Editing Merseytravel (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Mann Island 3 Close Up.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Merseytravel's Headquarters at No.1 [[Mann Island]]]]
The Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority and Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive were established as a result of the [[Transport Act 1968]]. The authority, which was responsible for transport strategy and policy, included representatives from 18 different councils. The executive was responsible for day-to-day operation of transport services. In 1974, when the transport organisation's boundaries were made co-extensive with the new metropolitan county of Merseyside which was formally created by the [[Local Government Act 1972]], the authority was composed of 23 councillors of the new [[Merseyside County Council]].<ref name="tna">{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/7c2e849e-40e5-40af-ba5c-bbc6c5cf90ff |title=Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive: Administrative / biographical background |via=The National Archives |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>

When the metropolitan county councils were abolished by the [[Local Government Act 1985]], new structures had to be created. A new joint board - again called the Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority - was created. It was later renamed the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority and composed 18 councillors assembled from Merseyside's five districts: [[Liverpool]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]], [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral]]. 

On 1 April 2014, the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority was abolished and reformed as the Merseytravel Committee of [[Liverpool City Region Combined Authority]]. The transport authority provides services across [[Merseyside]], and provides strategic transport advice to [[Borough of Halton]].<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://merseytravel.adidocdn.dev/assets/uploads/Merseytravel_Statement_of_Accounts_2023_24_Subject_to_Audit.pdf |title=Merseytravel Statement of Accounts 2023/24 |date=2024 |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref> In May 2021, Mayor [[Steve Rotherham]] set out a plan for all trains, buses and ferries to become an integrated transport system under Merseytravel, owned by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thorp |first1=Liam |title=Closer look at the plans for a connected public transport network |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/buses-trains-boats-closer-look-20697758 |access-date=6 June 2021 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=30 May 2021}}</ref>

On 19 July 2024, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority announced Merseytravel would be renamed to Transport for Liverpool City Region (TfLCR) to help fall in line with [[Transport for London]] and [[Transport for Greater Manchester]], as part of efforts to promote a connected network across the six areas that form the city region. The actual date of the rename has not been confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2024 |title=Merseytravel to become Transport for Liverpool City Region |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj7djx0dy9no |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=BBC News}}</ref>