Liverpool One Bus Station is right behind the Hilton Hotel close to both the One Shopping Centre…read moreand Albert Dock, it is probably the worst of the two bus stations within the city centre, compared to the other Bus Station which is still within walking distance of the one, with the added benefit of being close to Lime Street Station, in Queens Square. It is an outside bus station but the stands do have shelters which might not offer much protection in heavy rain or wind, but it's the same sort of idea around Queens Square. There were very few staff around the station, even on a busy day such as before kick-off at the Manchester City - Liverpool game at Anfield (meanwhile there were staff around Queens Square), making it hard to get any sort of information which considering how badly the buses were being delayed, it really would have helped! Each stand has full real-time departure boards but not all of them seemed to be working fully, I'd even say it wasn't clear or easy enough to see what stand goes where, which should be laid out better. Compared to the bus station at Queens Square, this one is really run down and not fit to serve the city centre of a large city especially one built to serve and name after the country's 9th largest shopping centre. I really hope it does get an improvement soon with more services coming from it, as it seems since the late 2000s (and 2011) when this station got a large amount of good, positive reviews it has continued to go on a downward slope.

Just across the road from the Albert dock, or in the opposite direction, from the main shopping…read morecentre, this is a modern bus station which is accessible to everyone. There are raised kerbs to enable level boarding at all ten bays, and automatic sliding glass doors beside the departure points. There are plenty of places where you can sit to wait beside the bus shelters but it can be a bit draughty. The Travel Centre for your tickets or information is open from 9.00am to 5.30pm Mondays to Saturdays and 10.30am to 4.30pm on Sundays. (I found the man in there quite helpful) There are toilets, including a parent and baby facility and disabled toilet (radar key required in the evenings which is available from staff) The bus station is staffed 24 hours a day and there are CCTV Security Cameras.

The Woodside Bus Station in Birkenhead is conveniently located right beside the Woodside Ferry…read moreTerminal. So if you want to hop off the ferry at Woodside, you can easily catch a bus into the city of Birkenhead or on to another destination. Or, you can easily walk into Birkenhead. It's a short walk to Hamilton Square, Hamilton Square train station, the Birkenhead Market, the Grange Shopping Centre, and the Pyramid Shopping Centre. Everything is fairly close together and easy to get around.

What we noticed first was just how basic this place is. It's a fine building, clean, bright, airy…read moreand almost empty. Then we realised just how quiet it was around us as a commercial port area. We've toured Europe over the last 6/7 weeks with two weeks cruising Europe and so we've been in a half dozen industrial Spanish, Portuguese and French ports and all of them were really active, and very busy from we arrived until we departed - usually an 8 hour span each time. This deep port terminal was quiet, eerily quiet. No real trade or commerce quiet mid week 8am in a major city. We began to wonder if it's deathly quiet is a result of Brexit as the signs are all around in plain sight - British productivity has fallen through the floor, inflation is toward double figures and recession has arrived. There's no longer a functioning health service yet the government pretends there is opting to spend billions in Ukraine from its money tree, gp's have vanished behind closed and locked doors as they are told there's no money tree so appointments are like getting a golden ticket to Willie Wonka's place and public dentistry has all but disappeared. Two of it's former prime ministers accurately said leaving Europe would make Britain much poorer and they had to lose the battle to be proved right with the super rich and the working poor voting to leave Europe and in doing so have thrown everything away in pursuit of something that's not worth it. It'll be several months at least before we reluctantly pass this way again. By that stage the kamikaze British government may continue acts of self harm and break the international protocol agreement they themselves opted for. If they do then they'll also completely devastate their fishing industries in Scotland and Southern England and do the same to the fishing and diary industries in Northern Ireland and all quite literally overnight. In this likely next step by the government port terminals like this sleepy one will have very little to offer in terms of work. It's so bad here that even the chief government spin doctor an Australian bloke who was the architect of pushing Brexit and was behind the bus poster campaign said this week that they should have stayed in the single market. The bus posters promised millions of pounds annually to their NHS but instead they have it desperately needing life support. Their government couldn't run a bath but at least their spin doctor has a thriving country to go home to.

For spectacular views of Liverpool's impressive skyline, there is no better vantage point than…read moreBirkenhead's Woodside Ferry Terminal. Close to Hamilton Square, the first station on the Wirral from Liverpool, this is an amazing location that catches the eye of any motorist driving from Birkenhead to the Wallasey Tunnel. As a born and bred scouser the vista from this site never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. There isn't much here besides a tranquil cafe, great for staring out at the perfect panorama, the Liver Birds, the Echo Arena, the Port of Liverpool building or any of the city's new waterfront additions. Sitting there today (30 August) among just a couple of people, it was interesting to wonder just how busy Liverpool was during the Beatles inspired day of the Mathew Street festival. Far removed from the peace and quiet of Woodside. I could quite easily spend a day here with my Canon, but I'd recommend a very wide lens to fit in all Liverpool has to offer.

