The network is operated by the Merseyrail train operating company. This page was last edited on 13 January 2021, at 02:16. The key components of the Loop were as follows: The West Section - The existing Merseyrail Electrics Northern Line from Sandhills in the north (later Aintree on the Ormskirk branch) to Hunts Cross. On 30 April 1977, Liverpool Exchange terminus station was closed as a part of the Link tunnel project to create the electrified Merseyrail north-south crossrail line named the Northern Line. ... Merseyrail Class 507, 507002, Old Roan railway station (geograph 3786852).jpg 1,024 × 683; 206 KB. The third line, separate from the electrified network, is named the City Line. This is down from an initial 76: twelve 508s were transferred to Connex South Eastern in 1996, and a further three were transferred to Silverlink to supplement its fleet of Class 313 EMUs in North London. Your new, state-of-the-art trains with their wide range of customer-focussed features and functions will transform how you travel. The line from Hooton to Ellesmere Port was electrified in 1994 and incorporated into the Wirral Line, Ellesmere Port thus also becoming a terminus and interchange station. Although franchises are awarded and administered on a national level (initially through various independent bodies, and later the Department of Transport directly), under the original privatisation legislation of 1993, Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs) were co-signatories of franchise agreements covering their areas - this role being later modified by the 2005 Transport Act.[35]. If dual-voltage, overhead wire/third rail trains will be used for use on all of the Merseyrail network. Merseyrail is referred to as "Merseyrail Electrics" by National Rail Enquiries, and as "Serco/Abellio Merseyrail" by Merseytravel. As it was still necessary to accommodate a reversing siding to serve Central Low Level, and as the width of the high-level tunnel did not permit a three-track alignment, a new section of single-track tunnel was built for the Central to Garston line. A section of the original 1880s tunnel between James Street and Central stations was used to form the Link Tunnel. [60][74][75] The aspiration was accelerated in March 2015 with the Electrification Task force placing electrification of the line from Kirkby to Salford Crescent in a Tier 1 priority category. Merseyrail have said due to adverse weather conditions forecast for the county and beyond they expect to cancel all train services. [26] Following a period of strike action, an agreement was reached to guarantee a guard on every train. The City Line (marked red on the map) is operated primarily by Northern with funding from Merseytravel. The new trains will replace the near 40-year-old class 507/508 trains Merseyrail is currently using – the oldest trains in revenue service in the UK – on its urban network. Access to the City Line would have been obtained via a flyover to the east of Edge Hill Station over the main lines from Lime Street. New state-of-the-art trains will arrive on the network in 2020 and replace the current 40 year old fleet of 59 fully refurbished electric trains. Shelters both towards and away from Liverpool. Kirkdale station is within walking distance of Goodison Park. [72], Known as either the Canada Dock Branch line or the Bootle Branch line[91] is an unelectrified line running from Edge Hill Junction in the east of the city in a long curve to the container terminal to the north of the city. [93][97] The final units are due to enter service in 2021. [11], Typical weekday off-peak service on the Merseyrail-run Northern and Wirral lines is as follows:[16][17], City Line services are not operated by Merseyrail, but have timetables produced by Merseytravel and are included here for completeness. Two lines known as the Northern Line and the Wirral Line with each line having substantial branches compose the network. At the time of construction, the opportunity was taken to construct two short header tunnels for the proposed Edge Hill Spur project (see below). Most of these lines were modern electrified lines. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Long Term Rail Strategy document of October 2017, page 37, states: It was announced in December 2019 that Liverpool City Council had commissioned a feasibility study to see about reopening the Canada Dock Branch to passenger traffic.[96]. In the 1960s during the planning for Merseyrail, this was developed into the Outer Rail Loop scheme - an electric rapid-transit passenger line circling the outer districts of the city by using a combination of newly electrified existing lines and a new link tunnel under the city centre merging lines to the north and south of the city centre completing the loop. [53]. Some additional trains run at peak hours on the Southport line. The line is mainly electrified with one branch, the Liverpool to Manchester line via Warrington, operated by diesel trains.