Arriva has issued its timetable changes for the festive period.
Due to planned industrial action by Network Rail staff who are members of the RMT union, Merseyrail has had to make changes to its train timetables running between December 24 and 27. But there are also some changes to the bus networks that would need to be noted if you are planning on travelling this festive season.
Arriva has confirmed that no buses will be running on Christmas Day and there will be reduced timetables on the bank holidays and New Year. The changes will be in place until January 3 when normal services resume.
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Upcoming changes for Merseyside and Halton include:
- December 24 - Christmas Eve there will be a normal service until approximately 6pm.
- December 25 - There will be no service on Christmas Day.
- December 26 - For Boxing Day, there will be special day time services on some Merseyside routes from around 8am to 7.
- December 27 - Bank Holiday Tuesday will see a Sunday service on routes.
- December 28 - There will be a Saturday Service in all areas except Wirral, Speke (3/3A, 166, 188 and 204) and Kirkby (899) which will all operate via normal weekday timetables.
- December 29 - There will be a Saturday Service in all areas except Wirral, Speke (3/3A, 166, 188 and 204) and Kirkby (899) which will all operate via normal weekday timetables.
- December 30 - There will be a Saturday Service in all areas except Wirral, Speke (3/3A, 166, 188 and 204) and Kirkby (899) which will all operate via normal weekday timetables.
- December 31 - for New Year's Eve, there will be a normal service until around 6pm.
- January 1 - for New Year's Day a special day time service will be available on some Merseyside routes running from 8am to 7pm.
- January 2 - There will be a Sunday service for this bank holiday.
- January 3 - All normal services will resume this day.
A full list of route timetables and changes can be found here.
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