Liverpudlians: good news. Your bank accounts might be hurting after the festive period, but your weekend travel is about to get a whole lot cheaper. Now you have no excuse for spending the whole of Saturday on the sofa.
The Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has just announced that the city will offer unlimited travel on all Merseyrail services for just £2 a day at weekends during January. Starting on Saturday, January 4 and running every weekend until Sunday, January 26, travellers will be allowed to take as many trips around the city as they want for £2, and tickets for kids aged 5-15 will be £1.
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region said: ‘Making public transport more affordable and accessible is a key part of my mission to build a transport network for everyone. This £2 unlimited travel offer will help start off 2025 in the best way by helping people get around the Liverpool City Region without worrying about cost.
‘Investing in new trains and infrastructure is about making life better for people – whether that’s getting to work, visiting family, or just enjoying a day out. We’ve capped bus fares at £2, protected the country’s most generous concessionary travel scheme, and delivered the UK’s first publicly-owned train fleet in a generation.’
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