Passengers are returning to public transport across Liverpool City Region in “large numbers” post- Covid.
Leaders across the combined authority expect demand on the transport network to grow as commuters return to buses, trains and even the Mersey Ferries as the final coronavirus restrictions have been lifted. It is thought that Merseyrail passenger numbers are now at around 90% of pre-pandemic levels in March 2020.
The operator has also reported 100,000 journeys by racegoers on the network to and from Aintree over the Grand National weekend earlier this month. Liverpool Lime Street has been named as the best performing station in the country by Network Rail, with passenger numbers the highest of any terminus train station in England. Footfall at the station in March of this year was almost one fifth (17%) higher than in the same month in 2019.
