Merseyrail Electrics > Reviews

Advantages: Proves I have patience
Disadvantages: Its all been said before

Public transport should carry a Health Warning. I live in a little village, which is poorly served by train and bus ‘services’. The trains run at 7am and 8 am, then every hour from 9.30 am until 6.30 pm, then they stop. The buses are a little better, and run every half hour from 7.50 am to 6.55 pm, then change to an hourly service at 6.35 pm, the final bus to the village is at 10.55 pm. The nearest Town is around 6 miles away (as the crow flies). Anyway, ... Read review

Advantages: Big trains
Disadvantages: Uncomfortable, Old, Manky, what more is there

Merseyrail electrics, recently taken over by Arriva has been serving the Liverpool community for about 25 years and so have the same trains by the looks of things. You see, Merseyrail are really fast and delays are a No No but I think the owners do not realise that the rolling stock are not comfortable. I think they are called AMU rolling stock which have been in operation for about 15-20 years. Over the years the rolling stock has never been ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, but certainly not cheerful. Sucidal more like.
Disadvantages: Dirty, smelly, understaffed (and even then they are unhelpful and rude), unrelaible........

...Chester from Liverpool Central with Merseyrail run by our good friends Arriva (yuck). I have to say I was pleasantly suprised when the moody ticket man barked the fare for me and my niece to travel to Chester for a day out (look, I was desperate, OK?). I paid the fare and was thrown 4 little orange cards through the hole in the bullet proof box. As anybody who travels by train through Liverpool Central (run by Arriva/Merseytravel), it ... Read review

Advantages: Reliable and Frequent Services
Disadvantages: Train interiors can be messy

Merseyrail are my local rail service, only a short walk from my house to the station, and I use the trains very frequently for both leisure and commuting, and have done since the early 90s. Personally I think Merseyrail offer a fantastic commuter service. I have visited plenty of places that have trains every hour, or maybe longer than that. But if you are travelling on the Merseyrail Network, you get trains every 15 minutes during weekdays and ... Read review