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Merseyside rail devolution MoU signed
UK: A memorandum of understanding has been signed for discussions which could lead to further devolution of control of the rail network in Merseyside and collaboration to deliver a ‘fully integrated’ public transport system. The MoU was signed on November 16 by Secretary of State ...
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Rail Business UK
Headbolt Lane station opens with battery train service
UK: Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby opened on October 5, with services operated by Merseyrail and Northern terminating from opposite directions. Services run by the two operators previously terminated end-on at Kirkby, where the 750 V DC third rail electrification on the Merseyrail network ends. Merseyrail’s ...
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Rail Business UK
Merseyrail’s custom-designed Class 777 EMUs enter service
UK: Rail Business UK travels on the first passenger service operated by Merseyrail’s custom-built Stadler Class 777 electric multiple-units to see a revised method of operation and hear about Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram’s plans for ‘putting the public back into public transport’.
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Rail Business UK
Strong reaction to rejection of Skelmersdale rail link plan
UK: There has been a strong local reaction to the Department for Transport’s rejection of the proposed extension of the Merseyrail network from the future Headbolt Lane station to Skelmersdale. In 2021 Lancashire County Council submitted a Strategic Outline Business Case for the project which had ...