Intercity services run from major towns
and cities into Liverpool Lime Street
Station. The journey time from London
to Liverpool is just over 2.5 hours.
Links are also available to other parts
of Merseyside.
Lime Street station is the city's main
railway station located in the northeast
of the city centre approx 10 mins walk
from the Convention Venue.
Virgin Trains (tel: 0845 722 2333;
website: www.virgintrains.co.uk) operates
numerous services to Liverpool including
a fast service from London using the
new tilting Pendolino trains capable
of speeds of up to 125mph.
Other rail operators running services
to Liverpool include Arriva Trains (tel:
0845 606 1660; website: www.arriva.co.uk),
Central Trains (tel: (0121) 634 2040;
website: www.centraltrains.co.uk) and
First Great Western (tel: 0845 700 0125;
website: www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk).
For all train information contact National
Rail Enquiries (tel: 0845 748 4950;
website: www.nationalrail.co.uk).
By Road
Follow the signs for Liverpool City
Centre and then Liverpool University
or the Cathedrals.
Estimated journey times by road:
Town / City Miles Estimated journey
time
Birmingham 97 1h 48 mins
Blackburn 45 55 mins
Blackpool 60 1h 14 mins
Bolton 36 43 mins
Bradford 68 1h 14 mins
Burnley 57 1h 2 mins
Cardiff 197 3h 34 mins
Chester 25 31mins
Conwy 67 1h 28 mins
Crewe 43 55 mins
Leeds 73 1h 22 mins
Lincoln 138 2h 32 mins
Llangefni 92 2h 5 mins
Manchester 33 41 mins
Preston 40 53 mins
Sheffield 77 1h 38 mins
Shrewsbury 60 1h 33mins
Southport 30 50 mins
Stockport 36 43 mins
Stoke-on-Trent 52 1 h
Telford 65 1h 38 mins
Warrington 14 22 mins
Windermere 91 1h 46mins
Wolverhampton 84 1h 37 mins
Wrexham 38 48 mins
By Air
Flights to Liverpool John Lennon Airport
are available from the following destinations:
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Berlin
Bruges
Brussels
Buchrarest
Budapest
Cologne
Gdansk
Katowice
Kaunas
Krakow
Lisbon
Lodz
Madrid
Olso
Paris
Pisa
Posnan
Prague
Riga
Rome
Stockholm
Valencia
Venice
Warsaw
Wroclaw
Belfast
Derry
London
Southampton
Cork
Dublin
Shannon
Long Haul Flights from the US are also
available.
Manchester Airport is also only 41mins
away by Road.
For further information on the City
and the 2008 Celebrations please checkout
the links below: