John Lennon Airport is well connected to public buses, taxis and several car rental companies.

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Buses to Liverpool

There are many bus routes directly from the airport to Liverpool city centre and the surrounding cities that form a conurbation with Liverpool.

Tickets are the same price on all routes. For transport planning in the Liverpool region, use the website: merseytravel.gov.uk.

• GBP2 - one journey (no change)
• 5,70 gbp - daily limit for all buses
• 5,60 gbp - daily limit for Arriva buses (for example, routes 80A, 82A, 86A at the airport, for other routes see arrivabus.co.uk
• 5 gbp - Saveaway ticket valid from 9:30am on weekdays (all day at weekends), valid for all buses, trains and ferries

For full information and comparisons of different fares, visit merseytravel.gov.uk/tickets-and-pricing.

How and where to buy tickets?

The easiest way is to pay with your own contactless card. Just put your card on the reader whenever you board the bus. The card is not attached to the reader when you get off the bus.

A £5 Saveaway fare can be loaded onto a MetroCard, which can be purchased for 1 gbp. However, multiple tickets can be loaded onto the card at the same time.

Alternatively, you can pay the fare in cash at the driver's desk, but in this case only a single journey ticket is available.

Buses on ONE Bus Station

The central bus station "ONE" in the middle of Liveprool can be reached by the following lines.

In the "operating hours" column, we list the time of the first bus from the centre to the airport and the last bus from the airport to the centre.

Line	Running time	Frequency	Operating hours	Timetable and map
500	40 minutes	30 minutes	4:26 - 23:59	merseytravel.gov.uk/500
80A	55 minutes	30 minutes	7:05 - 22:49	merseytravel.gov.uk/80a
82A	40 minutes	30 minutes	7:12 - 20:06	merseytravel.gov.uk/82a
86A	60 minutes	15 minutes	4:17 - 23:01 Sunday: from 5:37	merseytravel.gov.uk/86a

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Buses to Liverpool South Parkway

The nearest train station, Liverpool South Parkway, can be reached on average 4-5 times an hour by several bus routes.

The station is approximately 15 minutes from the airport and offers quick and convenient access to cities such as Manchester, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham. Find and buy train tickets via trainline.com, which compares all train services in Britain.

Line	Journey times	Frequency	Operating Hours	Timetable and map
80A	55 minutes	30 minutes	7:35 - 22:49	merseytravel.gov.uk/80a
86A	60 minutes	15 minutes	4:30 - 23:01 Sunday: up from 5:37am	merseytravel.gov.uk/86a

Other destinations

You can also take the bus from the airport to other places around Liveprool without changing buses.

• Liverpool Central Station - lines 86A, 500
• Liverpool Lime Street Station - line 500
• Bootle - line 81A
• St Helens, Whiston - line 89
• Widnes, Runcorn - line 82A
• East Liverpool (Huyton) - line 3A

Car Hire

Car hire bays are located directly in the arrivals hall.

Weekly rental rates in the summer season are around 250 gbp.

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Taxi, Uber

Prices for official taxis are high and you'll pay around 25 gbp to get to Liverpool city centre. You can also pay by card without any problem.

For significantly lower prices, taxis will be offered through the Uber mobile app, which is very popular in Liverpool. This is why availability of cars is not a problem even in the early morning or late evening.

Approximate Uber prices from the airport are as follows:

• Liverpool city centre - from GBP 15
• Birkenhead - from GBP 25
• Chester - from GBP 40
• St. Helens - from GBP 23