Private company

Arriva Trains Merseyside

Train operator in Liverpool, England

Arriva Trains Merseyside was a British train operating company owned by Arriva that operated the Merseyrail Electrics franchise between January 1997 and July 2003. The company served the Northern Line and Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, covering Merseyside and parts of Cheshire and Lancashire.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1

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507010 at Capenhurst on 11th August 2001
Photo: Steve Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Arriva Trains Merseyside was a British train operating company owned by Arriva that operated the Merseyrail Electrics franchise between January 1997 and July 2003. The company served the Northern Line and Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, covering Merseyside and parts of Cheshire and Lancashire.2

Corporate structure

Arriva Trains Merseyside is part of a group headed by Arriva. 47 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

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