[10][11]. The Central Section - The central section was a later addition to the plan and effectively divided the loop into two sub-loops and also gave city centre access for the towns east of Merseyside. These replaced pre-war Class 502 (originally constructed by the LMS) and almost identical Class 503 EMUs. This was not a part of the Beeching cuts, however the demise of the trans-Atlantic liner trade forced its closure in 1971. The North Mersey Branch from Bootle to Aintree is currently used only by engineering trains to gain access to Merseyrail tracks; however, Merseytravel has long-term goals to reopen and electrify the line. However, in 2017 the Department for Transport announced that electrification of lines in Britain will only be where necessary with some planned projects cancelled. Apart from giving ease of transport around most of Merseyside, the rapid-transit network would give all the regions on the urban lines ease of access to the one remaining mainline station at Liverpool Lime Street, compensating for the loss of three mainline terminal stations. The station is in a deep cutting on the operational crossrail Northern Line tunnel section between Liverpool Central Station and Brunswick Station. The most recent study, conducted by Network Rail in 2008, investigated the costs of extending the Merseyrail network third-rail electrification to Wrexham. [28] The transfer of Kirkdale depot and Merseyrail engineering personnel took place in October 2017, as construction work to modernise the depot, which is the planned maintenance hub for the Class 777s, commenced.[29]. The Link Line tunnel is a double-track tunnel that links two lines. To create the comprehensive rapid-transit network four construction projects needed completion: Only numbers 1 and 2 listed above were constructed creating the fully electrified 3rd rail Northern and Wirral Lines. Fifty-two new trains will replace the current Merseyrail fleet which is almost 40 years old. The electrification of the former Wirral Railway lines to (New Brighton and West Kirby) took place in 1937 and allowed through running into Liverpool via the Mersey Railway tunnel. Upon sale on 2 March 1997, the first train operating company awarded the NWRR franchise contract was North Western Trains (owned by Great Western Holdings). On emerging from this tunnel at the existing Edge Hill Station, the route would be on the north side of the main lines thereby removing the need for a flyover.[53]. Welsh Economy Secretary, Ken Skates, stated that the Welsh government were in an advanced stage of talks with Merseytravel about running a direct service from Wrexham to Liverpool. [45] Merseyrail is the only UK train operator to take such a vigorous approach, a stand which Merseyrail claims has proved very popular with commuters and has reduced anti-social behaviour on the system.[46]. Each line from the terminus stations runs through Hamilton Square underground station in Birkenhead then through the Mersey Railway Tunnel, continuing around the single track underground loop tunnel under Liverpool's city centre. The last regular passenger trains ran over the curves in 1962; the tracks were subsequently lifted. This would have the added benefit of diverting all local urban routes from the mainline terminus station at Lime Street to underground rail in Liverpool's centre. The current fleet is now more than 30 years old and the trains are rented at a cost of £12m a year. The Power Supply to the Third Rail is monitored and controlled by the Electric Control Room at Sandhills. The curves allowed northbound trains from Ormskirk to run directly to Southport to the west, and southbound trains from Preston to run west to Southport. Please see below for further details. [36], Operating as a self-contained network means there are relatively few problems because there is little conflict with other train operating companies. They provides passenger rail services across Merseyside. [60][74] The line was considered in the Merseyside Route Utilisation Strategy document, concluding that reopening could not yet be recommended. Over the years, Merseyrail has pioneered a number of control and communications initiatives and is currently rolling out new ‘connected’ trains. A further project, known as the Edge Hill Spur, would have integrated the City Lines into the city centre underground network. The reopened line passed under the West Coast Main Line Liverpool branch at Allerton but needed to cross the old Cheshire Lines Committee line to Manchester on the flat, which affected capacity. [60] the full plan is available at Liverpool City Region Long Term Rail Strategy, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority announced in August 2019 that it was planning to use part of a £172m funding package to reopen St James Station in Liverpool City Centre and a build a new station at Headbolt Lane, Kirkby.[61]. Two sets have been written off and scrapped. Many of the City Line stations are branded Merseyrail using Merseyrail ticketing. This layout permitted the former Mersey Railway route to be connected to the former Cheshire Lines Committee route from the closed Central High Level Station and so allow the Northern Line to be extended in a southerly direction to Garston and, later, Hunts Cross. Merseyrail employs a team of officers who enforce railway by-laws relating to placing feet on seats, travelling without tickets, and other aspects of anti-social behaviour. The report found that the Wapping Tunnel was in good condition though suffered from flooding in places and would require some remedial work, but that the concept of reopening the tunnel was viable. [32] Other depots at Hall Road and Birkenhead Central were closed in 1997, and the former was demolished in April 2009. The Edge Hill Spur was not completed due to budget cuts. A part of the scheme would be the construction of a six platform underground station at Broad Green where the two loops and the St.Helens/Wigan line met. [83] The Network Rail document proposes using battery powered rolling stock precluding full electrification of the line, also providing a cheaper method of increasing connectivity into the electrified Birkenhead and Liverpool sections of the Wirral line. Services on the electrified Merseyrail network are operated by British Rail Class 507, Class 508 and British Rail Class 777s electric multiple unit trains (EMUs). 