Mersey Ferries are planning to add a special 5 pm direct sailing between the Gerry Marsden Ferry Terminal at Liverpool’s Pier Head and Seacombe after next weekend's test event at the new Everton Stadium.
Mersey Ferries will operate a Sunday timetable, starting at 10 am from Pier Head, then 10:20 am from Seacombe, until the last sailing at 4 pm. The stadium is a 30-minute walk from the Pier Head. The extra service could become a regular matchday feature if passenger numbers are high enough.
After meeting with fans groups and representatives from Everton FC, transport chiefs have announced additional services are to be laid on across the region’s rail, bus and ferry networks next weekend.
Extra train and bus services are to be put on for the second test event at the new Everton Stadium as well as the special ferry trip added for matchgoing fans. Around 25,000 fans are expected at the Under-21 friendly match on Sunday 23 March as the next stage of preparations for the new 52,888-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in advance of its full opening for next season.
Ahead of the game on 23 March, which kicks off at 2 pm, Sunday rail services are to be increased before and after the event, with Merseyrail trains running every 15 minutes – instead of the normal 30 minutes – on the Hunts Cross, Southport and Ormskirk branches of the Northern Line, with eight car trains operating where possible. Services on the Wirral Line will run to a normal Sunday timetable.
Quotes sourced from Chester Standard
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