Poll: Should Merseyrail expand to Wigan? This poll is closed. |
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Yes | 7 | 46.67% | |
No | 4 | 26.67% | |
Only as far as Skelmersdale | 4 | 26.67% | |
Total | 15 votes | 100% |
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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. I'm surprised the North Mersey Branch is still there - it sees about one train a year at the moment, and I'm fairly sure that any engineering possessions around Aintree can be accessed using the Northern Line. Regular traffic movement on the NMB ended when Fazakerley pre-cast depot / sidings closed in 1987. That section of the line was closed and is now part of the Trans-Pennine path and a new housing estate. Fazakerley Sidings is now a nature walk, although it's fun looking for clues as to its' former occupation - BR didn't do a complete hatchet job. Ironically, at the exact point where the NMB once joined the Liverpool-Kirkby-Wigan line, it's now where the route becomes single-tracked towards Kirkby. The Beatles, Fountains Of Wayne, XTC, The Who, ELO [font=Impact][/font]
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