The average journey time between Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston is just over 2 hours, with a fastest time of 2 hours 7 minutes. All services are provided by Virgin's 125mph Pendolino tilting electric trains.
Trans-Pennine trains also operate from Liverpool Lime Street, offering a direct service to Manchester, Birmingham, Preston and the North.
Merseyrail's internal network is one of the most intensively used in the UK, with 67 Merseyrail stations and 600 train services running daily (Monday-Friday). This includes four underground stations in Liverpool city centre and 6.5 miles of tunnels - unparalleled in comparison to other UK cities outside London.
The Liverpool South Parkway inter-change, a £32million bus and train station is the main link from the city centre to Liverpool John Lennon Airport.