Liverpool Underground

10/12/2024

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28/11/2024

This is our 2060 Tube Map for Liverpool City Region, new additions from the 2055 map include:

● Re-introduction of the old Liverpool 'Loop Line' through Liverpool's East; from Aintree & Bootle New Strand in the North to Hunts Cross & Liverpool South Parkway in the South, connecting all the radial routes passing through Liverpool's Eastern suburbs.
As it stands today, the 'Loop Line' would be one of the easiest lines to bring back into use; it would also be one of the least used, because without any of the radial routes to interconnect with, not a lot of people would use the line, so right now in 2024, the business case just isn't there for it to be reinstated now. Once all the radial lines are in place however, its a different story and the 'Loop Line' becomes an extremely important line; the final piece in the jigsaw that connects everything together, transporting people from wherever they are in the suburbs to wherever they need to go, feeding into all the different lines without having to go all the way into town and back on yourself. A lot of people would now use the line and find it a very convenient way of moving round the city, being able to travel from one district or suburb to another quickly and efficiently.
- The Bootle New Strand branch would be made possible by reintroducing the old 'Half Miley' Marsh Lane tunnels under Bootle (which are in excellent condition), with a new station at Southport Road.
- The Aintree branch would have a new station under Black Bull Place at Walton Vale in the existing underpass. Services would be every 15 mins on each branch during the day, meaning a service every 7.5 mins from Walton Hall Avenue all the way down to Hunts Cross; providing fast connections between all the radial routes, terminating at a new Platform 7 at Liverpool South Parkway adjacent to the Northern Line platforms, for a fast connection to JLA & Speke.
● Extend the 'Elizabeth Line' east above ground from Billinge to Golborne West, via Haydock Lane, Garswood Park (providing an interchange with the City Line) and Ashton-in-Makerfield (for Haydock Racecourse); terminating in the Edge Green area of Golborne.
● Extend the 'Metropolitan Line' southeast above ground from Rainhill Stoops to Warrington Central, joining the CLC line west of Penketh. This would require the introduction of two new platforms at Penketh & Warrington Central to allow semi-fast services to Manchester & Norwich to continue to operate efficiently on the CLC.
● Complete the 'Central Line' extension from Winwick to Grappenhall, with new underground stations at Orford, Warrington Central and Warrington Bank Quay (providing a much needed connection between the two main stations in Warrington); before carrying on south to Stockton Heath, terminating above ground at Grappenhall.

Beyond 2060, there is the potential to extend the network futher north into potential development areas in Knowsley & West Lancashire, by extending the 'Metropolitan Line' north from Stockbridge Village to any new developments north of the East Lancs Road and the 'Elizabeth Line' north from Simonswood to any new developments around the M58. There's also the potential to add an additional branch to the Northern Line off the Ormskirk branch from Switch Island to Southport, following old railway alignment to support any future development in that area too.

21/11/2024

This is our 2055 Tube Map for Liverpool City Region; new additions from the 2050 map include:

● Introduction of the 'Metropolitan Line', which would be the third and final deep level Tube line we have proposed for the City, which would be a second crossrail route from West Kirby to Whiston & Stockbridge Village, via Birkenhead Park, Moorfields & Lime Street, connecting areas not currently served; including Greasby & Upton in West Wirral, Claughton, Seacombe (for Wirral Waters); Kensington, Old Swan, Dovecot, Page Moss and West Derby. Services would run from West Kirby - Rainhill Stoops & Birkenhead Park - Stockbridge Village every 10 mins peak (15 mins off-peak), meaning a service every 5 mins peak (7.5 mins off-peak) on the central section between Birkenhead Park & Islington).
● Extend the 'Central Line' from Pex Hill to Grappenhall via Omega Business Park, Bruntwood and Winwick, circling round to Orford, then Warrington Central and Warrington Bank Quay, providing a much needed connection between the two main stations; before carrying on south to Stockton Heath, terminating at Grappenhall.

