|
The City Line is the name given to local rail routes out of Liverpool Lime Street station, Liverpool, Merseyside. It appears on maps of the Merseyrail network as red, and covers the Liverpool-Wigan Line as well as the two routes of the Liverpool-Manchester Line. Although it is branded under the Merseyrail name, the routes are operated by Northern Rail on behalf of Merseytravel. Lime Street Station (officially referred to as Liverpool Lime Street) is the mainline railway station serving Liverpool, England. ...
Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ...
Arms of the former Merseyside Metropolitan County Council Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ...
Merseyrail is the name given to the electric commuter train network centred on Liverpool. ...
Merseyrail is the name given to the electric commuter train network centred on Liverpool. ...
Northern Rail is a train operating company that has operated local services in the north of England since 2004. ...
The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (MPTE, or Merseytravel, as it is more commonly known) is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport on Merseyside. ...
History
The City Line can trace its origins back to the dawn of the railway era, as it incorporates most of the route of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened in 1830. The City Line's Edge Hill station, opened on its present site in 1836, is the oldest working passenger railway station in the world. Other early railway companies whose lines are now part of the City Line include the Cheshire Lines Committee and the London & North Western Railway. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the worlds first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives. ...
Edge Hill railway station is a railway station in Edge Hill, a suburb of Liverpool, England. ...
The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was the second largest joint railway in Great Britain. ...
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...
These disparate local railway services were not marketed under a common name until 1972, when Merseyside PTE introduced the Merseyrail brand for services which were operated by British Rail on its behalf. The PTE applied the City Line name to local services out of Liverpool's main station at Lime Street. The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (MPTE, or Merseytravel, as it is more commonly known) is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport on Merseyside. ...
Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...
Around this time, ambitious plans were floated to electrify parts of the City Line and incorporate it into the Northern Line, via a tunnel from Edge Hill to Liverpool Central. However, these have not come to fruition as of 2006. A Northern Line train at Liverpool Central. ...
Liverpool Central station is a railway station in Liverpool, England, and forms the central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. ...
In the 1990s, as part of the Government's rail privatisation, the City Line services became part of the North Western Trains franchise (later taken over by First Group and renamed First North Western). Merseytravel continue to use the City Line name and stations retain the Merseyrail branding and familiar M logo. First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ...
First North Western was a train operating company in the United Kingdom serving North West England. ...
In 2004, the First North Western franchise was merged with that of neighbouring train company Arriva Trains Northern to create a new franchise covering the north of England. The new franchise was won by Northern Rail, owned by the Serco-NedRailways consortium (who, coincidentally, had been named as the operators of the Merseyrail Electrics franchise a year earlier). An Arriva train in North Wales Arriva is a private company which runs public transport services throughout the United Kingdom. ...
Serco Group plc is an international company with several branches. ...
// Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ...
Description The City Line differs from the Northern Line and Wirral Line in that many of the routes are shared with inter-city express services. The lines which make up the City Line are: A Wirral Line train at Liverpool Central. ...
Some City Line services continue beyond the confines of the above routes. For example, many Preston services continue to Blackpool or Lancaster, while Manchester Victoria services go on to Stalybridge. The Liverpool to Wigan Line is a railway line in the north-west of England, between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western. ...
Preston railway station in Preston, Lancashire is on the West Coast Main Line. ...
The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
Warrington Bank Quay is a mainline train station serving the U.K. town of Warrington. ...
Other lines out of Lime Street are not generally considered part of the City Line. However, sometimes the distinction is unclear. For example, Merseytravel publicity for Liverpool South Parkway referred to the Central Trains service from Liverpool to Crewe and Birmingham New Street as if it were part of the City Line. The City Line timetable booklets also show other services where they share tracks with City Line trains (for example, the Chester to Manchester services via Newton-le-Willows and Warrington Bank Quay). Liverpool South Parkway station is a railway station in Garston, Liverpool, England. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Crewe station is one of the most historic railway stations in the world. ...
The tracks approaching the station Birmingham New Street is a major railway station located in the centre of the city of Birmingham, England. ...
Newton-le-Willows railway station Newton-le-Willows railway station is a railway station in the town of Newton-le-Willows, in the borough of St Helens in the north-west of England. ...
Services Monday to Saturday daytimes, most stations are served by a train every half-hour on core sections of route. Some smaller stations are served only by one train per hour. Services are less frequent in the evenings.
Long-distance express services provided by other operators provide additional trains to some City Line stations.
On Sundays some stations are closed and a basic hourly frequency operates on all lines.
Connections Interchange with the Wirral Line is possible at Liverpool Lime Street. Passengers wishing to transfer to the Northern Line can take a Wirral line service to Liverpool Central (although given the short distance between the two stations, many prefer to walk).
City Line passengers can transfer to Northern Line services at Liverpool South Parkway or Hunts Cross, for services to Southport. Hunts Cross station is a railway station in Liverpool, England, it is at the southern end of Merseyrails northern line service. ...
A Merseyrail class 507 train at Southport station. ...
Rolling Stock There are 17 Class 142 Pacer units painted in the PTE's yellow livery for use on City Line services. However, they are not dedicated to Merseyside operations and can often be seen working on other Northern Rail services outside the Merseyside area. Conversely, 142s in other liveries can frequently be seen working Lime Street services. The station canopy windows reflecting the Refuge Assurance building Manchester Oxford Road Station is a railway station in Manchester, UK. The station is not actually in Oxford Road but slightly to the north of that thoroughfare, just off (or rather above) Oxford Street, on an elevated track between Deansgate and...
June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Class 142 at Manchester Victoria station Another view of a 142 The British Rail Class 142 is a class of pacer diesel multiple units used in the United Kingdom. ...
Some longer-distance City Line services are diagrammed for Class 150 or Class 156 Sprinter units. Class 150/2, no. ...
Class 156, no. ...
Future Merseytravel have aspirations to electrify much of the City Line with 25kV overhead. The only section of City Line route currently electrified is between Lime Street and Liverpool South Parkway (for use by Virgin and Central EMUs). However, as of 2006 no firm plans for electrification have been made.
A proposal exists to reopen the Canada Dock Branch to passenger services. This would provide a connection from Edge Hill to Northern Line services at Bootle Oriel Road. The Canada Dock Branch is a railway line in Liverpool, England, built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). ...
Bootle Oriel Road railway station is a railway station in the suburbs of Bootle, England. ...
External links - Northern Rail web site
- Merseytravel
| 
Feeds |
Contact