre to enjoy the launch of the festivities, Merseyrail will do its best to get them to the event and home afterwards, with special late-night services running after midnight.

On the Northern and Wirral lines:

• A Sunday timetable will run every 30 minutes.
• Extra late-night services will run after The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome.
• Liverpool Lime Street Low-Level station will be closed all day because of its vicinity to the event.

After 20:00:

• James Street station will be closed.
• Passengers travelling from Liverpool city centre on the Wirral line can only travel from Liverpool Central Station.
• Passengers wanting to travel on the Northern line can only travel from Moorfields station.

Late-night trains:

Late-night trains on Northern and Wirral lines will run into the early hours of Monday, 8th May calling at all stations., with the last trains as follows:

• Chester line: The last train will depart from Liverpool Central at 00:30
• West Kirby line: The last train will depart from Liverpool Central at 00:18
• New Brighton line: The last train will depart from Liverpool Central at 00:24
• Southport line: The last train will depart from Moorfields at 00:11
• Hunts Cross line: The last train will depart from Moorfields at 00:22
• Kirkby line: The last train will depart from Moorfields at 00:27
• Ormskirk line: The last train will depart from Moorfields at 00:18
• Wirral line passengers will only be able to board late-night trains at Liverpool Central, and Northern line passengers at Moorfields. At all other stations, passengers can only alight and exit the station.

There will be no passenger services into Liverpool city centre after the end of the normal timetable.

Anyone intending to travel should check their train times and information before they travel by visiting Merseyrail.org.