LIVERPOOL REGENERATION AND TRANSPORT SELECT COMMITTEE
10 February 2011
Question, and suggestion, by the Select Committee to open the Outer Loop Line.
“The city districts and city suburbs of the City of Liverpool are
underprovided for by Merseyrail compared to other Merseyside areas. For
example, Birkenhead is as close or closer to Liverpool city centre
as/than Toxteth, Wavertree, Old Swan, West Derby, Knotty Ash,
Tuebrook, Stoneycroft, Norris Green, Anfield and Everton etc..
Birkenhead has many Merseyrail stations whereas the aforementioned
Liverpool city districts have none.
Will Liverpool City Council undertake to work towards re-balancing this
discrepancy by endeavouring to facilitate the following:
- In the short to medium term
- re-activation of the existing Liverpool Loop Line from Hunts
Cross on the Northern Line to Rice Lane on the Kirkby Line;
- consideration of the opening of stations on the Liverpool Loop
Line at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool Football Club and Everton
Football Club as priorities, as economic enablers of the project; and
- creation of a junction on the Liverpool Loop Line at Broadgreen to
allow additional access, using existing active railways, to Liverpool
city centre through Wavertree Technology Park and central inner
Liverpool suburbs. This would also create two city loops, increasing
flexibility of services; and
- Production of a long term strategy to provide many more Liverpool
city districts and citizens with the enormous benefits of quality
commuter/Metro rail services which are part of and integrated into the
existing extensive Merseyrail network.
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