Mersey Tunnels go toll-free for Christmas Day 2025 - full details
Experience toll-free travel through the Mersey Tunnels this Christmas Day 2025, with both Queensway and Kingsway tunnels open for free passage.
With limited public transport options available, motorists are able to travel across the Mersey for free each Christmas Day, as tunnel tolls are paused.
Both Mersey Tunnels - Queensway (Birkenhead) and Kingsway (Wallasey) will be toll free from 10.00pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) to 6.00am on Boxing Day (December 26).
A special network of free bus services, funded by Merseytravel, will also run on Christmas Day, covering most hospital routes across Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Knowsley, Wirral and Halton. Full details of bus services can be found here.
Merseyrail will not operate any train services on Christmas Day, however, trains will be running across the whole network on all other days throughout Christmas and New Year, including Boxing Day.