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• From £98 Shandon Apt premium Liverpool City Centre Pleasant 6.5 194 m - 27 Shandon Court London Road, Liverpool L3 8HY Book details 
• From £179 Liverpool City Centre - Spacious Duplex - 6 Bedrooms - Sleeps 14 People Pleasant 6.1 296 m - 23 Stafford Street City Centre, Liverpool L3 8LX Book details 
• From £27 Liverpool City Centre Private Rooms including smart TVs - with Shared Bathroom Good 7 394 m - The Central Marquis street, Liverpool L3 5QN Book details 

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• Around £30 Yates Liverpool 439 m - Queen Square, Liverpool L1 1RH Book details 
• Around £29 KOUKASH Liverpool 7.7 (44 reviews) 627 m - Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool L1 6BR Book details 
• Around £25 Pizza Punks Liverpool 9.5 (12 reviews) 737 m - 30 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4LF Book details 

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• St George's Hall The Green Guide 213 m - Lime, Liverpool L1 1JJ activities details 
• Eleanor Rigby Statue The Green Guide 701 m - Stanley Street, Liverpool L1 activities details 

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• From £98 Shandon Apt premium Liverpool City Centre Pleasant 6.5 194 m - 27 Shandon Court London Road, Liverpool L3 8HY Book details 
• From £179 Liverpool City Centre - Spacious Duplex - 6 Bedrooms - Sleeps 14 People Pleasant 6.1 296 m - 23 Stafford Street City Centre, Liverpool L3 8LX Book details 
• From £27 Liverpool City Centre Private Rooms including smart TVs - with Shared Bathroom Good 7 394 m - The Central Marquis street, Liverpool L3 5QN Book details 

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• Around £30 Yates Liverpool 439 m - Queen Square, Liverpool L1 1RH Book details 
• Around £29 KOUKASH Liverpool 7.7 (44 reviews) 627 m - Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool L1 6BR Book details 
• Around £25 Pizza Punks Liverpool 9.5 (12 reviews) 737 m - 30 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4LF Book details 

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Final Destination: Liverpool

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Take a journey on the world's first railway to be constructed between two cities. Remarkably the route in terms of the railway lines used has been little altered, though inevitably the views of the Manchester skyline have been entirely transformed, particularly in recent years. The most impressive engineering achievement, though it is a slightly later addition, is the brick-lined cutting that the train will travel through at journey's end in order to reach Lime Street station.

Book Early and Save: Yes

Online Bookings Usually Open: from up to 24 weeks ahead of the travel date (usually); TransPennnine Express (TPE) places its ticket on sale sooner than other UK train operating companies.

Saving money:

If you want to travel at the cheapest possible price, look for the 'Advance tickets', though the four key things worth knowing about booking and using 'Advance' tickets for travel by TPE services are: (1) The ticket(s) will be valid for the specific departure you select when making a booking. (2) The ticket(s) cannot either be refunded, if you subsequently change your plans or miss the train due to any circumstances not attributable to the train operator. (3) They can be exchanged to another departure on this route prior to the departure you have booked - but the price difference with the new ticket will need to be paid (the price will likely have risen since your original booking will need to be paid. (4) TPE doesn't take Advance tickets off sale until 15 mins prior to departure.

Reservations:

All types of ticket booked at least 15 minutes ahead of travel for TPE trains have complimentary seat reservation.

If you book and Advance ticket(s) you have to travel on the train shown on the reservation, which will be the specific departure you selected when making a booking. Though on boarding, you won't have to occupy the seat(s) you have been assigned for your ticket to be valid.

If you book Anytime or Off-Peak tickets you will be provided with a reservation(s) on the departure you selected when making a booking, but are able to transfer the reservation to any other valid departure on your travel date. You can do this by contacting the TPE social media team, or at a station ticket desk.

What is unusual about travelling with TPE is that these reservations can be arranged up to around 15 minutes prior to departure - which is a much shorter time limit than the norm.

Travelling on Saturday-Sunday

Tickets are usually available 12 weeks ahead of the travel date, but maintenance work on the route is periodically undertaken at weekends and if it is scheduled on your travel date, it can affect when tickets will be released for sale.

If you're looking up a journey less than 12 weeks ahead and Advance tickets aren't available, it can be a good indication that works will be impacting on your travel date. It can be worth checking this on the National Rail website - enter TransPennine Express as the operator.

Booking at the station

As TPE doesn't take Advance tickets off sale until 15 mins prior to departure, if you will be booking walk-up tickets at the station try to avoid booking at the last minute.

Offers and deals:

TPE offers a group deal for when groups of 3 - 9 adults are travelling together and Advance tickets are booked online - make sure you see the 'G' symbol which indicates that the discount has been applied. You can save 33% of the total costs of the tickets and no Railcard is required.

Option 2: departing from Piccadilly station

48min - 1hr 5min

EMR = 1 x train per hour

TPE = 1 x train per hour

Northern = 1 x train per hour

Northern Guide

Train operating company Northern offers discounted Advance tickets, which enable a saving of up to 65% from most of the stations used by its train. They're placed on sale from six weeks ahead, which differs from the norm of how Advance tickets are usually sold; and they are available until shortly before the departure time.

Final destination: Liverpool

One train per hour, the slower train operated by Northern, typically commences its journey in the station at Manchester Airport and after departure from Piccadilly station it also calls at Manchester Oxford Road station

Good to Know

The trains on this route are split between

• a train operated by EMR which will have travelled from Norwich;
• a train operated by TPE which will have travelled from Sheffield
• and a slower train which commences its journey at Manchester Airport. If speed matters more to you than price, it is worth targeting the TransPennine Express services from Manchester Victoria, they're typically a couple of £ more expensive; but they're faster, smarter trains. Also they tend to have step-free, simple as can be boarding at Manchester Victoria, but at Manchester Piccadilly these trains depart from the platform/track in the station which is some distance from the main entrance.

Though if travelling from central Manchester to Liverpool at the cheapest possible price is your key criteria, than target the slower trains operated by Northern and board them at Manchester Oxford Road or Deansgate ; a simple connection with the Manchester Metrolink trams is available at Deansgate.

Book early and save: Yes

The train company Northern offers discounted Advance tickets on this route from weeks ahead of travel, but what's good to know is that they can still be booked online (and saved to a mobile device) up until shortly before departure. You can save a few £s by booking ahead, though you will have to select a specific departure, but if you then subsequently change your travel plans, you can't claim a refund.

But if you book online on you travel date you won't risk this scenario and the price will still be cheaper than what you would pay when booking last minute at the station.

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