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After £140m upgrade to Liverpool Lime Street. I felt disappointed that the project didnt go far enough and the station can only handle an extra 3 trains an hour. With the former platform one now sitting empty, my idea would be to: 1) Rebuild Northern Rail offices at the top of the platform by...

Source - Staff at Cheshire Oaks A signed agreement Of understanding has been made between Merseytravel, Cheshire County Council, Network Rail and the owners of retail outlet Cheshire oaks to build a new railway station with 3rd rail capacity and link to Ellesmere Port to Helsby line running...

Next month Merseytravel will meet to discuss infrastructure projects for 2018/19 for Merseyside. One of these is the reinstatement of an upper level crossover of WCML across from Edge Hill Maintainance Depot. A Double track, overhead cables and missing bridge would be needed to reinstated...

Steve Rotherham MP for Walton, Liverpool and Metro Labour Mayoral Candidate has said that if he wins the election in May, Liverpool could get there overhead Railway back as a tourist attraction. He said costings where around £70-100m depending on length of line through a public private...

Just emailed Chairman Claire Hollingsworth at Eurostar regarding class 373 being taken for scrap. I offered an alternative in that the carriages should be offered to ROCs and used with loco's 67s (or other) on long haul routes across North Wales or Northern England - ATW, Northern, EMT, Virgin...

I've just been told by Wendy at Eversholt Rail that there 44 class 313s will come off lease from Thameslink in Q3 of 2018. Between 6-8 units will go to Merseyrail as back up units to there sister Class 507/8 fleet until MerseyRail get there new fleet in 2020. The rest will be scrapped but spares...

Does anyone know if I can write to a particular department whether it be Network Rail, DfT, ORR about available pathways on a particular route? Example: Space in timetable to extend the Derby - Crewe (EMT) service to Liverpool

Warrington West proposed new station is again on hold after missing out on £20m funding for new stations from the DfT. Rail minister Mr Maynard said Warrington Bid came 6th and will change there plans and bid again. Flintshire, Cheshire county councils & Merseytravel will back proposals for a...

Sources at Merseytravel have told me that they are currently seeking 6 new services from Dec 2018 timetable to start and finish at Liverpool Lime Street. To maximise services they are looking at bi/hourly services and increased services to these destinations: Liverpool - Cardiff via...

Question: can Rail Class 442 be pulled by Diesel loco and used on non electrified lines. Which class loco would fit?

Anybody have any updates on cascading rolling stock to Northern / TPE / Virgin ? Rumours TPE have been offered class 442 from May 2016 to replace Class 170s going to Chiltern? More 319s heading to Northern after new franchise winners announced in April 2016? If Stagecoach win TPE franchise...

Liverpool Lime Street Station will be completely overhalled in 2016/17 according to Network Rail and Northen Rail staff at the station. The announcement will be made after the election! The station will be completely shut down for 8 weeks in the summer to allow all new signalling to be...

Rumours have surfaced that whoever wins the northern franchise in 2016 will be offered BR Class 442's once the Gatwick express route (southern trains) has been given new rolling stock in 2018. The 442's would need to be changed from 3rd rail to overhead power to be used on such routes as...

According to Liverpool Councillor & MerseyTravel Chairman Liam Robinson at todays MerseyTravel Transport Customer Forums he said that MerseyTravel and Virgin Trains are in talks to run a new Liverpool - London Euston service via St Helens Junction, entering the WCML at Earlstown once the...

After the ORR dismissed Virgins application to run new services from Blackpool and Shrewsbury to London Euston. I've been told that a new application could be submitted as early as 2014 for extra services from Liverpool Lime Street - London Euston making it a half hourly service rather than...

According to a reliable source Liverpool Lime Street platform 6A (siding) will be brought back into full intercity service use from 2014/15 and will be renamed platform 7. Todays platforms 7,8,9 will be renamed 8,9,10. This is in response to the upgrade and electrification of the Liverpool -...