Originally Posted by
Max
Hate the Wirral line though, takes over half an hour to West Kirby and theres no train to the south western areas of the Wirral beyond West Kirby. There Is trains from Bidston to Heswall and some of the south western Wirral areas and such but thats for to go to Wales and you'd have to get off and get another train from Bidston for that.
The Borderlands Line is mentioned in the report (the Bidston-Wrexham line as they call it). Unforunately the plans to electrify it all of it have been scrapped as they have proved to be too costly and they would likely never get all the money back. However, Merseyrail are looking at investing at trains that can switch from diesel to electric (so it would switch at Bidston), they're also looking at overhead electric lines. I think the elec/diesel option would definately be the cheapest.
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I was talking to someone who runs a website campaigning for improvments to rail in Merseyside and he said that he'd heard that there were plans for the Borderlands Line to terminate at James St platform 2 rather than go round the loop. I like the idea of bringing that platform back into full use but not seeing what would be Liverpool's only direct route to North Wales arrive at Lime St, even if it is the low level station, would be a little odd.
I really hope that they do something with this line. It's especially important for me because they were planning a station at Woodchurch which would be within walking distance for me and would save me loads of money. There's also enough space for a good Park & Ride on some pretty useless fields round the station area!
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