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Merseytravel's yellow livery. This line was not included in the 2003 exemption given to the other two lines, and so it has continued as part of the government-administered rail franchise system, although the role of PTEs in the franchising process has altered due by the 2005
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along with
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also runs through a railway tunnel under the river connecting central
Liverpool and Birkenhead which was the first transport tunnel under the Mersey to be built, in the nineteenth century.
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1100:English National Concessionary Bus Travel Scheme
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916:. Merseytravel is responsible for the two road
591:commencing a 25-year contract on 20 July 2003.
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