Robert Hampton bought a 1970s Merseyrail for £1 (Picture: SWNS) A rail enthusiast has bought a 1970s commuter train that once carried Queen Elizabeth for just £1 – but he needs to raise £10,000 to ...

Merseyside will face a day of transport chaos tomorrow as bus and rail strikes combine. An ongoing walk-out of Arriva bus drivers looks set to continue into Wednesday, meaning there will once again be ...

Good afternoon, these are the latest lunchtime ECHO headlines. Suspect named after more than £5,000 of damage to train crossing A man has been named after being accused of causing damage to a ...

The mayor of Liverpool City Region has told of his anger after seeing graffiti daubed across a train carriage. Steve Rotheram said he was shocked to see the vandalism on one of the new fleet of ...

Boxing Day (Thursday, December 26): Merseyrail’s special Boxing Day service will run from approximately 9.00pm to 6.00pm, with trains calling at selected stations across the network. Additional ...

A passenger's brutal £480 bill for putting her foot on a train seat has been revealed. Kim Brown was taken to court by Merseyside train operator, Merseyrail. She said the way her case was handled was ...

Merseyrail introduces contactless payments in smart ticketing pilot. Metro Mayor Steve Rotherham has unveiled the second ...

Ian Prowse was standing in his local pub literally crying into his beer about the end of a relationship when someone came in to tell him one of his songs had just been played on Radio 1. Told it was ...