Engineering work is set to disrupt shoppers and party-goers heading into Liverpool city centre in January.
Work affecting Merseyrail's Northern Line services is scheduled for the weekends of January 11 and 12 and January 18 and 19.
Rail replacement buses will be in operation on at least part of the lines running between Hunts Cross and Southport and between Liverpool, Ormskirk and Kirkby .
The changes could impact on supporters heading to Goodison Park for Everton's game against Brighton.
That game is due to kick-off at 3pm on January 11.
On that date there will be rail replacement buses between:
- Kirkby and Liverpool Central
- Aintree and Liverpool Central (trains will run between Aintree and Ormskirk)
- Hunts Cross – Seaforth and Litherland via the Liverpool city centre stations (trains will run between Seaforth and Litherland and Southport)
On Sunday, January 12 and Saturday, January 18, rail replacement buses will be in operation between:
- Kirkby and Liverpool Central
- Aintree and Liverpool Central (trains will run between Ormskirk and Walton)
- Hunts Cross and Seaforth and Litherland via the Liverpool city centre stations (trains will run between Seaforth and Litherland and Southport)
Then on Sunday, January 19, rail replacement buses will be in operation between:
- Liverpool Central and Sandhills
- Hunts Cross and Sandhills
Further details, and updates, are available on the Merseyrail website .
