Metro (Liverpool City Region)
Metro is a planned network of franchised bus services within the boundaries of the Liverpool City Region combined authority area, created under the bus franchising provisions of the Bus Services Act 2017. First announced in October 2023 by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LRCRA) Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, the network is set to commence operations in 2026, starting in St Helens, Merseyside, St Helens. History Deregulation Prior to the creation of the metropolitan county of Merseyside on 1 April 1974, the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive was formed on 1 November 1970 to run the bus and rail services of the new county. Bus services provided by Municipal bus company, municipally-owned operators in Liverpool, Birkenhead, Wallasey, St Helens, Merseyside, St Helens and Southport were brought under the Merseyside Transport name, with some bus services also operated in co-operation with state-owned National Bus Company (UK), National ...
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