The map below
- The red is the proposed recommissioned Outer-Loop line - still with trackbed and bridges intact. This brings on-line: Walton Hall Park, Norris Green, Clubmoor, West Derby, Knotty Ash, Broad Green, Childwall, Gateacre, Woolton & Halewood - eventually. The catchment area of the line is substantial.
- The red star at the top at the end of the red line is Kirkdale station.
- The red star at the bottom of the red line is Hunts X station.
- The red/blue line is the Kirkdale-Rice Lane tunnel.
- The red/blue star at the top is Walton Hall Park where an Everton FC or a shared stadium could be built with a high throughput station. Trains leave the stadium both ways.
- The green dotted line is the existing Northern line that creates a full city loop with the Outer-Loop - trains can just go around the loop, as they partially do on the Wirral Line. Or just around the loop on matchdays to shift fans.
- The pink lines are existing Northern Lines to: Southport, Ormskirk and Kirkby.
- The light blue line is Edge Hill to the west and where it meets the red line is Broad Green. This could be made into a junction, as was planned to be so in the 1970's. That means the north and southern sections of the Outer-Loop can be two separate loops and will run right into Edge Hill junction and onto Lime St, or into Central if the Wapping tunnel is branched into Central. Or down the Waterloo tunnel and onto the Northern
Line at Waterloo Dock. All in the future, but would make the loop quickly accessible to the city centre. - The light blue star at the bottom is Liverpool South Parkway station with connections to London and Manchester and beyond.
- The rails already bought for collapsed Merseytram scheme are stored in Hull and can be used for the loop offsetting some costs.
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The setup covers much of what trams were to cover and shifts people fast with connections all over Merseyside. If a shared stadium, then Walton Hall Park is the ideal choice as the fans can be shifted in and out very fast and en-mass. It is cheap to implement as well. It is cheap to implement as most is actually in place. This gives a big bang-for-buck.
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