Merseytravel to become Transport for Liverpool City Region - your reaction - video Dailymotion

Merseytravel is to get a new name and look amid plans to  roll out a metro system across the region.

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00:00Mersey Travel will be replaced by Transport for Liverpool City Region.

00:04This is part of wide-ranging plans from the combined authority to connect rail,

00:09bus, ferry, tunnels and active travel options across the six local authority areas.

00:14The change will bring the Liverpool City Region in line with areas such as Manchester and London,

00:18with their own distinct regional transport branding.

00:21A new crescent flag is being designed for the region to be introduced by the end of the year,

00:25but it's not yet known when the name change could come into effect.

00:30Well, Mersey Rail, doesn't that say it itself? Mersey Rail for over the water as well,

00:36we're all together, I would think.

00:38I think this name's better, the old name's better, Mersey Travel, much better.

00:42Well, if it helps things, it helps, doesn't it? If it's going to be a help, yeah, do it.

00:46Do it, won't you say?

00:48Well, I think it sounds good, yeah. And at least those privatised ones that they did have,

00:55we're getting them back, so we're forwarding it.

00:58I think, of course, Maureen, there's no need, because we know them already as they are,

01:02and that's what I think anyway.

01:04Radio City, that's not Radio City anymore, is it?

01:07If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Maybe that's my opinion, yeah, there you go.

01:11A Liverpool City Region Combined Authority spokesperson said the plan's name change

01:15from Mersey Travel to Transport for Liverpool City Region better reflects the area served by

01:21our public transport network, which extends beyond the boundaries of Merseyside and

01:25includes the borough of Halton.

01:27The move to be known as TFLCR would not be the first name change with the transport

01:32authority originally known as the Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority

01:36and Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive.

01:39In October 2023, the decision to bring buses back into public control was formally ratified

01:44by the authority with the first publicly owned services scheduled to hit roads in 2026.

01:49Additionally, in the last 18 months, the fleet of £500 million new trains were

01:53laid out on the Mersey Rail network.

01:55The next phase of smart ticketing is also expected to roll out by March next year.