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The History of Merseyrail dates back to the 19th century, with the original formation of the Mersey Railway and the Mersey Railway Tunnel, among the first underground railway tunnels. [13] The modern Merseyrail network was developed in the 1970s from lines that were previously owned by several different railway companies.
Renamed the Mersey Railway Company, they were given the necessary permissions in the Mersey Railway Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. cci) for an orthodox two track railway connecting the Birkenhead Railway near their Rock Ferry station through a tunnel under the Mersey to an underground station serving Liverpool. [3]
The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.).
Liverpool Central railway station in Liverpool, England, forms a central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line.The station is located underground on two levels, below the site of a former mainline terminus.
Liverpool James Street (or simply James Street [1]) is a railway station located in the centre of Liverpool, England; it is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. James Street is an underground station, with access to the platforms via lifts from the booking hall.
The Mersey Railway was the second underground line in the world, opened in 1886. The first ever elevated train line and what could be conceived as a metro today, the Liverpool Overhead Railway first started ferrying dockers in 1893, ending its life with decreased ridership in 1957. Today, Liverpool is served by two separate rail networks.
Since 1977, Liverpool's needs for rapid transit and commuter rail have been served by the partially underground Merseyrail network, which was formed from local suburban lines and new tunnel formed into a network, using no former infrastructure of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Share of the Liverpool Overhead Railway Company, issued 9 March 1897
In 1903, the Mersey Railway was electrified, becoming the world's first full electrification of a steam railway. [3] This was followed by the electrification of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway line from the Liverpool Exchange railway station to Southport railway station, which took place in 1906.