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Merseyrail - Network: the Loop and Link

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The nucleus of the network are the underground sections in the centre of Liverpool and under the River Mersey to Birkenhead. The Mersey Railway Tunnel was opened in 1886, terminating at James Street station in Liverpool. This route was extended to Liverpool Central in 1890. However, the present system in Liverpool dates from the 1970s, with the construction of the 'Loop' and the 'Link'. The Loop is a single track tunnel, along which Wirral Line trains run clockwise, from James Street to Moorfields, Lime Street, Central and back to James Stre ...

Merseyrail: Encyclopedia II - Merseyrail - Network: the Loop and Link

Merseyrail - Network: the Loop and Link

Merseyrail - Northern Line

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Services on the Northern Line operate from Hunts Cross in the south of Liverpool, via the Link tunnel through Liverpool Central and Moorfields, then on to Southport. Services also run from Liverpool Central to Ormskirk and Kirkby. Each route has a train every 15 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime, giving a five minute interval between trains on the central section. Connections are available at Southport (to Wigan), Hunts Cross (to Warrington Central and Manchester Piccadilly), Ormskirk (to Preston) and Kirkby (to Wigan Wallgate and Manchester Victoria).

Merseyrail - Wirral Line

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Services on the Wirral Line operate from the Loop described above, then through the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead. From there, services run either south to Hooton, where they continue to either Chester or Ellesmere Port, or west to Birkenhead North, where the line branches to New Brighton or West Kirby. Connections are available at Bidston on the West Kirby branch, for the Borderlands Line to Wrexham (operated by Arriva Trains Wales), Chester (to Holyhead and Manchester) and Ellesmere Port (to Warrington).

Monday-Saturday daytime services are every 15 minutes from Liverpool to West Kirby and to New Brighton, and every 30 minutes to Chester and Ellesmere Port. These combine to give a service every five minutes around the Loop.

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