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The City Line (sometimes City Lines [2]) is the brand name used by Merseytravel on commuter rail services connecting the Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton) with Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Blackpool and Lancashire starting eastwards from the mainline platforms of Liverpool Lime Street railway station. [2] [3]
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 ().
A 2011 report, Liverpool City Region –– Building on its Strengths, by an independent working group led by Lord Heseltine and Terry Leahy, stated that "what is now called Liverpool City Region has a population of around 1.5 million", but also referred to "an urban region that spreads from Wrexham and Flintshire to Chester, Warrington, West ...
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England.It lies on the West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately 17 miles (27 km) north of Liverpool and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Preston.
Motorways of the Liverpool City Region. Liverpool has direct road links with many other major areas of England. The A5058 road / Queens Drive inner ring road was completed in 1927, the A580 road / East Lancs Road (the UK's first inter-city highway) to Salford was opened in 1934, and the M57 motorway outer ring road was completed and opened in 1974.
The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LC&SR) opened a line on 24 July 1848 from Liverpool to a temporary station at Eastbank Street, about half a mile short of the current terminus. [ 2 ] The LC&SR line was extended on 5 August 1851 to the current station which opened as Southport Chapel Street . [ 2 ]
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway: Temporary terminus. Replaced by Southport Chapel Street: Southport London Street: 1855 1857 Manchester and Southport Railway: Services transferred to Southport Chapel Street: Southport Lord Street: 1884 1952 Cheshire Lines Committee: St Luke's: 1883 1968 Manchester and Southport Railway: Spellow: 1948
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway: Pre-grouping: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway: Post-grouping: London, Midland and Scottish Railway: Key dates; 24 July 1848 () Opened as Waterloo: 1 October 1850: Extension to Liverpool opened: 24 July 1881: Station resited: 14 May 1984: Renamed Waterloo (Merseyside) Passengers; 2019/20: 1.933 million ...