Arriva Trains Merseyside was a train operating company in England owned by

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Merseyrail concession, owned by the Merseyrail Passenger Transport Executive (Merseytravel).

History

The Merseyrail Electrics franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising to MTL with operations commencing on 19 January 1997. MTL retained the Merseyrail Electrics brand. On 18 February 2000, MTL was purchased by

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Rolling stock

Arriva Trains Merseyside inherited a fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 electric multiple units from

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. It also inherited a fleet of Class 73 locomotives and Class 936 EMUs for use on infrastructure trains; these were sold in 2002.

Depot

Arriva Trains Merseyside's fleet was maintained at Birkenhead North Depot.

History

Rolling stock

Depot

References

Further reading