14/11/2024

This is our 2050 Tube Map for Liverpool City Region. New additions from the 2045 map include:

● Introduction of the 'Outer Ring Line', which connects all of Liverpool's peripheral towns with one direct rail service, running from Southport - Ormskirk - Skelmersdale - St. Helens - Widnes - John Lennon Airport; using existing lines, former rail alignments and new alignments where old lines have been built on, (services every 15 mins peak & every 30 mins off peak).
● Introduction of the 'Dragon Line' from Liverpool Central - Llandudno & Holyhead. This would be achieved by connecting the Borderlands Line from Landican with the North Wales Mainline south of Mostyn, by way of a new tunnel under Heswall and a new bridge over the River Dee; slashing 30 miles off the off the current journey and cutting journey times by upto 1 hour; meaning by the time the train reaches Chester from Mostyn Junction, the train running over the River Dee bridge would already be in Liverpool. (All stopping services to Llandudno every hour, fast service to Holyhead every 2 hours)
● Incorporation of the South Fylde line to Blackpool South into the 'Star Line', with passing loops / new double track platforms installed at Squires Gate, St. Anne's-on-the-sea & Lytham stations (services every 30 mins between Hunts Cross - Blackpool South & every 30 mins between Liverpool JLA - Preston) (Separate service between Southport - Blackpool North).

08/11/2024

This might prove to be a controversial post as a lot of people are against any form of expansion of the UK motorway network; however, below is an interactive 'Future UK 2050 Motorway Network Map' I created a few years back; which is basically a comprehensive map showing what the UK motorway network could look like with the right investment, similar to that of our European counterparts.

Unfortunately this map isn't very mobile friendly so I advise viewing this on your PC or laptop.

To use the map, click on the link below and zoom in; click on the motorways to reveal the motorway number and where it would go. Turn the 'Junction' and 'Service Station' layers on and off in the left hand panel to suit what you want to see.

As you all know, I am a big supporter of the primary focus being massive investment in railway infrastructure, both intercity & regional with new tube lines for the big cities; but if we want to boost our national economy to the level of Germany or Japan's we need to build new motorways as well to massively improve connectivity; and the M67 extension from Manchester to Sheffield would be at the very top of any new motorway priority list for the UK.

The vast majority of the current UK motorway network was built during a 20 year period, between 1958 and 1978; and although the priority should be shifting long distance HGV's off the roads and over to rail freight (in order to reduce our carbon footprint and achieve net zero), there will always be the need to build new motorways, due to an ever increasing population and more cars on the road. Even Denmark just announced last week they are building nine new motorways to cater for demand and as much as we would like to get everyone off the roads and onto trains, that's not going to happen unless the rail system is good enough to tempt people to do so and even then, you're not going to tempt everyone. So we can't escape the fact that we do have to build new roads as well to address capacity issues / current problems.

There are so many bottlenecks and missing links on the UK motorway network that need to be addressed in order for our national economy to continue to grow. Doing nothing or putting plasters over the problems with half-baked solutions like the £200m A57 Mottram by-pass are not addressing the problems, they are merely token upgrades that kick the problem further down the road. A lot of these roundabouts and by-passes are actually counterproductive and stunt our country's economic growth. The proposed A57 Mottram Link upgrades announced by the Chancellor yesterday to "transform" the North, is a prime example of this country's longstanding policy of putting a plaster over a situation and failing to look at the big picture to address the wider issues head on.

There was an article online yesterday saying how Bosnia is building a £3.7bn motorway to connect the country: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1972903/europes-incredible-new-209-mile-motorway

It find it laughable how Bosnia (ranked 88th in the world by GDP per capita) can find £3.7bn to connect their country with a much needed motorway, while we in the UK (ranked 6th in the world by GDP per capita) can't even extend the M67 across the Pennines and instead tries to pass off a 2 mile £200m by-pass as being transformational for the North!

Simply put, the policymakers in Whitehall lack both the vision and the political will to do what needs to be done. In this case, major intervention is the only option; i.e.: extending the M67 from Manchester to meet the M1 in Sheffield; which will actually solve the problem and add a much needed new Trans-Pennine route to the Strategic Road Network; which would be a huge boost for the economy.

