Future of the Rail Network in the North

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RE: Future of the Rail Network in the North

(19/06/2016 14:25)T42 PVM Wrote:  Just been watching THIS VIDEO Where the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority have talked about the plans for the Railway over the next few years, Here are the main points:

• St Helens to get direct Trains to Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh
• St Helens to get more local Services (Sadly it does not say exactly what Services this will be)
• Huyton, Newton-Le-Willows and Warrington Will get more Trains to Manchester Airport
• Southport to get direct Train to Braford and Leeds
• Liverpool to get more express Services to Manchester
• Runcorn East to get a direct Service to Leeds (From the Heslby - Ellesmere Port Line?)
• Liverpool City Centre to get a new Railway Station (No mention of the location)
  

Some of these have never been mentioned before and no start date was mentioned but with how it was worded these plans will happen.

Lime street is supposed be a footprint for the new station so it could just mean a revamp or something. Adding to that I read recently that there was supposed to be new facilities on a new first floor in Lime street station. What these facilities are I don't exactly know. There was talk somewhere maybe on here that the ticket office was being moved and new ticket machine checker things. I'm just watching the link now and any more info will go on this post.