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

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concession, owned by the Merseyrail Passenger Transport Executive (Merseytravel).

History

The Merseyrail Electrics franchise was awarded by the

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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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were awarded the Merseyrail Electrics franchise with the services operated by Arriva Trains Merseyside transferring to

Merseyrail Merseyrail is a Urban rail in the United Kingdom, commuter rail network serving the Liverpool City Region and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire. Merseyrail operates 66 railway stations across two lines – the Northern Line (Merseyrail ...

on 20 July 2003.Merseyrail franchise goes Dutch
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'' 24 April 2003

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