The need for massive government investment in our national infrastructure has never been more apparent than it is today. Although it is absolutely vital that HS2 reaches Crewe and Northern Powerhouse Rail is built in full across the North from Liverpool – Manchester – Leeds – Hull & Newcastle; the time has also come for once in a generation expansion of the UK motorway network, in order to make it fit for the needs of the 21st century.

There hasn't been any motorway expansion on a large scale for 45 years; however, expansion of the current Strategic Road Network IS necessary.

The expansion should take the form of both new motorways on new alignment and upgrades of existing trunk routes to create a comprehensive network that connects people, businesses and ports from A to B quickly and efficiently; creating faster journey times, removing bottlenecks & congestion whilst supporting high levels of growth.

This comprehensive plan for the UK's motorway network in the 21st century should run in tandem with a massive upgrade in capacity of the UK's rail freight network; starting with upgrading the railway node at Ely, allowing containers from UK ports to reach intermodal freight terminals around the country, closer to their final destinations, predominantly by rail; reducing the amount of long distance HGV journeys and massively cutting carbon emissions.

Transport infrastructure should be at the forefront of the government’s plan to rebuild Britain and the current allocation in the budget is nowhere near what is required. Funding for big infrastructure projects should be prioritised; through borrowing if necessary, so we can catapult our way forward into economic prosperity. Obviously, at the same time, we should also be expanding the wider passenger rail network into a more efficient system, not just HS2; and while we do appear to be taking steps to do this with the formation of Great British Railways, we should be going much further; like building new underground tube lines in our big cities, such as Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow & Newcastle, like I have proposed with Liverpool, to allow people to move around locally quickly and efficiently too. Germany has extensive U-Bahn networks in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt & Nuremburg so why can’t we in the UK?

You only have to look at a map of Germany to see why they are the world's 3rd largest economy with the infrastructure they have and why we in the UK are the world's 6th largest. Some people might look at this motorway map and scoff saying it is completely overkill and unnecessary; but have a look at Germany's Ruhr industrial heartland on a map (Cologne, Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Essen & Dortmund), which is the equivalent to our North England belt of Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds & Sheffield; the contrast in infrastructure between the two is there to see. We are massively behind our European counterparts in terms of connectivity in almost every way, not just Germany, but France, Belgium and the Netherlands too.

Not all the blue lines on this interactive map are new motorways, quite a few are; a lot of it is the existing network and many are upgrades to existing trunk routes that should be proper motorways, like the A14 to Felixstowe, which is a core route on the Strategic Road Network and should be upgraded as an extension of the M6.

While I concede, not all of these proposals would come to fruition, a great many of these merit serious consideration by the Department for Transport, as many of these proposals would solve a lot of problems and bottlenecks on the network, increase capacity, reduce congestion and massively boost our national economy.

Some of these new road projects are of course higher priority to others and should be built first, so when reading the map try and visualise the ones in order of priority. Some sections would be built in stages, like the M57 & M64, with their Phase 2 coming later. Some of the lower priority ones might never even see the light of day; however I've added them as food for thought.

It might be overwhelming to look at this map when you first open it and very difficult to navigate on your phone so I would definitely suggest looking at this on your PC or laptop; but if you turn some of the layers off and read it in conjunction with the priority list below (putting the low and very low priority ones to one side), it should start to make sense.

