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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.).
The self-contained network is operated by Merseyrail Electrics 2002, a 50:50 joint venture between Serco and Transport UK Group.. The Northern line and the Wirral line compose the electric third-rail part of the network, which has service frequencies of 15 minutes in outlying areas converging to rapid transit frequencies in central sections.
The Mersey Railway was the passenger railway connecting the communities of Liverpool and Birkenhead, England. It is currently a part of the Merseyrail network. It was extended further into the Wirral Peninsula, which lies on the opposite bank of the River Mersey to Liverpool. Both sides of the river were connected via the Mersey Railway Tunnel ...
Garston and Liverpool Railway: New station opened in 1998 on a different site Brunswick Dock: 1956 Liverpool Overhead Railway: Burton Point: 1899 1955 North Wales and Liverpool Railway: Butts Lane Halt: 1907 1938 Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway: Canada Dock: 1941 London and North Western Railway: Canada Dock: 1956 Liverpool ...
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.
Since 1977, Liverpool's needs for rapid transit and commuter rail have been served by the partially underground Merseyrail network, which was formed from local suburban lines and new tunnel formed into a network, using no former infrastructure of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Share of the Liverpool Overhead Railway Company, issued 9 March 1897
Liverpool James Street (or simply James Street [1]) is a railway station located in the centre of Liverpool, England; it is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. James Street is an underground station, with access to the platforms via lifts from the booking hall.
The Mersey Railway was the second underground line in the world, opened in 1886. The first ever elevated train line and what could be conceived as a metro today, the Liverpool Overhead Railway first started ferrying dockers in 1893, ending its life with decreased ridership in 1957. Today, Liverpool is served by two separate rail networks.