MERSEYRAIL: LINK AND LOOP IN OPERATION

Brief details are given of the new Merseyrail link and loop underground railway system. British Rail's proposals envisaged the extension of the Mersey/Wirral lines in a loop under Liverpool city centre and the southerly extension of the existing Southport/Ormskirk lines under the city to link exchange and central stations. The effect of these two relatively simple underground lines would be to knit a number of unrelated radial routes together to form a basic integrated rapid-transit system with much improved interchange facilities. The loop and link lines are being brought into full use in stages during 1977. To achieve the north-south link the lines from Southport/Ormskirk have been diverted north of the exchange terminal into a new double track tunnel, through a station at Moorfields, providing an interchange with the loop, to continue into central low level station. Future plans for further extensions to the system are described. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ian Allan Limited

  Terminal House
  Shepperton, Middlesex  England  TW17 8AS
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 213-214
• Serial:
  • MODERN RAILWAYS
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 245
  • Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, Limited
  • ISSN: 0026-8356

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Intermodal terminals; Networks; Public transit; Rapid transit; Subways; Transfer points; Transportation planning; Tunnels; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Geographic Terms: Liverpool (England); United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1041: Depot (transp); 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163877
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1981 12:00AM