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Headbolt Lane is a railway station in Kirkby, Merseyside, England, which opened on 5 October 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The station is the interchange between Merseyrail 's Northern Line and the unelectrified Headbolt Lane branch line , operated by Northern .
Kirkby railway station is situated in Kirkby, Merseyside, England. It is located 7.5 miles (12 km) north-east of Liverpool Central and is on the Headbolt Lane branch of Merseyrail 's Northern Line .
Proposals to extend Merseyrail's Northern Line to a new terminal station at Headbolt Lane, between Kirkby and Rainford, were announced in 2007 [7] but did not receive funding until 2019. [8] Headbolt Lane station became the new terminal interchange between trains from Liverpool and Wigan/Manchester when it opened on 5 October 2023. [9]
Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby, Merseyside, will be the first to be served by Merseyrail’s publicly-owned, battery-powered trains. Liverpool mayor ‘bucking the trend’ as new train station opens
Kirkby was the UK's first line with battery-powered trains but has been plagued with delays. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
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 ().
Headbolt Lane, opened in 2023 to serve the local area and provide better transport links, also to part as a testing ground to ensure plans for a railway link to Skelmersdale can go ahead. [18] Liverpool Baltic, earmarked for 2028, the station is the furthest along proposed railway station on the Merseyrail Network. [19]
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority announced that the battery-powered trains will run to the new Headbolt Lane station at Kirkby, which opened on 4 October 2023. [31] In December 2022, a maximum test range of 135 km (84 miles) was achieved, which was "much longer than we expected". [32]