Direct service to Liverpool John Lennon Airport created in massive bus shake-up

Buses enter public control from this September17:30, 27 Jul 2026A direct service to Liverpool John Lennon Airport alongside more weekend and evening services are to be introduced when buses come back into public control in two months’ time. Passengers in St Helens will be the first to experience a much-changed bus operation when the new publicly-owned fleet rolls out on September 6.‌Like the new trains for the Merseyrail network, the buses are clad in the Liverpool City Region’s distinctive yellow, black, and grey Metro livery. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has published full details of improvements ahead of the introduction of bus franchising in St Helens on Sunday, September 6.‌Buses running every two hours in St Helens will become hourly while other routes will be extende