Merseytravel - 30 Year Plan

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RE: Merseytravel - 30 Year Plan

(11/03/2019 23:59)MTL0201 Wrote:  I'd like to see the Sunday service frequency increased, at least every 20 minutes on the branches, if not to Monday to Saturday frequency levels, frequencies have been the same since the mid 90s when Chester/Ellesmere Port branches were electrified, Sundays are increasingly becoming more & more popular, with people working/shopping/leisure ecc, on those days, the only line that gets increased frequency is Liverpool Central-Southport, & that's only in the summer, i believe Merseyrail struggled to cope with the football crowds for the Liverpool-Burnley match on Sunday

Southport frequency is 30 minutes all year on Sundays. The Summer enhancement to a 15 minute frequency Liverpool to Southport disappeared in 2017 during the guards strikes and has never been restored.