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Northern line (Merseyrail)

Coordinates:53°24′16″N2°58′47″W / 53.4045°N 2.9798°W /53.4045; -2.9798
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Line part of the Merseyrail network
For other uses, seeNorthern line (disambiguation).

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Northern line
A yellow "M" over a grey circle.The words "Northern Line" in white over a green background.
A Northern line batteryClass 777 atHeadbolt Lane
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerNetwork Rail
LocaleLiverpool
North West England
Termini
Stations39
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemNational Rail
Operator(s)Merseyrail[1]
Depot(s)Kirkdale TMD
Rolling stockClass 777
Technical
Number of tracksTwo
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail[2]
Operating speed60 mph (97 km/h) maximum[3][4]
Route map

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Northern line
Southport
Ormskirk
(divided platform)
Aughton Park
Birkdale
Town Green
Hillside
Ainsdale
Maghull North
Freshfield
Maghull
Formby
Hightown
Hall Road
Old Roan
Blundellsands & Crosby
Aintree
Waterloo
Orrell Park
Seaforth & Litherland
Bootle New Strand
Headbolt Lane
(divided platform)
Bootle Oriel Road
Kirkby
Bank Hall
Fazakerley
Walton
Rice Lane
Kirkdale
Sandhills
Moorfields
Stock transfer line
viaJames Street
Liverpool Lime Street
Liverpool Central
Liverpool Baltic(proposed)
Brunswick
St Michaels
Aigburth
Cressington
Garston(closed)
Liverpool
South Parkway
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Hunts Cross

TheNorthern line is one of twocommuter rail routes operated byMerseyrail and centred onMerseyside, England,[5] the other being theWirral line. Thecross-city route runs fromHunts Cross in southLiverpool then (by way of an underground section through Liverpool's city centre) branches in the north to terminate atSouthport,Headbolt Lane (bothMerseyside) andOrmskirk (Lancashire).

Passenger interchange to the Wirral line is available atMoorfields andLiverpool Central, and to the separately-ownedCity line atHunts Cross andLiverpool South Parkway. Liverpool South Parkway also allows interchange with regional and long-distance services, while connections to services operated byNorthern Trains are possible at Headbolt Lane, Ormskirk and Southport.

Description

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The line runs fromHunts Cross in the south of Liverpool towardsLiverpool Central.Brunswick station betweenSt Michaels and Liverpool Central was added in 1998 to provide a connection to the Brunswick Business Park. In the tunnel just south of Liverpool Central, the line drops into a 1970s tunnel to a lower level into the undergroundMersey Railway Liverpool Central (Low Level) station. North of Central the line uses the Mersey Railway tunnel for about half of the route toMoorfields, an underground station built in the 1970s to replace the surface-levelLiverpool Exchange. North of Moorfields, the route emerges from the tunnel to join theLancashire and Yorkshire Railway lines from the former Exchange station.

AfterSandhills, the formerLiverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway branches off towardsSouthport, while the other routes continue toKirkdale on what was a joint section of track betweenLiverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway and theLiverpool and Bury Railway. After Kirkdale, theOrmskirk andHeadbolt Lane lines diverge.

Generally, trains from Hunts Cross continue to Southport, while trains to Ormskirk and Headbolt Lane start at Liverpool Central. Daytime trains operate every 15 minutes on each of the three routes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 30 minutes evenings and Sundays. Until 2017, summer Sunday frequencies on the Southport route were increased to every 15 minutes. There are no peak hour frequency increases but trains on the Southport and Ormskirk routes are increased to six carriages, as are weekend services during the summer on the Southport route.[6]

Special timetables are implemented for major events such as theGrand National meeting atAintree and golf tournaments atBirkdale. These involve changing services on all branches and the closure of stations in anticipation of overcrowding risks.[7]

Passenger volume

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Passengers from the year beginning April 2002 to the year beginning April 2022.

