You have to look at the plan for the city and where the city is expending/growing. In an ideal world the transport will follow the districts and cater for the population and give rapid access to anywhere.
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But!!! There is disused rail infrastructure in abundance in Liverpool, and much of it runs through where districts are and are to expand. So not much of a problem there relating to disused infrastructure and the districts served - I am not going into new tram lines and the likes only disused infrastructure.
Then it is a matter of merging the disused infrastructure to Merseyrail in the areas that matter most to the city's expansion and regeneration - it must add value. In short the centre and immediate inner city districts are priority - bringing in outer loops before this add little value to the city as a whole.
Then there is the transport policy as whole. No use implementing a rail line and station if new fast roads are to be run through districts - people will not give up their cars unless near forced as is happening in London. The emphasis should be on rail, not cars - unfortunately cars still is far too great a priority. The centre must be congestion charged, predestrianised, the Dock Rd eliminated running through the centres (an urban motorway splitting the dock waterways from the city).
A coherent case then has to be submitted taking all this into account. The case for re-using the tunnels is quite easy though.
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