RAIL commuters in Wirral will see a reduced timetable this weekend as a dispute over the planned introduction of driver-only trains continues.
Merseyrail drivers and guards are staging a 24-hour walk-out today.
They will do so again on Monday (July 10) and Sunday, July 23.
Northern services will also be affected today, tomorrow and Monday.
The dispute relates to a new fleet of driver-only trains that will replace Merseyrail’s current 40-year-old rolling stock in 2020 which the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union say will threaten the security of guards jobs on trains.
There will be no trains running on Ellesmere Port, Hunts Cross and Kirkby lines.
On the West Kirby line trains will not call at Bidston, Manor Road, Birkenhead Park, Conway Park, Moorfields, Lime Street Low Level and Liverpool Central stations.
New Brighton line trains will not call at Moorfields, Lime Street Low Level and Liverpool Central stations.
Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, managing director at Merseyrail said: “The Merseyrail team has put together the best possible timetable that we can to provide a limited train service on both strike days.
"I would urge all our customers to check before they travel.”
For more information visit https://www.merseyrail.org/strike-action.aspx
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