Liverpool Lime Street railway station: Difference between revisions

Proposals to upgrade the [[Halton Curve]] have been considered by, among others, [[Merseytravel]] and the North Cheshire Rail User's Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncrug.chrisellams.co.uk/page3.html|title=Halton Curve Campaign|publisher=North Cheshire Rail Users' Group|accessdate=6 August 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809132640/http://www.ncrug.chrisellams.co.uk/page3.html|archivedate=9 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> This would provide a second rail route between Liverpool and Chester, and would permit the introduction of new direct services from Liverpool to Wrexham, Llandudno and other parts of [[North Wales]]. In 2014, [[George Osborne]], the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], announced that £10.4m of funding had been found for the Curve to reopen. In May 2015, Merseytravel published the business case for the reopening of the curve and forecast one train per hour running along the curve from Liverpool Lime Street, initially to Chester but with the potential for running to Wrexham. This would give residents in Chester/Wrexham a direct train to Liverpool Airport and the service could be running by 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/local-transport-delivery/Documents/Halton%20Curve%20OBC%20-%20Final%20Version%20May%202015%20-%20Redacted%20-%20For%20posting.pdf|title=Halton Curve Outline Business Case|work=Merseytravel|date=May 2015|accessdate=29 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/halton-curve-rail-line-could-9648769|first=Frances|last=Barrett|title=Halton Curve rail line could be back in business in 2018|work=The Chester Chronicle|date=13 July 2015|accessdate=29 October 2015}}</ref>