I’ve listed below the priorities on the UK network I believe should be addressed first:

TOP PRIORITIES:

• Scrap the proposed A57 Mottram Moor link road and extend the M67 east over the Pennines to meet the M1 north of Sheffield instead (new dual 3-lane motorway) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M531 motorway from M53 Junction 5 (Eastham) (unfinished junction) to A494 Shotwick Junction (new dual 2-lane motorway parallel to A*50) merging with the existing dual 3-lane motorway standard A494 at Deeside.
• Extend the M56 west of its present terminus to merge with the existing dual 3-lane motorway standard A494 at Shotwick Junction and upgrade the existing dual 2-lane section of A494 south of the River Dee to dual 3-lane motorway through Queensferry to Northop (A*5) (M56 West – Phase 1) (Strategic Road Network).
• Extend the M58 east of the M6 Orrell interchange to meet the M61 at Bolton (new dual 3-lane motorway, filling in a vital missing link on the network, relieving congestion in and around Wigan and also creating a new Trans-Pennine route from the Port of Liverpool). Continue the M58 east past the M61 into Bolton (dual 2-lane motorway).
• Extend the M27 east along the South Coast to the M20 and on to Ramsgate (new dual 3-lane motorway from Portsmouth to the M20, with A27 upgrades & new alignment) (dual 2-lane motorway from M20 to Ramsgate) (Strategic Road Network).
• Extend the M27 west of its existing terminus to Bournemouth (new dual 3-lane motorway with partial A31 upgrade).
• New M64 motorway connecting the M6 (south of Stoke-on-Trent) and the A1(M) (South Witham) (new dual 3-lane motorway) (A50 upgrades & new alignments) (M64 Phase 1) (Strategic Road Network).
• Extend the M57 north past Switch Island to a new roundabout at Ince Blundell (new dual 3-lane motorway) to meet the start of the A565 dual carriageway to Southport (M57 North – Phase 1).
• New M123 motorway (Lower Thames Crossing) to relieve the Dartford Crossing (new dual 3-lane motorway) (Strategic Road Network).
• Extend the M58 west past Switch Island through Rimrose Valley Country Park to The Port of Liverpool at Seaforth (new dual 3-lane motorway reducing to dual 2-lane to merge on to the A5036 Princess Way). The current single lane DfT proposals through Rimrose Valley to Brooms Cross Road are inadequate.
• New rail freight terminal & container port at Switch Island, Liverpool, between the M57 & M58 west of Melling; which would be an extension of the Port of Liverpool itself; more than doubling current proposed container capacity at the Port. Introduce new M57 & M58 motorway spurs to serve.
• Extend the M57 south from the M62 Tarbock Island interchange to the A562 (A5300 upgrade to dual 3-lane motorway & A562 junction upgrade; plus a new junction at B5178 to support future development zone). Continue the M57 south past the A562 to Liverpool John Lennon Airport (new dual 2-lane motorway); then continue past JLA to meet the A561 at Garston Freight Terminal (M561), (M57 South – Phase 1).
• New M51 motorway from M6 Junction 16 (Stoke-on-Trent) past the north side of Crewe to Chester & into North Wales (new dual 3-lane motorway, plus A*5 upgrades) (Strategic Road Network).
• Extend the M6 east of the M1 all the way to Felixstowe (new dual 3/4 lane motorway) (A14 upgrades to motorway standard with some new alignments) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M12 motorway from M11 Junction 4 (London) to Norwich (new dual 3-lane motorway & partial A12 upgrades) (Strategic Road Network).
• - New M14 motorway from Oxford to Colchester, connecting Luton and Stansted Airports and relieving the M25 north (new dual 3 lane motorway plus A120 upgrades; dual 4-lane between M40 & M11) (Strategic Road Network).
• - New M15 motorway from A1(M) south of Peterborough to the Humber Bridge (new dual 3 lane motorway from A1(M) to M180; dual 2-lane motorway past M180 to Humber Bridge) (Strategic Road Network) (plus additional feeder roads to Lincoln & around the north of Boston to solve chronic congestion).
• New M59 motorway from the M58 to M6 north of Preston, running west of Preston via a new bridge over the River Ribble (new dual 3-lane motorway). Extend the M65 west to meet the M59 to create a Preston outer ring road. The new M59 would be to Liverpool what the M61 is to Manchester and would now be the primary route from the city heading north (Strategic Road Network).
• New M46 motorway from Cardiff to Leicester (avoiding Birmingham, incorporating the existing M50 & M69 plus A46 upgrades) (Dual 2-lane west of M5 & new dual 3-lane motorway between M5 & M1) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M29 motorway (full A3 upgrade to dual 3-lane motorway standard between Kingston & Portsmouth) (Strategic Road Network).
• - Extend the M42 motorway north to meet the M1 (M42/A42 upgrade to dual 3-lane motorway) (Strategic Road Network).
• Extend the M65 east of Colne through North Yorkshire past the north side of York all the way to Filey on the North East coast (new dual 2-lane motorway between existing dual 2-lane M65 & A568 (Leeds/Bradford Airport) (new dual 3-lane motorway east of A568 to Filey).