Station usage
Station name2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–24
Southport branch
Southport1,080,7671,549,5761,582,1151,669,0561,681,4443,094,5762,949,6562,886,4482,675,3042,496,3843,980,1764,129,3404,147,0644,240,3724,140,1524,271,7924,710,5601,266,7123,094,3963,339,582
Birkdale164,753251,641256,424270,277289,106820,240783,066770,104734,950702,168915,232954,774999,7581,035,0001,051,2521,257,8341,361,614337,370851,710974,514
Hillside125,031158,618178,252177,678180,744688,812579,460590,254579,538551,928552,272542,006521,616535,374638,996685,694761,684187,474474,834507,842
Ainsdale210,317289,260322,911328,423345,791998,438955,328972,616960,772899,420956,960983,8581,004,5541,023,510928,0281,016,2421,127,850321,382768,028920,626
Freshfield169,370249,567266,415277,933283,772827,718798,444795,312760,336715,288740,700771,648777,812773,750721,168712,078773,250205,926484,074498,888
Formby279,822424,875482,312525,841553,5461,668,1281,576,9741,595,8901,513,5441,401,5841,282,7161,311,9181,385,2281,492,2021,476,4621,516,3401,547,950418,070995,9641,062,658
Hightown84,188117,664133,241141,686150,991439,588409,956416,844408,562381,300312,412316,878314,282308,872311,404353,172394,40698,624248,152266,572
Hall Road50,37769,25176,15888,35591,686288,584270,198269,744256,008240,056247,266259,738259,346263,248266,608460,036537,534131,668312,314331,508
Blundellsands and Crosby296,685457,346518,823561,676599,0711,839,9201,717,9621,735,8821,643,4721,532,1701,324,3281,369,6501,411,1401,470,2121,437,2021,667,9501,829,110482,1541,196,6181,365,008
Waterloo433,285601,447660,922669,416720,5221,136,8721,022,4161,014,942955,878856,5881,476,6041,510,5961,536,2441,578,0181,551,6541,683,9541,932,646553,0121,237,7841,324,016
Seaforth and Litherland176,145300,292335,884337,209362,341832,894766,468789,156761,342684,324731,628750,192759,314764,674790,704871,6701,019,398351,030715,640880,034
Bootle New Strand345,451415,685404,558348,458405,802977,696909,922931,806911,870842,682952,994974,574976,556982,592966,0821,026,3001,221,302398,572789,718747,492
Bootle Oriel Road57,791155,295203,956249,030209,041523,944511,614521,576511,164475,814598,050617,332642,868637,608649,772787,114842,670224,108503,766584,074
Bank Hall51,47771,05274,62462,69285,014197,086171,010172,426174,680160,480160,876159,438164,114168,450172,016257,006317,53893,466184,840211,188
Ormskirk branch
Ormskirk726,015693,376716,362733,381770,6211,026,546998,858878,782715,490727,6202,058,6042,096,3282,163,3742,263,2042,006,9362,255,7222,409,296549,4101,664,3701,820,516
Aughton Park95,06086,41383,01289,20085,699124,736109,59296,22478,53078,136179,740183,340187,670200,604180,544204,282218,49637,232112,192139,550
Town Green188,160183,233203,324202,425206,180259,972239,100193,200149,408141,760337,112346,602365,836384,974338,544395,678435,124101,734290,144360,580
Maghull394,191431,945502,020610,318696,7912,144,0461,999,4361,956,9361,863,0981,745,4541,765,7561,821,4921,812,5341,865,3481,870,0861,639,6681,789,936463,1001,106,2041,164,994
Old Roan177,332260,871284,901305,589337,166918,262861,176863,568815,704748,070864,554896,562903,968921,306930,8121,006,7061,185,406320,184787,518847,726
Aintree284,514388,230376,908412,132473,1431,251,4041,173,2761,197,2581,147,2961,078,7041,141,5321,084,3481,059,6021,048,6141,093,6561,175,9201,295,348301,632725,908841,662
Orrell Park369,037452,889473,979469,256491,9481,257,7461,170,6761,192,1401,186,2101,088,6221,031,1321,040,3581,032,5221,057,4161,035,2181,124,4461,313,788355,900813,2621,052,986
Walton65,15593,261110,471113,214113,131179,148162,612164,478159,384141,182269,260272,784271,828261,742248,896450,148571,226151,334334,012418,168
Kirkdale299,396410,808452,155441,525479,3421,179,3461,085,4181,099,0181,084,206992,908854,320866,218869,870893,198884,3021,067,5621,272,022365,524850,8921,033,786
Kirkby branch
Kirkby350,098516,007560,285639,337739,5902,191,4762,050,5902,006,4861,891,9821,750,2702,357,8142,408,8102,356,1702,428,3402,427,7782,488,9162,909,204877,8841,899,7722,060,974
Fazakerley215,019300,552329,306318,664330,843889,816832,474864,108861,054789,6981,061,9301,088,2021,088,8081,108,9621,135,9881,250,3201,465,622413,542920,166899,436
Rice Lane64,677102,525116,590118,113133,723330,818307,116323,310289,968281,026297,262314,362315,126325,322324,336580,620723,792209,562416,686503,810
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Bank Hall\Kirkdale to Hunts Cross
Sandhills178,991272,009314,309306,134207,944390,346446,210495,458501,448471,8041,250,0861,324,0681,321,0201,323,1741,325,8921,088,1321,298,784341,714815,288778,764
Moorfields339,533309,014383,8151,577,5402,141,3985,141,6554,445,9844,637,3566,363,4346,049,4916,541,2356,832,5856,996,3477,173,5677,365,9186,534,0167,361,4201,613,1124,807,8825,100,886
Liverpool Central1,086,536982,4981,293,7907,169,6188,856,57019,635,81418,413,98217,958,02814,224,14713,522,39114,621,58515,272,83715,638,89416,035,03116,464,99314,605,44616,454,9403,605,78010,747,03011,401,980
Brunswick224,476352,854407,134410,813442,7111,061,698979,312963,2521,007,874908,670829,356871,856929,9581,037,1861,032,1921,128,1621,273,262311,496696,788782,698
St Michaels195,408289,183365,547360,976378,944562,860506,288469,570466,728387,532873,112936,740977,5101,006,3941,010,8201,128,7081,308,664349,670785,816950,870
Aigburth146,283179,458241,063246,583265,442761,362696,992681,774702,378614,374686,496746,784833,452812,582743,410864,238974,200203,034483,488567,018
Cressington74,789120,034152,383164,734170,409456,042424,174421,076427,480386,376463,148477,112476,636490,986517,108636,070750,210181,814432,612484,174
Garston141,022190,778222,24742,886ClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedClosed
Liverpool South Parkway———288,845419,681568,822581,898641,662733,698740,4141,785,4441,803,3081,893,9581,983,7262,247,2902,745,5882,663,414573,5721,460,0561,812,630
Hunts Cross277,961326,258443,837464,367503,4261,269,7101,190,9341,172,1501,160,7381,062,7981,289,5901,364,5021,410,3661,450,2681,446,1381,452,7521,827,454530,9661,155,5801,307,550
The annual passenger usage is based on sales of tickets in stated financial years fromOffice of Rail and Road estimates of station usage. The statistics are for passengers arriving and departing from each station and cover twelve-month periods that start in April. Methodology may vary year on year. Usage since the period 2019–20 have been affected by theCOVID-19 pandemic, especially the period 2020–23.

