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Poll: Should Merseyrail expand to Wigan?
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Future Rail Projects
 29/12/2012, 18:42
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RE: Future Rail Projects
(20/12/2012 18:46)First Class Wrote:  
(20/12/2012 08:46)childwallblues Wrote:  I have never understood why Merseyrail continue to ignore the North Mersey Branch from Bootle Oriel Road to Aintree. A single track is still in place and sees occasional use by engineering trains.
The branch is about 3.5 miles and would open up new journey opportunities as well as saving a lot of changing at Sandhills.

It's a matter of what service you run. Liverpool-Bootle-Ormskirk? I would personally just electrify the single line and just run it as a diversionary route or for ECS movements.

I think the reason for the neglect of this route is that it doesn't really bring any dramatic improvements to the network/area, compared to say the Halton Curve.
That is your opinion. Whilst I agree that the Halton Curve needs re-opening it is wholly outside Merseyside, whereas the North Mersey Branch is wholly within. Why do we need "dramatic improvements" anyway?
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Future Rail Projects - First Class - 14/12/2012, 18:34
RE: Future Rail Projects - skelmersey - 16/12/2012, 14:16
RE: Future Rail Projects - skelmersey - 17/12/2012, 15:15
RE: Future Rail Projects - H101GEV - 17/12/2012, 22:09
RE: Future Rail Projects - skelmersey - 18/12/2012, 10:02
RE: Future Rail Projects - skelmersey - 18/12/2012, 10:41
RE: Future Rail Projects - 507022 - 17/12/2012, 23:03
RE: Future Rail Projects - wirralbus - 18/12/2012, 06:47
RE: Future Rail Projects - DVL418 - 19/12/2012, 16:29
RE: Future Rail Projects - Peterw - 18/12/2012, 06:56
RE: Future Rail Projects - wirralbus - 18/12/2012, 07:55
RE: Future Rail Projects - 507022 - 19/12/2012, 15:31
RE: Future Rail Projects - wirralbus - 18/12/2012, 17:30
RE: Future Rail Projects - childwallblues - 29/12/2012 18:42
RE: Future Rail Projects - skelmersey - 29/12/2012, 16:36
RE: Future Rail Projects - wirralbus - 10/02/2013, 23:37
RE: Future Rail Projects - wirralbus - 31/01/2014, 17:40



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