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Network Rail proposes new rail enhancements for Merseyside

By James Dark
05 December 2008
Plans accommodate future Merseyrail growth
Plans accommodate future Merseyrail growth

 

Network Rail and Merseyrail have renewed calls for funding to improve Liverpool Central station and for a debate on when, not if, it should be redeveloped or a new station built. 

Other developments to the Merseyside network, which Network Rail says should be examined, include building a new 13-mile rail line to link the large town of Skelmersdale to Liverpool. With a population of 40,000, it is the second largest town in the north west without a rail station. The proposal precedes a...

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