Service pattern

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There are a total of 12 trains per hour (tph) running on the central section between Sandhills and Liverpool Central. The service pattern is:[8](Not all stops listed; trains call at every station on their route.)

Northern line
Routetph
Mon.–Sat.Sun.
Southport–Formby–Sandhills–Liverpool Central–Liverpool South Parkway–Hunts Cross42
Ormskirk–Sandhills–Liverpool Central42
Headbolt Lane–Sandhills–Liverpool Central42

History

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1909 map showing former lines

The Northern line was introduced in 1977.

In 2006,Garston station was replaced byLiverpool South Parkway station.

Electrification

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The line iselectrified using750 V DC third rail, identical to the third rail system present in southern England.

  • Liverpool Exchange to Southport,Crossens andMeols Cop was the first section to be electrified, in 1904.
  • The branch toAintree, on the Ormskirk branch, followed in 1906, extended to Ormskirk in 1913.
  • The Headbolt Lane branch and the line south toGarston were electrified to create a north–south line through the Link Tunnel in 1978.
  • Electrification was cut back to Southport in the north in 1964 as part of the Southport-Preston line closure, stations closing which previously had had electric services were St Lukes, Hesketh Park, Churchtown, and Crossens, electric services also ceased to Meols Cop station although the conductor rail remained until 1970 to serve the large depot at Meols Cop, and this station continues to serve trains on the Southport to Wigan/Manchester line.[9]
  • Garston to Hunts Cross was electrified in 1983.

