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July 16, 2009

Under and Over the Mersey Sunday 19th July 2009

Filed under: MerseyTravel — Tags: , — Chris @ 7:46 pm

Planning on taking part of going for a look?

Perhaps you should read this article first, then decide:

Mersey Tunnels users have questioned the finances of a tunnel walk staged last year after it emerged that the amount donated to charity directly from the event was just £495

More than £44,000 was raised from tickets sales to those taking part in “Up and Over the Mersey 2008″ and there were promises that part of the proceeds would go to charity.

But figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that the cost of staging the walk and associated entertainment far out-stripping the cash raised.

The full article is linked below:

Click Liverpool article on the 2008 ‘Over and Under the Mersey’ charity debacle …

July 8, 2009

Merseyrail and the ‘Buy before you ride’ shambles

Filed under: Merseyrail — Tags: , , — Chris @ 11:32 pm

The new ‘Zero Tolerance’ approach from Miseryrail caught me out this morning – and a few others.

I arrived at Manor Road in plenty of time (unusually for me) to be greeted by a lengthy queue at the ticket counter. A woman was doing God alone knows what, I couldn’t hear, but she was getting money returned onto her debit card, and it took AGES. By the time she finished, the 8:26 to Liverpool had arrived at the platform, and there were still several people waiting to get tickets.

One chap asked if he could buy his ticket in Liverpool, to save him being late, but was told “no”. So that was it – the train left, leaving four or five of us to buy our tickets and wait for the next train.

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