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Originally Posted by Silver Fox Phil
Just what the doctor ordered! Liverpool needs this, and as its been said, the massive opportunities should not be missed. A chance of a lifetime and many problems solved for moving vast amounts of people. Not just for the forseable future but long term as well. Bring it on! and hope they get it right.
Good luck
Cheers
Phil
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Phil, it does solve many problems at one swoop, just by opening a mothballed line and telling the two clubs to locate to it. Everyone then wins. As you say in the long term the line can smoothly run onto the airport.
Many say is it feasible? The viability to open lines to passengers is that the two large football clubs can attract approximately
four million passenger trips per year for football traffic alone. Usage by the community 365 days per year and further events at the stadia will further increase passenger trips probably by twice as much. So, 7 to 8 million using a line is figures that demand the DfT to look hard and cough up. Everton FC, Liverpool FC and other parties can be enablers. Sainbury's could contribute and have a station in their car park at Knotty Ash. Liverpool Lime Street caters for 10 million per ann. to get it into perspective. This is eye opening stuff not fantasy land.
The nuisance value of stadia is vastly reduced moving most fans by rapid transit. Pollution is vastly reduced with millions of vehicle journey's taken off the roads over a year. Collectively over a year the CO2 reduction is highly significant if rapid-transit served Everton FC, Liverpool FC, the Kings Dock Arena for events and Greater Liverpool as a whole on a 365 basis.
Countless thousands of out of town people visit Liverpool FC, Everton FC and the Kings Dock Arena for events each year - political party conferences are held there. Many of them foreign. Having top-class transport to major venues does impress outsiders. The UK has to put its best foot forward.
Phil, you are right, it is a chance in a lifetime and should not be missed. The UK should show the way in how to bring back into use redundant lines to great benefit. Other cities I am sure can do something similar.