2nd visit to Liverpool Lime Street which is the terminus of the West Coast Main Line's Liverpool Branch, Chat Moss Line, City Line and Merseyrail's Wirral Line.
Featuring services from Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway, Northern, Transport For Wales, Transpennine Express and Merseyrail
Liverpool Lime Street first opened on August 15th 1836 although it wasn't construction wasn't finished until the following year
The former terminus was at Liverpool Crown Street which opened by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in September 1830 however it only last just under 6 years because it was too far out of Liverpool and was converted into a goods yard which would last until it closed in 1972.
Liverpool Lime Street opened which proved popular at the time of opening it would expand several times first rebuilt between 1846 and 1849 by Edward Woods.
Other expansions that have followed over the years include one in 1857, another in 1879 when a second parallel shed was added.
In 1955 the station was modernised although it wasn't until 1962 when electric trains from the West Coast Main Line began running although it wasn't until 1966 when the first intercity train ran directly between Liverpool and London Euston
Electric trains began operating on the Liverpool to Manchester Line via Newton-le-Willows in March 2015 when the line along with the city line to Wigan North Western via St Helens Central was electrified.
On February 28th 2017 a landslide occurred inside the Edge Hill Tunnel which forced all the lines into Liverpool Lime Street to close whilst over 200 tonnes of debris was cleared and overhead lines had to be repaired and wasn’t reopened until March 8th.
The station was completely remodelled between September 2017 and June 2018 which also enabled replacing signalling equipment dating back to the 1940s which also enable retail outlets to be accommodated into the station.
New platforms were also added with 10 Platforms in operation now on the mainline platforms although whats surprising is Platforms 1-5 are gated whilst Platforms 6-10 are easily accessible without gates.
Avanti West Coast services are hourly to and from London Euston which are provided by Class 390 Pendolinos although in the coming months there will be Ten 7 car Class 807 Everos built by Hitachi at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham will enter service sharing duties with the Class 390s for services to Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham New Street as well as Blackpool North.
Northern services with electric services provided by Class 331s and recently joined Class 323s being maintained at West Allerton whilst the replaced the Class 319s which were withdrawn in January 2024 which operate services to Wigan North Western and Blackpool North via St Helens Central
Class 150s, Class 156s and Class 195s operate the diesel services to Manchester Oxford Road and Warrington Central respectively.
Transpennine Express services provided by Class 185s and Class 802 Novas with services to Cleethorpes via Warrington Central and Newcastle via Manchester Victoria and Leeds respectively with Class 397s only 2 trains a day direct to and from Glasgow Central
East Midlands Railway services are operated mostly by Class 158s and recently Class 170 Turbostars to and from Norwich.
London Northwestern Railway runs an hourly service to and from Birmingham New Street served by Class 350s which at peak times is increased to half hourly.
Transport For Wales operates hourly to Chester via Runcorn now provided by Class 197s built by CAF in Newport
Below ground is full of activity served by Merseyrail's Wirral Line via the Liverpool Loop which opened in 1977 which surprisingly there is only one platform with services averaging every 5 minutes to West Kirby, New Brighton, Ellesmere Port and Chester.
Stadler Class 777s first introduced in January 2023 which are maintained at Kirkdale TMD at the time of filming have all but taken over Wirral Line services from the Class 508s which were withdrawn in Late 2023 whilst the Class 507s were still operating in their final weeks of operation.
Music used:
JJD - Adventure
Music provided by NCS
Video link:
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Filmed on Thursday May 16th 2024 on iPhone 15 Pro and edited on iMovie
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11 июл 2024
