Railway station footfall in Sefton continues to lag behind the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show. It comes as new data from regulator the Office of Rail and Road shows ...

which saw the Sefton station capturing support from local customers, community groups, politicians and across local media.

I decided to change that this week and took an easy-yet-transportive walk along a section of the 21-mile Sefton ... a short train ride from just outside the city centre to Hightown station.