HIGH PRIORITY:

• Extend the M5 north of Birmingham to Manchester (new dual 4-lane toll motorway; creating a new primary route on the Strategic Road Network, parallel to the M6). If HS2 does not reach Crewe, this will become a top priority.
• New M68 motorway from M60 Junction 25 (Bredbury) (unfinished junction) to Manchester Airport (new dual 3-lane motorway plus A*55 upgrades) (New M5 feeder motorway from M60 East).
• Extend the M53 motorway south to meet the M5 at Gloucester (new dual 2-lane motorway plus A483 upgrades; providing an essential trans-Wales route connecting North & South Wales) (dual 3-lane motorway between Hereford & M5).
• New M62 express motorway running parallel to the M60 on the north side between the M62 west of Manchester and the M62 east of Simister interchange, relieving the Manchester northwest corridor (new dual 3-lane motorway) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M30 motorway connecting the M3 to the M5 (new dual 3-lane motorway & A303 upgrades) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M43 motorway connecting Oxford to Cambridge from new M14 (Aylesbury) to M11/A14 interchange (new dual 3-lane motorway and A421 upgrades) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M69 motorway from Carlisle to Newcastle (Jarrow Tunnel) (new dual 2-lane motorway & partial A69 upgrades; dual 3-lane around Newcastle) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M36 motorway from Bristol to Southampton (new dual 3-lane motorway with partial A36 & A326 upgrades) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M17 motorway from M1/M18 interchange (Sheffield) to Lincoln & Skegness (dual 3-lane motorway)
• New M34 motorway (full A34 upgrade to dual 3-lane motorway standard) (Strategic Road Network).
• A1 upgrade to full motorway standard between A1(M) Peterborough and A1(M) Blyth (new dual 3-lane motorway) (Strategic Road Network).
• New M44 motorway (Wolverhampton & Dudley Western Relief Road to complete West Midlands Ring Road - new dual 3-lane motorway).
• Extend the M18 from the M62 north, around the east side of York to meet the extended M65 and continue on to the A19 at Thirsk (dual 3-lane motorway).
• Extend the M5 south to Plymouth (A38 upgrade to dual 3-lane motorway) (Strategic Road Network).

MEDIUM PRIORITY:

