Liverpool Lime Street

New Liverpool-Manchester railway line proposed

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Alex Bestwick

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14th May 2025

A new railway line between Liverpool and Manchester that would “punch well above its weight” has been proposed by regional leaders.
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Tornado’s 2020 tour diary takes shape

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Sam Hewitt

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7th January 2020

PEPPERCORN ‘A1’ Pacific No. 60163 Tornado looks set to have another busy year on the national network in 2020 as more dates are added to the locomotive’s main line calendar. The first confirmed booking is the ‘Fen & Fells Flyer’ on April 4, which starts diesel-hauled in Cambridge, running via Ely, March and Peterborough, and down…
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NR devolves signalling and track projects to regions

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Sam Hewitt

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6th January 2020

Network Rail’s new geographic regions are now accountable for the delivery of all capital projects within their borders, including track and signalling. Introduced on November 11, this second phase of NR’s devolution process sees more teams transfer to the regions, to NR’s new Network Services division as well to the Route Services and the chief…
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Hitachi Class 802 enters service with TransPennine Express

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Sam Hewitt

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12th November 2019

By Tony Miles THE first of 19 five-car Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode trains entered passenger service with TransPennine Express on September 28. They had received clearance from ORR late the previous evening. Set 802201 operated the 06.03 Newcastle-Liverpool Lime Street and 09.25 return as a one-off working ahead of regular service introduction later in October. …
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Liverpool signalling upgrade next month

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Sam Hewitt

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30th October 2019

LIME Street and Edge Hill stations in Liverpool will be closed on November 2-3 as Network Rail undertakes a multi-million pound signalling upgrade at Edge Hill. The work will include commissioning of new signals and the transfer of control from local signalboxes to Manchester Railway Operating Centre (ROC), as part of the £340million Liverpool City…
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Practice & Performance: Working at Wortley – 1952

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Sam Hewitt

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9th October 2019

Wortley Junction, west of Leeds, was a busy part of the network and had a complex layout. In an unorthodox Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT recalls how the ’box was operated, as well as timings of workings on that route. DUSK used to fall early on February afternoons in the northern industrial cities of…
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TransPennine ‘Nova 3’ enters passenger service after extensive testing

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Sam Hewitt

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6th September 2019

A TRANSPENNINE Express ‘Nova 3’ train finally entered passenger service on August 24 after extensive testing and a start to driver and crew training. Each ‘Nova 3’ set comprises of five CAF Mk5a coaches powered by Class 68 locomotives, and have been working regular test runs across the Pennines in the lead up to the…
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