In this section you can find all your options to commute to work, along with details of how to access cycle parking, public transport, salary sacrifice and other discounts.
Below are details of the Trust travel salary sacrifice and discounts available to staff.
New! Liftshare Carshare
We have launched a NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Liftshare community across six local NHS Trusts – a free program designed to save you money on your commuting costs, reduce your carbon footprint, and help you connect with colleagues.
LUHFT has signed up to the national cycle scheme to help staff purchase bikes and safety equipment in a bid to encourage more people to get fit and cycle to work.
The hire scheme operates through salary sacrifice which means you can order a bike, pay for it direct from your salary (at source) and enjoy a significant amount of tax savings. It is a hire agreement, at the end of which, staff are offered the option of buying the bike at 5% of the bike's value.
Details of the scheme are as follows:
The contract period for the salary sacrifice lasts between 12-18 months.
A range of bikes can be bought including road bikes, mountain bikes and fold-up bikes
You can purchase safety equipment such lights, luggage carriers, tool kits and clothing etc, either with a bike or on its own
the upper limit value of the scheme is £10,000
To take advantage of this scheme, access the website www.cyclescheme.co.uk, typing the code 'c570e' or 'Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust'.
Fancy trialling a new way to work? Up for a short cycle with a park and ride and beating all the traffic out of Liverpool? Or need to get to the Liverpool Women’s or Aintree University Hospital quickly?
Folding bikes are the ultimate in flexibility, so we're pleased to be able to offer staff a chance to try a Brompton folding bike for free, for up to 30 days, at a maximum of five days at a time. They're accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
You can use the Brompton for any journey you like: try a new commute idea, getting from the Royal Liverpool University Hospital to another site or meeting; leisure, personal and weekend use all encouraged!
As part of an agreement with Merseytravel and Merseyrail, we are able to offer you an annual ticket for the bus and/or train which can be paid monthly rather than upfront in one fee. We will purchase the annual ticket upfront on your behalf and allow you to pay it back monthly, directly deducted from your salary after tax. This will give you 12 months of travel for the price of 10, resulting in a significant saving in comparison to the price of a daily, weekly or monthly ticket.
For full details of the scheme and how to apply, please contact David Halpin on 706 2149 or email David.Halpin@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Arriva Bus NHS Discount
Arriva and LUHFT have joined together to offer you savings on local Arriva bus travel - save up to 25%!
The travel club is open to everybody who works at LUFHT and lets you pay less for your travel by monthly direct debit. Plus your ticket doesn’t just provide you with reduced bus travel costs to-and-from work - when you sign up, you’ll get unlimited travel on any Arriva bus in your selected travel zone each month so you can get out and about on your days off too, all for no additional cost.
To join the travel club and for more information, such as when payments are taken, just follow this link to the Arriva website.
Stagecoach Bus NHS Discount
Catch the bus and save 10% each time you travel with Stagecoach bus.
Stagecoach and NHS England have teamed up to offer all NHS Staff a 10% discount on their bus travel through the Stagecoach App. Discounted bus travel not only allows you to travel to and from work but also discounted travel for evenings and weekends.
Tickets offer unlimited travel at any time on Stagecoach buses throughout England on all 1 day DayRider, 7 day MegaRider, 28 day MegaRider, and Flexi 5 and Flexi 10 bus tickets.
For full details on how to access the discounted tickets, follow this link to the Stagecoach website.
Northern Trains Health Services Discount
Get a 25% NHS discount on advance purchase tickets.
Apply unique code before you search your journey. Once discount code is applied, applicable discounted tickets are highlighted in yellow. Discount only available on Northern Lines.
Northern Trains operate services across the North and serve many city, coastal and rural locations including Manchester, Blackpool, Leeds, Buxton, Liverpool, York and Windermere.
Offer valid on Advance purchase tickets on Northern services only.
The Trust offers two car leasing salary sacrifice schemes, using NHS Fleet Solutions and GMP Drivercare. This includes great deals on full electric and ultra low emissions vehicles.
For full details and to see the latest offers, head over to the car leasing page.
Have a mechanical issue with your bike and need some tools and a pump?
These bike repair stations with integrated pumps provide a convenient and easy to use facility for cyclists to carry out bike maintenance and repairs. The repair station holds the bike by the stem of the seat, allowing the cyclist to freely work on repairing the bike without a problem.
The tools provided with the repair station are high quality and heavy duty, and we also provide bike tool replacement packs should they become worn out. This latest version of the bike repair station includes tools which are hidden inside the repair station and a more powerful floor pump with new protection cover.