's Anfield, Northern Line services connect with the SoccerBus service at Sandhills to transport fans to the stadiums. [98][99] The report proposes extending the line from Ormskirk railway station by laying 3 miles of new single track along the previous route towards Rainford Junction, at a cost estimated to be in the region of £31m. Monday-Saturday services are every 15 minutes from Liverpool to Chester, New Brighton and West Kirby, and every 30 minutes to Ellesmere Port (Monday - Sunday). Merseyrail does not operate the trains or stations; however, the trains stop at two stations operated by Merseyrail. The new trains are a custom-built, bespoke design specifically for the Merseyrail network with driver only capability. [80] The Welsh government is pushing for improved rail connections between North Wales and Liverpool which may accelerate the electrification of the line,[81] and the scheme continues to be mentioned by Network Rail[75] and Merseytravel. A feature was that passengers on the mainline radial routes into Lime Street from the east and south could transfer onto the Outer Loop at two parkway interchange stations completing their journey to Liverpool suburbs avoiding the need to travel into the city centre, which would also relieve pressure on Lime Street station - Liverpool South Parkway was one of these stations opening thirty years after the initial proposal. Jump straight to the station you are looking for using our Quick Search. Ormskirk Merseyrail branch line Victorian old listed railway station building platform & electric passenger train about depart Lancashire England UK Merseyrail train in the station. At Ellesmere Port there is a minimal service to and from Warrington.[12]. The Outer Loop would have connected the eastern suburbs of the city: Gateacre, Childwall, Broad Green, Knotty Ash, West Derby, Clubmoor and Walton with the city centre.[53]. This would require dual-voltage trains with third-rail and overhead-wire capability. The Strategic Plan for the North West, the SPNW, in 1973 envisaged that the Outer Loop, the Edge Hill Spur connecting the east of the city to the central underground sections, and the lines to St. Helens, Wigan and Warrington would be electrified and all integrated into Merseyrail by 1991.[52]. The Merseyrail network is set to get brand new trains after Liverpool City Region leaders gave the green light to the £460m project on Friday 16 th December. The Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority, later named Merseytravel, was formed in 1969 with representatives from all Merseyside local authorities taking responsibility for the local rail lines identified to be incorporated into the new network, henceforth known as 'Merseyrail'. All trains are being phased out in favour of the Class 777 trains. See more ideas about merseyside, train, railway. The project was abandoned as a working proposal by Merseytravel in the 1980s. The route is largely intact, however, a slight deviation north of Westhead where houses have been built on the old trackbed would be required. Although part of the original Merseyrail plan with construction started, the scheme was dropped. [25], The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers opposed driver-only operation on the new fleet, which they said would put passenger safety and security at risk. Only the western section was built of the loop. The East Section - The former Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line initially from Hunts Cross to Walton however amended to Aintree. The first part of the large comprehensive urban network was initially opened in 1977 by merging separate rail lines by constructing new tunnels under Liverpool city centre and Birkenhead. Mossley Hill, West Allerton, Liverpool South Parkway, Hough Green, Widnes, Warrington Central, Padgate, Birchwood, Irlam, Flixton, Urmston, Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport, Liverpool South Parkway, Warrington West, Warrington Central, Birchwood, Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Piccadilly, Mauldeth Road and East Didsbury, Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool South Parkway, Widnes, Warrington Central and Manchester Oxford Road; trains continue to Nottingham and Norwich. Liverpool Exchange was the terminus of the northern Liverpool to Manchester route to Manchester Victoria via Wigan Wallgate station. The state-of-the-art trains that will come into service by the end of 2020 will replace the near 40-year-old fleet … A yellow weather warning for ice and snow has been issued from 5pm today (January 7) through to Friday (January 8) at 11.59pm.. The Department for Transport's Rail electrification document of July 2009 stated that the route to Liverpool Docks would be electrified via overhead wires. The remainder, between Paradise Street Junction and Derby Square Junction, was retained for use as a rolling stock interchange line between the Northern and Wirral lines and also for a reversing siding for Wirral Line trains terminating at James Street when the Loop Tunnel is inoperative. This flyover has since been demolished. There have been various proposals to electrify some or all of the line over the years. The line was a part of the Northern Line from Garston to terminal stations at Southport, Ormskirk and Kirkby. There are 57 trains in