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Metro mayor Rotheram said he had ordered an investigation and had summoned representatives from Network Rail, Merseyrail and train manufacturer Stadler to a meeting of the combined authority later ...
Thatto Heath station is branded Merseyrail with trains operated by Northern. The City line is the brand name used by Merseytravel on services out of the mainline platforms of Liverpool Lime Street railway station to 26 stations on its sponsored network, and cross-boundary destinations outside of the Liverpool City Region.
Both lines on the Merseyrail network, the Northern Line and the Wirral Line, serve the station. On the Northern Line, off-peak service level is as follows: 4 trains per hour to Southport; 4 trains per hour to Ormskirk; 4 trains per hour to Headbolt Lane; 4 trains per hour to Hunts Cross via Liverpool South Parkway; On Sundays, frequencies are ...
The Northern line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, [5] the other being the Wirral line.The cross-city route runs from Hunts Cross in south Liverpool then (by way of an underground section through Liverpool's city centre) branches in the north to terminate at Southport, Headbolt Lane (both Merseyside) and Ormskirk ().
The West Section - the existing Merseyrail Electrics Northern Line from Sandhills in the north (later Aintree on the Ormskirk branch) to Hunts Cross. This section includes the most expensive part of the Outer Rail Loop - the Link Line tunnel under Liverpool city centre - and the reopened and electrified line from Liverpool Central to Hunts Cross.
[36] [37] The original two platforms at Liverpool Central were reused as part of the Northern Line. The tunnel and railway are still in use today as part of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail commuter rail network. Shore Road Pumping Station in Birkenhead was a museum until closure sometime before 2014.
Ormskirk railway station in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, is a cross-platform interchange between Merseyrail services from Liverpool Central and Northern Trains services from Preston on the Ormskirk branch line, 12 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (20.5 km) northeast of Liverpool.
The station was initially planned to act as a new Merseyrail terminus, but later proposals — made after the Electrification Task Force declared the Kirkby branch line to be a Tier 1 priority for electrification in 2015 [6] [7] — were devised by Merseytravel and Lancashire County Council to enable Merseyrail services to serve Skelmersdale. [8]