Editing Merseyside (section)

=== Rail ===
[[File:Merseyrail_train.png|right|thumb|Typical Merseyrail train at Liverpool Central underground station]]
[[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] mainline station is Merseyside's primary intercity railway station, being used by 10.46 million passengers in 2021–22.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Office of Rail and Road |date=24 November 2022 |title=Estimates of station usage: 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 |url=https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/2150/station-usage-2021-22-statistical-release.pdf |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=dataportal.orr.gov.uk |page=4}}</ref> Train services are provided by [[Avanti West Coast]], [[London Northwestern Railway]], [[TransPennine Express]], [[West Midlands Trains]], [[Transport for Wales]] and [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]], and serve destinations across the UK.<ref>{{cite news |title=railway-technology.com: Liverpool Lime Street Station, United Kingdom |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/liverpoollimestreets |access-date=9 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=redspottedhanky.com: Stations Overview: Liverpool Lime Street |url=http://www.redspottedhanky.com/trains/stations/liverpool-lime-street-liv/ |access-date=9 May 2012}}</ref>

[[Merseyrail]] is the county's urban rail system and is operated by [[Merseytravel]], the combined [[passenger transport executive]] for the Liverpool City Region. The network has 66 stations on two lines; the Northern Line covers the centre of the county, and the Wirral Line covers the eponymous peninsula.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stations |url=https://www.merseyrail.org/journey-planning/stations/ |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=www.merseyrail.org |language=en-GB}}</ref> The two lines meet in [[Liverpool City Centre]], and [[Liverpool Central railway station|Liverpool Central]] is the county's most-used station, with 10.75 million passengers in 2021–22.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2011 |title=Transport Committee: Written evidence from Merseytravel (CTR 09) |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmtran/1609/1609vw10.htm |access-date=9 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=transportweb.com: Merseyrail Electrics |url=http://www.transportweb.com/directory/386/15561 |access-date=9 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The network extends to [[Ormskirk]] in Lancashire, and Ellesmere Port and Chester in Cheshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Network Map |url=https://www.merseyrail.org/journey-planning/plan-your-journey/network-map/ |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=www.merseyrail.org |language=en-GB}}</ref> Merseytravel brands the network in the east of the county as the '[[City Line (Merseytravel)|City Line]]', but the services on it are not operated by Merseyrail. The [[Borderlands line]] connects the west of the Wirral to [[Wales]], and is operated by [[Transport for Wales Rail]].