Liverpool City Region secures £86.3m as buses return to public control

Liverpool City Region secures £86.3m as buses return to public control

Liverpool City Region secures £86.3m to bring buses under public control, with bus franchising promising better routes, fares and services by 2027.

City region sees buses brought back under public control

Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor sees new Metro buses take to the roads on Sunday in what he says “signals a new era” for public services. Tony McDonough reports   […]

Liverpool buses back under public control

City region one of six mayoral authorities receiving central government support to franchise vital bus services.  Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, and Simon Lightwood, Minister for Buses and Local Transport, were at the launch today of new locally controlled bus services in St Helens. Publicly owned services will be rolled out across the Wirral later this year and to the rest of the city region in 2027.  The government says th…

Liverpool City Region unveils first of 560 new low-emission buses

Liverpool City Region unveils the first of 560 new low-emission buses as part of a £150m investment ahead of bus franchising, improving accessibility, passenger experience and air quality.

New era for Liverpool buses as government backs local control

Liverpool City Region's bus services are coming back under public control, with buses franchised first in St. Helens before being rolled out to the Wirral later this year and the rest of the city region in 2027.

Ballymena-built Wrightbus fleet hits Liverpool roads in £150m transport investment

The first Wrightbus ultra low-emission buses are hitting the streets of Liverpool as part of a £150 million investment in a new 560-strong fleet. Ballymena-built buses are beginning to arrive on the streets of Liverpool as part of a major £150 million investment in a new public transport fleet. Many of the 560 new ultra low-emission buses being introduced across the Liverpool City Region have been manufactured by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland, p…