Connections

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Merseyrail service map, with the Northern line in blue

Interchange with theWirral line is available atLiverpool Central andMoorfields. As the Northern line does not pass throughLiverpool Lime Street, passengers from other rail networks must use the Wirral line as a connection. As there is only a direct escalator down to the Wirral line towards Birkenhead at Liverpool Central and given the short distance between Central and Lime Street most passengers prefer to walk rather than use the several escalators necessary to travel between the two stations.

Liverpool city centre stations have lifts for wheelchairs buggies and heavy luggage but they are small.

Interchange with other National Rail services can be made at Southport, Ormskirk, Headbolt Lane, Liverpool South Parkway and Hunts Cross.

Liverpool South Parkway opened on 11 June 2006, replacing Garston and providing connections to the City line formerly available atAllerton.

Future

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Plans to re-openSt James station have been proposed. Merseytravel agreed to work with Liverpool Vision in March 2014 to investigate the cost of re-opening the station and its projected usage.[10] Merseytravel listed the re-opening of St James station as a 'top rail project' on a Rail Development and Delivery Committee report in 2016. The plans were confirmed with the station to be namedLiverpool Baltic, construction is planned to begin in 2025.[11][12]

As part of Lancashire County Council's plans to build anew railway station inSkelmersdale, they proposed an extension to the Northern line that would change the terminus of the Kirkby branch of the line from Kirkby (now Headbolt Lane) to Skelmersdale. The proposals could see Merseyrail services also passing throughRainford railway station. By September 2017, Merseytravel and Lancashire County Council had committed £5 million of funding to the scheme. Merseytravel believe the scheme could cost around £300 million to develop and could be ready in a decade.[13]

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Long Term Rail Strategy document of October 2017, page 37, states a review in 2020 to introduce new Merseyrail battery trains will be undertaken, in view to put Preston onto the Merseyrail network by extending the Merseyrail Northern line from Ormskirk toPreston. The aim is to have Preston one of the terminals of the Northern line. The document states, "The potential use of battery powered Merseyrail units may improve the business case".[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Merseyrail - About Merseyrail". Merseyrail. Archived fromthe original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved30 May 2011.
  2. ^"04 - Current Capability"(PDF). Network Rail. 1 August 2008. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 18 January 2016. Retrieved30 May 2011.
  3. ^"Merseyside Route Utilisation Strategy"(PDF). Network Rail. 25 March 2009. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 7 April 2009. Retrieved4 August 2010.
  4. ^"Network Capability – Baseline Declaration : (1) Line-speeds : (2) London North Western Route (North)"(PDF).Network Rail. 31 March 2009. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 18 January 2016. Retrieved4 August 2010.
  5. ^Merseyrail - A brief History(PDF), merseytravel.gov.uk, archived fromthe original(PDF) on 28 September 2006, retrieved4 January 2009
  6. ^"6 and 4 Car Service Information".www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved15 October 2023.
  7. ^Thorp, Liam (18 March 2019)."Merseyrail releases timetables for Grand National Festival weekend".Liverpool Echo. Retrieved15 October 2023.
  8. ^"Merseyrail Northern Line Timetable"(PDF).merseyrail.org. 22 July 2021.
  9. ^"Disused Stations: Meols Cop Triangle & Electric Car Sheds".
  10. ^Thomas, JoeJoe (21 January 2015)."Merseytravel plan St James station re-opening study in next financial year".liverpoolecho. Retrieved20 September 2017.
  11. ^"Merseytravel Committee Rail Development and Delivery"(PDF).Merseytravel. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved7 September 2017.
  12. ^"New Liverpool Baltic station £96m funding set for approval".BBC News. 13 September 2024. Retrieved17 November 2024.
  13. ^Houghton, Alistair (18 September 2017)."Skelmersdale rail link moves step closer as £5m funding revealed".Liverpool Echo. Retrieved21 September 2017.
  14. ^"Archived copy"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved3 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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