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Catch the Xmas train for pounds 1.


CHRISTMAS shoppers can take advantage of a pounds 1 return fare on Merseyrail trains.

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" promotion is operating on the Northern and Wirral lines on Thursday evenings until Christmas Eve.

It is also in place every Sunday until December 20.

It is the 15th year in a row Merseyrail has run the pounds 1 promotion.

Bart Schmeink, managing director of Merseyrail, added: "We are keen to show the people of Merseyside and beyond that using the train to get to city and town centres is an excellent way to avoid traffic jams and parking problems.

"The Christmas Cracker promotion will hopefully encourage even more people to leave their cars behind and use Merseyrail to get to the shops."

The pounds 1 return flat fare extends to stations as far as Southport, Ormskirk, Kirkby, West Kirby, New Brighton New Brighton, village (1990 pop. 22,207), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis–Saint Paul; inc. 1891. Its manufactures include metal products, machinery, and leather. A theological seminary is there. , Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port, town and district (1991 pop. 78,800), Cheshire, W central England. Ellesmere Port, located on the Manchester Ship Canal near its junction with the Shropshire Union Canal and the entrance into the Mersey estuary, is the principal town of the district. , Chester and Liverpool city centre stations.

Tickets go on sale at Wirral and Northern line stations from 4pm every Thursday, except at Liverpool city centre stations, where they will go on sale from 6pm.
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Publication:Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Date:Nov 21, 2009
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