Queen Square Bus Station is one of the two main bus stations in Liverpool city centre, alongside…read morethe Liverpool One Bus Station, obviously as in its' name the Queens Square Bus Station is located in Queens Square which is close to St John's and Liverpool Lime Street Station, unlike the Liverpool One bus station, it mainly serves the Merseyside area, albeit some services do run a little further such as to Preston via Southport, albeit the latter service is much quicker to get the train to one of those cities. The layout and setup of Queens Square Bus Station is quite different, it mainly involves around 13 glass bus stands with different numbers, each serving different services, the bus stands are clearly labelled hower this approach has two big drawbacks - It's harder to tell which bus goes where without area knowledge, a map or some sort - It is harder to get in-between stands, some are far away from each other when multiple buses from multiple stands serve different areas, for example on a match-day there's 3 different areas of Queens Square in which you can get a bus to Goodison Park, home of Everton Football Club, or two on any regular day. - The stands are in order however when it splits it's then hard to find further stands, and as you cross the road it loses that order. There are generally staff around the bus station area, but it's been pretty hit and miss on numerous occasions whether they were actively going to help, or just stand there picking up their salary not caring about customers, for example recently there was a confusion with the bus diverting earlier than expected, with no one there to explain if the bus would actually be going where it should, especially on a busy matchday service this should be better - although Stagecoach Buses do share responsibility for this. I did like the live bus times on each individual stand, but then again you have to go to each individual stand to see them, having one main board perhaps in the information area would be so much better showing common destinations, what bus to get and from what platform, which makes it easier than risking going to one bus stand when a bus going to the same place would arrive sooner from the other, similar to what they have in Newcastle Upon-Tyne. Overall, this is the better bus station in Liverpool for more local and regional journeys and the area is a good, central location close to shops (St John's), hotels (Marriott) and numerous restaurants, and basically as you are in the city centre, you're near so much more than the businesses which run alongside the bus-station, nowhere near perfect and with numerous improvements but this is pretty much my go-to place when needing to travel around Liverpool outside of the city centre, and it isn't a bad place to go so it does warrant a solid three-star rating.

Situated in Queen Square, is where most of the public get off from the bus to access the city…read morecentre. The bus station is modern with spacious accessible bus shelters with each bus shelter incorporating bus timetables and information screens. The site of the bus station is on a long and rather steep incline but well designed and easy to understand. A pelican controlled crossing and tactile guidance pathway is provided for easy crossing from one side to the other. There are also induction loops and a help point in each shelter should you require any emergency assistance. If you require any further information or want to purchase save-away ride tickets, there is a travel centre nearby where you can gain access to complete bus timetables as well as other related tourist travel information. Staffs are friendly and can provide general details.

Really great ride...for a quick turn and burn on the Mersey Ferry's Snowdrop…read more We hopped on the ferry from the Gerry Marsden Pier (Liverpool side) and hopped on and off (but you don't have to) Seacombe (Wirral side). Since we skipped the 50min tour (we were already on a bus tour two days prior), we made it a quick out and back via the commuter ferry times. Going before 9a.m. (or after 5:30 p.m.) will save you in cash and time. The staff both on shore and aboard were extremely helpful and nice. They made the trip seamless, and it's probably 10min one way (10min back). It's too short for seasickness, so it's twice as good. It was an iconic trip (even as brief as it was), and you can do it on the cheap, and TIP: Pay on the other side! Recommend the commuter ferry!

We booked a River Explorer Cruise and it well as planned The Cruise was amazing Nice and kins Staff…read moreGot On At the Wirral Side (Seacombe) and got off later at Pier Head

Birkenhead Central lies on the Liverpool-Chester line and is the last stop before the railway…read moreplunges underground to cross the Mersey. Like most of the stations I've used in this area Birkenhead Central looks better from the outside. Inside it's more than a little run down and in need of refurbishment. There is a small snack bar but otherwise it's all a bit desolate. On the plus side it is handily placed for the town centre, if you take a left just past Central Hotel and head past House of Fraser it's only a five minute walk to the shops.

As the name denotes, this station is fairly central to Birkenhead, so if you're here for a day of…read moreshopping, to get your hair done, or even to spend a nice relaxing hour reading a book in Hamilton Square, you're fairly close to everything with this train station . Sometimes it's easier to get off at Hamilton Square, depending on where you are coming from, since you will only need one train to get to Birkenhead this way, but I still think this station is a nicer one. It also has a fairly sizeable snack bar, unlike Hamilton Square. Definitely a plus. Within easy walking distance of the Grange Shopping Centre, Pyramid Shopping Centre, and the Birkenhead Market.

Merseyrail is a local train operator serving all of Merseyside including the Wirral. They have…read morethree lines all of which give you convenient spots to arrive at the main points of destination. It is not exactly like the London Underground although there are some underground passages. Trains run very frequently, usually every 15-20 minutes so you would not expect to wait longer than 20 minutes for a train. Tickets are also priced quite reasonably and you can purchase saveaways where you'll save pounds if you travel regularly. Some of the bigger stations have an indoor seating area and newsagents where you can buy drinks and snacks, so this can be ideal for travellers in a rush. I normally get the bus more often but every time I use Merseyrail, I've had no problems and always reached my destination earlier than expected.

Merseyrail is brilliant as l well remember the days when it used to be pot luck whether or not your…read moretrain would turn up or not. Been a few different operators since then and now it's very reliable.

We are traveling to Manchester to fly tomorrow Glad we are…read moreearly, the route is blocked for the day and we have to take two prepaid diversions to Victoria to finally get to the airport by 1800 hours. We plan ahead , hotel stay at airport tonight. No drama. Get a nice meal

I'm not really whether a particular station is the main station or not, but this seems to be the…read morestation where you catch trains to other parts of the country, even if that other part sort of happens to be Manchester. While it isn't a particularly huge station, it is does have quite a few facilities that make it a decent place to pass through, especially since you can dump your luggage in a room for dumping luggage, and also have a beer at the pub. It's also reasonably close to the city centre, and many of the places that one would want to visit if they happen to end up in Liverpool.

I booked a taxi this morning for a short journey for myself and my elderly Dad. Our drivers name…read morewas Carl. I would just like to say what a pleasant friendly man he was. Very considerate and helpful. Please pass on our thanks. Ann Brookhurst Close