We have bike repair stations across all our main sites.
Aintree
Aintree cycle hub – opposite the Multistorey car park
Multi-Valve-Head with thumb lock lever for all valves
Liverpool NHS Community Cycle Club
The Liverpool NHS community cycle club is an inclusive social club that organises community rides for its members. We leave no one behind on our rides which means that if you get a puncture, need a breather, or have any type of issue, we won’t ride off until you’re up and running.
Want to join but don’t have a bike? No worries! We have access to three cycle hubs located in Springfield Park, Broadgreen Hospital, and Greenbank Sports Academy, all of which have 10 bikes that are available to be used for free. We are always keen on new members looking to join as either as a participant and/or as a volunteer.
If joining the Community Cycle Club is something you’d be interested in, you can do so on Spond using the passcode XGHKE. You can also join us on Facebook for ride photos and other local cycling updates.
Smart Green App
The new Smart Green Journey app is designed to promote active travel within the Liverpool City Region. A route planning and tracking tool that provides a simple calculation of CO2 and money saved when cycling or walking.
Bicycle Buddy scheme
A common barrier to getting into cycling is people not wanting to do it on their own. This is for a variety of reasons, people may be unsure about riding in traffic, or don’t know where they can park their bike, there’s plenty of things that people can be unsure about when riding. For this reason, we are introducing a ‘Bike Buddy’ scheme! This will be a free scheme that will match volunteer cyclists with other members of staff who would like some support cycling to work.
LUFHT has created a BUG - Bicycle User Group to provide it's members (currently almost 200) with the latest cycling news and events. This includes events such as Dr Bike sessions (FREE bicycle repair events), NHS bike rides and supporting local cycling groups. To join the group, email: Sustainability@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Staff can use the shuttle services as an alternate means of transport between our hospitals.
Current arrangements are as follows:
RLH to Paddington car park: Monday to Friday, 5pm- 10pm (outside Linda Mc building)
RLH to Broadgreen: Monday to Friday, 7am then every half hour until 5.30pm (outside Linda Mc)
Broadgreen to RLH: Monday to Friday, 7am then every half hour until 5.30pm (outside Alex Wing)
RLH to AUH: Monday to Friday, 8.00am, 8.15am, 8.45am, 9.00am, 9.15am then every half hour until 5.45pm (outside Linda Mc)
AUH to RLH: Monday to Friday, 7.30am, 7.45am, 8.15am, 8.30am, 8.45am then every half hour until 5.15pm (outside Aintree Lodge)
AUH to Broadgreen: Monday to Friday, 9am, 10am, 11am and then every hour from 12.30 until 4.30pm (outside Aintree Lodge)
Broadgreen to AUH: Monday to Friday, 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am and then every hour from 1pm until 5pm (outside Alex Wing).
Discounted tickets are available via Salary Sacrifice and discounts.
Buses which serve Hospitals
Many bus services that operate across the Liverpool City Region provide vital links to hospitals.
For ways to travel to and from hospitals, please use our Journey Planner to find the right service for you.
Alternatively, you can check out the list of hospitals here: Buses which serve hospitals. You can also view these bus routes and times on the Merseytravel timetables page.
Merseyrail Park and Ride
Merseyrail offers over 40 free park &and ride car parks across it's network, providing a convenient way to commute into Liverpool city centre and surrounding areas. Passengers can park for free (excluding Chester, Hooton, and Southport). You can view details, number of spaces, journey times to Liverpool on the Merseyrail page
Key Park and Ride Information:
Capacity: Free, secure parking is available at over 40 stations on the Northern and Wirral lines.
Locations: Major sites include Liverpool South Parkway, with many suburban stations offering spaces.
Costs: Parking is free for rail users.
Exceptions: Pay-and-display parking applies at Chester, Hooton, and Southport stations.
Restrictions: Parking is typically not permitted overnight.
Case study
In November 2022 LUHFT worked in partnership with Agile Deliveries to develop an emission free E-cargo bike pilot to work alongside our logistic operations. These activities aimed to contribute to strategic plans in areas such as zero carbon, sustainable travel and transport and Health and wellbeing.
During a period of four weeks between November and December, Agile supported the logistics team at Aintree hospital to deliver post to patients within a three mile radius. This opportunity gave time for the Agile team to learn current processes to adapt them into Agiles own operations. It was also felt that weather would be a factor in proving the value of Cargo bikes as a year round operation and not only a fair weather solution.
The four week pilot saved 136kg of Co2. 311 parcels were delivered and 391 miles cycled.