• Extend the M77 south to the south side of Ayr (new dual 2-lane motorway with A77 upgrades).
• Extend the M23 to Brighton (A23 upgrade to dual 3-lane motorway standard).
• New M121 motorway from new M12 to Harwich (dual 2-lane motorway)
• Extend the A1(M) north from Newcastle to Edinburgh (new dual 3-lane M1 motorway).
• New M19 motorway (A19 upgrade to dual 3-lane motorway standard from A1(M) to Jarrow Tunnel.
• New M70 Edinburgh Ring Road (A720 upgrade to dual 3-lane motorway standard).
• Widen the M8 between Junctions 1 – 6 to dual 3-lane motorway.
• Extend the M90 from Perth to Aberdeen (new dual 2-lane motorway & A90 upgrades),
• Extend the M8 into Edinburgh City Centre (new dual 2-lane motorway, to merge with upgraded Western Approach Road),
• Extend the M5 west of Plymouth into Cornwall (new dual 3-lane motorway & A30 upgrades to address chronic holiday traffic).
• Extend the M64 east from the A1(M) to the East Coast (new dual 3-lane motorway to M12 (Norwich interchange); dual 2-lane motorway to Hopton terminus between Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft) (M64 – Phase 2).
• Extend the M67 west into Manchester City Centre (new dual 3-lane motorway), with distributor slip roads onto A6010 Intermediate Ring Road & A365 Inner Ring Road.
• New M35 motorway (Bristol southern ring road) (dual 3-lane) connecting the M5 to new M36 and Bristol Airport.
• Extend the M62 east from North Cave to Salt End to create a Hull outer ring road (A63 upgrade & new dual 3-lane motorway).
• New M78 motorway from Paisley (South West Glasgow) to meet A78 at Saltcoats (new dual 2-lane motorway, A737 & A78 upgrades to meet the extended M77 at Glasgow Prestwick Airport).
• New M96 motorway from Inverness to Aberdeen (new dual 2-lane motorway).
• New M81 motorway (North Glasgow Ring Road) from M898 to M80 & M73 (dual 2-lane).
• Extend M62 motorway west into Liverpool City Centre (new dual 3-lane motorway from current Rocket flyover terminus to new Junction 2 (Edge Hill)). South spur west of Edge Hill to be in a dual 2-lane cut & cover underpass to Upper Parliament Street (50mph speed restriction). The main north section west of Edge Hill to be through two new dual 2-lane bored tunnels (1 mile long) under Kensington to A580 Islington (50mph speed restriction).
• New M601 connecting the M60 north to Manchester City Centre (catering for traffic from Bury & The East ONLY) (new dual 2-lane motorway) (M602 handles traffic from Bolton & The West).
• Extend M876 from Kincardine to Dunfermline (new M86 motorway).
• New M92 motorway from M90 (Dunfermline) to the Tay Bridge (dual 2-lane motorway with A92 upgrades).
• New M7 motorway parallel to A702 linking the M6 to Edinburgh (new motorway).
• Upgrade A*5 to dual 3-lane M56 motorway from Northop to Colwyn Bay (M56 West – Phase 2).
• Extend the M53 motorway Moreton spur west of its current terminus through Saughall Massie to Heswall and redesignate M52 (dual 2-lane) (M52 – Phase 1).

LOW PRIORITY:

• Extend the M57 motorway north past the new terminus at Ince Blundell roundabout to Southport and Preston, to meet the western end of the extended M65 (M59/M65 interchange) (new dual 2-lane motorway) (M57 North – Phase 2).
• Extend the M57 further south over the River Mersey to meet the M56 when the New Mersey Crossing reaches capacity and continue south through Cheshire to meet the new M51 (new dual 3-lane toll motorway) (1 mile dual 3-lane tunnel required under Helsby Hill) (M57 South – Phase 2).
• Extend new M52 west from Heswall over the River Dee on a causeway bridge to meet the extended M56 at Holywell (North Wales) (new dual 2-lane toll motorway) (M52 – Phase 2) (incorporate new railway crossing (Liverpool – Holyhead/Llandudno) into new motorway bridge).
• Extend M23 motorway north from current terminus to Banstead Common (A217 roundabout) (new dual 3-lane motorway).
• - Extend the M2 east of present terminus to Margate (new dual 2-lane motorway & A299 upgrade).
• If the M56 West – Phase 1 intervention proves insufficient, extend M56 west from Shotwick Junction over the Connah’s Quay Bridge to meet the A*5 at Northop (new dual 2-lane motorway plus A548 upgrades).
• Extend the M54 from Telford to meet the extended M53 and continue on to Welshpool (A5 upgrades, new dual 2-lane motorway).
• Extend the M66 north from its present terminus at Edenfield to meet the M65 (A56 upgrade to motorway standard) (dual 2-lane).

VERY LOW PRIORITY - LIKELY IMPRACTICAL

• New M16 motorway (Ringway 2 – South London) (new dual 4-lane motorway) (prohibitively expensive – too much opposition)
• Extension of M23 further north into South London to Tooting Bec Road (A214) & Tooting Bec Common to meet new M16 (new dual 3-lane motorway) (prohibitively expensive – too much opposition).

