Travel To Liverpool

Rail
Virgin Trains run frequent services from London to Liverpool Lime St.
For details of these and services from other parts of the country such as the South Coast & Scotland contact National Rail Enquiries.
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Tel: +44 (0) 8457 484950

Car
Coming from the M6 Liverpool you can reach Liverpool by joining the M53, M56, M58 or M62. Liverpool City Centre is approximately 45 minutes drive from Chester, Manchester and North Wales; just over 1hour from Blackpool and the Lake District, Yorkshire Moors and Peak District National Parks; and 4 hours from London.

Subsidised travel fare for audiences: more info here

Coach
National Express coaches run services to Liverpool from many major towns and cities.
There are half hourly services from Manchester, hourly services from York and every two hours from London and Birmingham, plus international routes from Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.
Tel: +44 (0) 8705 808080

Sea
Services between Liverpool, Douglas, Belfast and Dublin are operated by Norse Merchant and Irish Ferries

Air
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is just 8 miles from the City Centre. There are regular scheduled flights from Belfast and Dublin and Cork, Isle of Man, Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Geneva, Madrid, Nice, Paris, Palma and Malaga.

A regular ‘Airport Express 500’ bus service operates between the Airport and City Centre seven days a week. Taxis are also available outside the terminal.

Manchester Airport offers an International gateway from all parts of the world. There is a rail link from Manchester Airport directly into Liverpool City Centre (journey time approximately 1 hour). There are regular shuttle flights into Manchester from Britain's other major airports including Gatwick and Heathrow.

For further local or national transport information :
Traveline +44 (0) 870 608 2608.

Last Updated March 28, 2011
text by: Phil Morton
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