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Yes, Chester do sell Saveaway (as its now a Rover ticket, it can be purchased from any ticket office if asked for), though need to go to ticket office as it isn't available on the TVM's. The Merseyrail Daysaver can be purchased from the TVM's at Chester, but, though 10p cheaper is valid for...

Going back to late 80's early 90's, back in the days when DMU's still operated Chester to Helsby via Hooton, it was a fairly frequent event after dark to see a pacer sail through Overpool station and stop the other side of the bridge, then set back to the station. After a while though...

Even though it is no longer vaild for travel by bus from Bache, posters onboard Merseyrail trains still stipulate that onward travel by bus to Zoo can be made from Chester or Bache stations. Based on the information given on these posters, Quite a few people travelling to the Zoo still...

I picked a friend up off the 15:45 Helsby-Ellesmere Port service back last August. Expecting him to be the only passenger to get off, was rather surprised to see another 10 passengers alight. Also 3 people were getting on for the return journey. The earlier journey from Helsby tends to be...

It's not all that bizarre really. For example, I know quite a few people who live near to Ellesmere Port/Overpool stations, but drive to Hooton and commute daily from there. Not a massive difference in overall costs when taking in to account the car parking charge at Hooton and fuel costs etc...

Yes, the Alton Towers bus is also shown on the departure screens at Stoke :)

Lots of cancellations today. Travelling from Chester (via Crewe )to Stafford later, and almost everything is cancelled either side of the 16:49 departure from Crewe. LM are advising passenger they can use Virgin Trains for travel between Crewe and Stafford, however, due to engineering work...

Posters on Merseyrail trains suggest that it does constitute part of the seat. Merseyrail prosecute anyone caught with their feet on the seats (and the metal bar between the seats). More often than not though, from what I have seen at least, the enforcement officers normally ask people to...

Couple of Merseyrail ones.. 'Please keep your feet off the....emergency information posters located in each coach on this train'. Which was a cross between 'Please keep your feet of the seats' and 'Your attention is drawn to the emergency information posters located in each coach on this...

Merseyrail do sometimes have plain clothes RPI's, have noted them on two occasions this year. They board on-mass (around 6 of them, 2 per carriage) at a random station, and as soon as the doors close and the train pulls away, they announce themselves, and also show ID as they go round checking...

Hooton station resembles a swimming pool according to a tweet by Maarten Spaargaren, Merseyrails managing director. More heavy rain forecast for tomorrow morning so the prospect of trains running south of Rock Ferry tomorrow look unlikely.

Although Merseyrails site shows Services running normally on the ticker, a pop up opens advising the followig :- Rain has stopped now. It has been hammering down pretty much no stop since early last night, and Hooton station, as well as the area towards Capenhurst has always been prone to...

Same thing happened to myself and group of friends travelling from Milan on Wed 15th August. Ended up departing Chiasso 15 minutes late after changing trains and eventually arrived in Zurich 30 minutes late meaning we missed our connecting ICE train and meant a journey on a much slower local...

Yup, from Ellesmere Port, can see the train just as it leaves Stanlow, 4 minute journey time. In the other direction, can see up to Little Sutton. Also, from Hooton, if you stand on the unused platform which houses the station building and look towards the wirral, can seemingly see about as...

Also, quite a lot of people alight from Liverpool bound trains at James Street station. So even though there may be few if any passengers boarding, trains are normally ready to depart when there are still quite a lot of people on the platform making their way towards the exit.

Also, though there are signs telling you how to get the Day Saver ticket on the TVM's at Chester, no such signs appear at the unmanned Merseyrail stations and never have done. This was something that was confirmed by Merseyrail in some of the correspondence I have had with them as to why the...

Merseyrail have placed stickers on the TVM's at unmanned stations explaining how to access the £2 special offer.

I've been the only passenger on the Helsby to Ellesmere Port train a couple of times on the first afternoon service. Though last time I was rather taken aback by the fact that there were about 15 other people who boarded, some at Helsby, the rest at Ince & Elton. It is not uncommon for the...

I thought since the Saveaway tickets went over to be printed on standard Rail tickets, and effectively being a 'Rover' ticket, that it should be possible to purchase them from Chester station, even though it is not operated by Merseyrail? It shouldn't be too difficult to do surely?

Second what Ned says, there have never been notes attached to the TVM's at unstaffed stations explaining how to get Day Savers. Something Merseyrail confirmed to me in an Email regarding it some time back, stating that the tickets were 'well advertised' and thus did not need additional...