Interactive future UK motorway network map showing network expansion by 2050. The majority of the current UK motorway network was built during a 20 year period between 1958 and 1978. Although the priority should be shifting long distance HGV's off the roads and over to rail freight (in order to redu...

06/11/2024

The planning application for Baltic Station was submitted yesterday 👌

The station could open as early as 2027

05/11/2024

This is our 2045 Tube Map for Liverpool City Region, new additions from the 2040 map include:

● Introduction of the 'Wallahoo Line' (Wallasey - Hooton); a new all stopping service from New Brighton Tower - Chester & NBT - Runcorn via Ellesmere Port & Helsby (terminating at a new Platform 3 at Runcorn). Each service running every 30 mins (every 15 mins between New Brighton Tower & Hooton).
● Extension of the 'Sergeant Pepper Line' through the existing disused tunnel under Bank Hall station; contnuing into a new tunnel connecting to the Western portal of the existing disused Waterloo Tunnel (next to Costco); creating a new north inner city circle line, with new stations at Bramley Moore (Everton FC), Trafalgar (Liverpool Waters), Pumpfields (District north of Leeds Street), Marybone (LJMU) & Islington (London Road); continuing onto the now existing Paddington station, terminating at Edge Hill (services every 10 mins).
● Extension of 'Elizabeth Line' services east of Knowsley along the East Lancs corridor overground to Windle Island & Billinge (new development corridor).
● Extension of 'Northern Line' services from Hunts Cross to Gateacre. Northern line services consisting of Southport - Birchwood, Burscough - Gateacre & Wigan - Speke, with trains every 15 mins on all lines; every 5 mins on central section between Sandhills - Liverpool South Parkway.
● Introduction of the 'Deva Line' from Heswall - Chester & New Brighton - Chester, via disused rail line through Blacon (services ever 30 mins).
● New Wirral Line platform on the City Centre Loop at Marybone.
● Extend semi-fast Star Line services from Southport over the River Ribble to Blackpool North, with construction of new causeway bridge well underway (services every 30 mins once completed).
● Increase in service frequency on the Borderlands Line from Liverpool - Shotton (every 15 mins), Liverpool to Wrexham Central (stays every 30 mins)
● New stations at Barnston, Becher's Brook & Hale.

29/10/2024

This is our 2040 Tube Map for Liverpool City Region, which includes:

● New cross-river underground tube line running from New Brighton Tower to Clock Face & Widnes Central (Central Line); serving Wallasey, Liscard, Liverpool Waters, Liverpool Waterfront and South Liverpool districts of Toxteth, Allerton Road, Belle Vale & Woolton, also serving The University of Liverpool at Hope Park.
● Central Line extends overground from Tarbock Green to Clock Face to serve new developments in the South East, and also overground from Halewood to Widnes South.
● New Liverpool Central (High Level) terminus Station for regional City Line services. All long distance services retained at Liverpool Lime Street.

23/10/2024

This is our 2035 Tube Map for Liverpool City Region, which includes:

● Fast line from Birkenhead Central to Chester by 4 tracking the line from Rock Ferry to Ledsham, reducing journey times by half.
● New Cross-River services (Exchange Line) made possible by building the Edge Hill Spur.
● New underground tube line running from Heswall to Kirkby, with the central section being the existing Wirral Line Loop.
● Extension of Northern Line services from Hunts Cross to Warrington Central and Birchwood.
● Extend Northern Line Services to Wigan Wallgate via a new turnback station in Skelmersdale.
● New passenger services from Liverpool Central to Bootle New Strand via the Bootle Branch freight line.
● Extend Northern Line & City Line to new underground stations at Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Speke.
● Extend Wirral Line services to Helsby & Cheshire Oaks.
● Extend Northern Line Services from Ormskirk to Burscough
● Borderlands Line to Wrexham fully absorbed into Liverpool network.
● New semi-fast services from Liverpool to Southport & Preston