The Open Championship train timetables

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19th July 2017

Royal Birkdale golf course will host the 146th Open Championship in July 2017.

It will mark the tenth time the golf club has hosted the event and The Open will see spectators from across the globe travel to Merseyside to watch the winner be crowned. Known as one of the finest links courses in the UK, Royal Birkdale sits on a stretch of beautiful links land that runs almost uninterrupted for 20 miles north of Liverpool.

This year will be very family focussed with free entry for children under 16. There will also be plenty of activities for kids of all ages in the Spectator Village, including The Open Swingzone, the Soft Play Area, the Links Challenge putting challenge and the HSBC Grassroots Skillzone where children can put their golf skills to the test in a fun and friendly environment.

The Open will be played from 20th – 23rd July. For more information click here.

There will be an enhanced train service for the event, which will provide a regular service to and from Liverpool. Please see the details below.

Special Train Services

From Thursday 20 July until Sunday 23 July a special Open golf timetable will be in operation on all Northern line services. Unfortunately, due to strike action by guard members of the RMT union, a significantly reduced train service will run on the Merseyrail network on Sunday 23 July. However, a limited service will still run on the Southport line, to accommodate the large number of people expected to travel to The Open.

From Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 July, six trains an hour will run between Liverpool and Southport to carry passengers to Royal Birkdale, a 10 minute walk from Hillside station. To allow the extra train services to run there will be timetable changes across the Merseyrail Northern line. Trains will run every 20 minutes on the Ormskirk and Kirkby lines.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no changes to Wirral line services from Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 July.

Please click here for full timetables or click on the links below to download the timetable for each line.

Thursday 20th & Friday 21st July Timetable Information

Saturday 22nd July Timetable Information

Strike Action Sunday 23 July 2017

Unfortunately due to strike action by guard memebers of the RMT union, a significantly reduced train service will run across the Merseyrail network on Sunday 23 July.

Due to the large number of passengers expected to travel to Royal Birkdale, a limited service will run on the Southport line only.

During the morning, train services will run directly from:

  • Liverpool Central to Hillside station, with selected trains calling at Blundellsands & Crosby station only, between 09:00 and 13.15
  • Southport to Hillside between 09:00 and 12:30

During the evening, train services will run directly from:

  • Hillside to Liverpool Central, calling at Blundellsands & Crosby station only, between 17:10 and 20:55.
  • Hillside to Southport between 17:35 and 20:20

There will be a break in services between 12:30 – 17.10 when no trains will run.

If you are travelling back from The Open, we advise you arrive at Hillside station by 19:30 as the station will be extremely busy.

PLEASE NOTE:

There will be no trains running on the Chester, Ellesemere Port, New Brighton, West Kirby, Ormskirk, Kirkby or Hunts Cross lines on Sunday 23 July. 

If you cannot make your journey by train on strike days, alternative travel information can be found at www.merseytravel.gov.uk/railstrike

Train tickets to The Open

Get to Royal Birkdale with an All Zone Day Saver that costs just £5.10 for adults and £2.55 for Young People (aged 5 to 18) for unlimited travel on the Merseyrail network.

Or you can buy a Family Day Ticket, it can be used for up to a family of 5 and costs just £11! The ticket covers children aged 5 – 15 travelling with 1 or 2 adults.

The Day Saver and Family tickets are valid for unlimited travel on the Merseyrail network anytime except 6.31am – 9.29am Monday – Friday.

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