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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 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]
Merseyrail branding and ticketing is also applied to stations on the City line, which are within the Liverpool City Region but do not form part of the Merseyrail concession. Merseyrail was established in 1977, when existing railway lines were connected by constructing new tunnels under Liverpool city centre and Birkenhead .
Merseyrail Northern Line train at the station. Merseyrail – There are trains every 15 minutes on Monday-Saturday towards Hunts Cross and Southport via Liverpool Central and Formby [14] TransPennine Express – There is an hourly service to Liverpool Lime Street, as well as an hourly service to Cleethorpes via Manchester, Sheffield and Doncaster.
Hunts Cross railway station is a Grade II listed railway station in Hunt's Cross, Liverpool, England. It is situated on the southern branch of the City Line (Merseytravel) 's Liverpool to Manchester Line route, and is the southern terminus of Merseyrail 's Northern Line .
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, Crosby and Southport Railway: Breck Road: 1870 1948 London and North Western Railway: Brocklebank Dock: 1956 Liverpool Overhead Railway: Brunswick (original station) 1864 1874 Garston and Liverpool Railway: New station opened in 1998 on a different site Brunswick Dock: 1956 Liverpool Overhead Railway: Burton Point: 1899 1955
The new high-level station opened in two stages, trains to Liverpool running from 26 December 1886, and trains to Southport from 9 January 1887. [5] The station now had four platforms with four running lines, there were two platforms on the outer edges and a wide island platform serving the inner lines. [12]