Northern Rail

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Northern Rail

(07/06/2015 07:46)wirralbus Wrote:  If the Liverpool - Warrington BQ service is going to eventually become electrified , this service becomes very stand alone.

Is Northern Rail and the Dft hoping that the Halton Curve will be the saviour of this line , opening up new markets from Ellesmere Port to Runcorn to connect with Virgin and London Midland services there.

Surely more could be done with the Liverpool - Warrington BQ service - I have had a thought of maybe diverting one of the 2 London Midland Liverpool - Birmingham services via this route (although I am aware this would impact on end to end journey times) or alternatively extending the present Northern service down to Crewe to improve connectivity from stations on the line between Wavertree Tech Park & Earlestown southwards if the paths are available.