service on the network. The present Merseyrail system was merged from the lines of five former pre-Grouping rail systems: The nucleus of the system was the Mersey Railway, which opened from Liverpool James Street to Green Lane, Birkenhead running through the Mersey Railway Tunnel, one of the world's first underwater railway tunnels in 1886. On 28 January 2020 Swiss rolling-stock manufacturer Stadler Rail provided the first of a new fleet of 52 new train sets, designated Class 777, being built at Stadler's factory in Bussnang, Switzerland. The trains will begin to be rolled out for passengers from 2020. Upon re-tendering, Northern Rail failed to retain the contract, and it passed to Arriva Rail North from 1 April 2016. A combination of reduced weight of 99 tonnes, representing a 5.5 tonne weight reduction, and more efficient electrical systems will give a 20% reduction in energy use. [95] This delay in electrification may delay any proposed passenger use for the line. In later versions of the scheme the North Mersey Branch from Aintree to Bootle was substituted. https://www.merseyrail.org/about-merseyrail/new-trains.aspx Trains on the Merseyrail network at the moment are three carriages most of the time, with six car services during peak times. An additional and substantial benefit was diverting local urban trains entering the city from the east underground in the city centre. This revised route would permit a new underground station to be constructed to serve Liverpool University, behind the Student's Union building in Mount Pleasant. The terminus stations. The present Northern Line underground station at Liverpool Central was originally the Mersey Railway terminus at Liverpool Central Low Level. This is now the Country Park. Trains run at an off-peak interval of fifteen minutes on most branches, with lines converging to provide a frequency of up to every five minutes within central Liverpool, and under the Mersey to Birkenhead. The core of the network is formed by two dedicated electrified lines known as the Northern Line and the Wirral Line, which run underground in central Liverpool and Birkenhead. Merseyrail is a commuter rail network serving Liverpool, England, the surrounding Liverpool City Region, the Wirral Peninsula and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire, including a number of underground stations. [1], The Merseyrail third rail network has 68 stations and 75 miles of route, of which 6.5 miles are underground. For my own observations in travelling on Merseyrail in the last 18 months or so - the 50x trains were typical of "soon to be withdrawn" trains - "OK - but not really clean , certainly not compared to my local GTR / LNW operations , stations again "OK" but not outstanding. The reinstatement of the Burscough Curves would allow direct Preston-Southport & Ormskirk-Southport services and provide an alternative Liverpool-Southport route via Ormskirk. Much expense was incurred in constructing a large bridge taking the M62 over the eastern section and header tunnels at Liverpool Central station. At that time, the lines out of Liverpool Exchange, Liverpool Central Low Level, Liverpool Central High Level and Liverpool Lime Street stations were completely separate. In the 1969 MALTS report, this section is referred to as the Tawd Vale branch. However, the eastern section of the Outer Rail Loop was never built due to budget cuts.[53]. The Spur would have also formed the central section of the proposed Outer Rail Loop splitting the loop into two smaller loops (see Outer Loop section). Services are less frequent than those on the Northern Line and Wirral Line, generally half-hourly on weekdays. The rolling stock interchange section of the tunnel is not used for passenger traffic.[56]. Sep 22, 2018 - Explore Jonathan Brooks's board "Merseyrail" on Pinterest. Following the collapse of the Merseytram scheme in 2006, proposals were considered to revive the project, with the route of the tunnels currently safeguarded. Plans are being drawn up to replace every train on the Merseyrail network at a cost of £350m. [23] Based on the METRO platform, Stadler's product family for underground trains as used on the Berlin U-Bahn and Minsk Metro. Identifying and naming of the lines was the first stage of Merseyrail's creation. These train sets had been stored on Merseyside as surplus from during the 1990s. Although no official proposals have been made to revive the scheme in recent years, the route is effectively safeguarded with periodic calls being made by local politicians for the revival of the complete project or just the short stretch of route from Hunts Cross to Gateacre. Platforms can also be accessed via lifts. Merseyrail train timetables for Christmas and New Year 2020. A substantial section of the Northern Line had an additional function in completing the western section of a planned double-track electrified suburban orbital line, circling the city's outer suburbs, known as the 'Outer Rail Loop'. In 1977, the Liverpool to Kirkby section of the Liverpool-to-Bolton route was electrified being merged into Merseyrail. The Wapping Tunnel would have given access to Edge Hill via the historic Cavendish cutting, built for the 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. The route circled the outer fringes of the city of Liverpool using primarily existing rail lines merged to create the loop. 2A01:4B00:881D:3700:F882:89E:6379:F6AB 16:34, 5 February 2020 (UTC) Merseyrail's own website lists 68 stations so this page is correct. 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