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Liverpool Lime Street station set for closure later this month

Over the Easter weekend from Good Friday, 18th April until Monday, 21st April there will be major disruption to train services around Merseyside because of major engineering works, with [1] Station closed completely on Easter Sunday, 20th April. In Stockport, work will take place in preparation for the rebuilding of Greek Street bridge[2], which will require diversions of some services from Saturday, 19th until Tuesday, 22nd April, or replaced by buses. On Easter Sunday, 20th April, work will take place at Salford Central[3] to make it a modernised and more accessible station.

That will require the closure of the line between Manchester Victoria and Salford Crescent, and may affect services between Bolton, Manchester Victoria, Manchester Piccadilly, Wigan, Leeds, [4] and Chester.

Service alterations for Easter Sunday, 20th April

  • No trains will run to or from Liverpool Lime Street.
  • Avanti West Coast services between Crewe and Liverpool Lime Street will be replaced by buses.
  • Transport for Wales trains between Chester and Liverpool Lime Street will terminate at Liverpool South Parkway, and passengers can complete their journey using Merseyrail trains from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Central at no extra cost. Passengers can complete their journey by using Merseyrail trains between Liverpool South Parkway and Liverpool Central at no extra cost.
  • East Midlands Railway services between Liverpool and Norwich will run to an amended timetable. Trains will run to / from Manchester Piccadilly and Nottingham / Norwich, with rail replacement buses operating between Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly.
  • Northern services between Manchester Oxford Road and Liverpool Lime Street will be replaced by a reduced service between Manchester Oxford Road and [5], with replacement bus services between Hunts Cross and Liverpool Lime Street.
  • Northern services between Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street via [6] and between Blackpool North and Liverpool Lime Street will start / terminate at Huyton, with replacement bus services between Huyton and Liverpool Lime Street.
  • [7] services between Cleethorpes and Liverpool Lime Street will run between Cleethorpes and Manchester Piccadilly, with replacement bus services between Manchester Victoria and Liverpool Lime Street.
  • TransPennine Express services between Manchester Oxford Road and Liverpool Lime Street will run between Manchester Oxford Road and Warrington Central, with replacement bus services between Warrington Central and Liverpool Lime Street.
  • London North Western Railway services between Birmingham New Street and Liverpool Lime Street will terminate at Liverpool South Parkway.

    Passengers should complete their journey using Merseyrail trains between Liverpool South Parkway and Liverpool Central.

"I understand that our work in Liverpool on Easter Sunday will inconvenience people, and I am sorry for that. The work will make services more reliable for our passengers and give the track and other infrastructure, such as overhead lines, a much-needed refresh for journeys into Lime Street station. I urge passengers to check National Rail Enquiries or with their train operator to understand exactly what their journey into Liverpool will look like on Easter Sunday.

I'd like to thank everyone for their patience as we work to deliver a better railway in the North West."

Paul Owen, Network Rail's area director for Liverpool

References

  1. ^ (www.railadvent.co.uk)
  2. ^ rebuilding of Greek Street bridge (www.railadvent.co.uk)
  3. ^ work will take place at Salford Central (www.railadvent.co.uk)
  4. ^ (www.railadvent.co.uk)
  5. ^ (www.railadvent.co.uk)
  6. ^ (www.railadvent.co.uk)
  7. ^ (www.railadvent.co.uk)

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