From Monday: Chester - Liverpool services will double

Transport for Wales (TfW) is to reintroduce hourly rail services between Chester and Liverpool via Runcorn, Helsby and Frodsham from Monday, February 12.

Planned services will increase from 15 to 30 a day (15 in each direction) served by TfW's recently-introduced Class 197 diesel multiple units, built by manufacturer CAF at its factory in Newport South Wales, as part of an ongoing £800m transformation of the network.

Services on this route via Runcorn, Helsby and Frodsham were first launched in 2019 connecting Liverpool John Lennon Airport via the station call at Liverpool South Parkway.

Welsh Deputy Minister for Climate Change with responsibility for Transport, Lee Waters, said that the modern comfortable trains should "encourage more people to leave the car at home and let the train take the strain."