Liverpool to Manchester Lines
The railway line from Liverpool to Earlestown - Manchester is one of the two rail links between the English cities of Liverpool and Manchester. Although she was a main route of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first railway line with a regulated schedule, she has running in importance in favor of the south, via Warrington, lost track. The track is located in the property of Network Rail, the operational mode is for the Northern Rail and on individual sections and the Arriva Trains Wales; Moreover, it is used for operating and evasive driving by other companies.
- 2.1 Northern Rail
- 2.2 Arriva Trains Wales
- 2.3 Other compounds
- 3.1 electrification
History
From Crown Street to Liverpool Road
The line was opened in 1830 by George Stephenson's Liverpool and Manchester Railway. She was the first railway in Europe with a regulated schedule and the Rocket excited as the fastest steam locomotive in the world beyond the country's borders for attention. In addition, it was expanded to double track right from the start. She led by the former Liverpool Road station in Manchester on today's route via Earlestown on Crown Street railway station in Liverpool. This terminus was, however, far outside the city center, which is why from 1832 by the station Edge Hill to Lime Street Central Station in existence today, a tunnel was built.
From Lime Street to Victoria
1836 the tunnel was completed, opened Lime Street and decommissioned the Crown Street Station. Also, the Edge Hill railway station was moved to a few meters. Since the tunnel had a beträchtlichte negative slope conditions Lime Street, the locomotives were uncoupled in Edge Hill and rolled down the car to Lime Street. In the opposite direction they were pulled by a rope in the air.
In 1842 started the construction of a short line segment joining the ( now-defunct ) Salforder LMR- stop Orsdall Lane to Victoria Station Manchester and Leeds Railway, which was completed in 1844. In 1837 the line was opened between Birmingham Curzon Street, Earlestown train station, which made it possible to run trains from Liverpool Road from as far as Birmingham or even London Euston. On 4 May 1844, Liverpool Road station was closed to passenger traffic and the trains were all led to Victoria. A railway station on the Liverpool Road was closed until 1975. The station building has been preserved yet fully Today, the station is part of the Museum of Science and Industry.
1837 branch of the Grand Junction Railway from Earlestown to Birmingham was expanded into a reversing triangle so that the Earlestown station has six platforms on all sides of the triangle to allow trains to all directions of travel on him.
1845 went to the LMR in the Grand Junction Railway, and again a year later she was part of the London and North Western Railway.
Manchester Exchange
Built in 1884 the LNWR in Manchester Exchange Street Station just south of Victoria Station. So Manchester received a fourth Hauptbahnhof addition to its already existing stations Central, Piccadilly and Victoria. This construction allowed the LNWR to leave the congested Victoria Station, she had forty years shared with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and operate a railway station in Manchester. The fünfgleisige station was a mixture of head and transit station, so that the LNWR could be retract also trains from East Anglia. The Great Western Railway for operation at times direct trains to London Euston. So the trains from Liverpool went into the station new Exchange. 1929, the platform edge of the track 3 was connected with that of the platform 11 at Victoria Station making it the longest 683 meters long platform created Europe. On him three trains could be dispatched at the same time.
The disused station building in the years 1942 to 1956 discontinued between Eccles and Manchester stations Weaste, Seedley and Cross Lane had all give way to the construction of the M602 motorway.
In 1988, with the Windsor link a new link between Salford Central railway stations and Manchester Deansgate in operation. It enabled a faster route of the trains from the north of England and Scotland to Manchester, which have been using the WCML to Newton -le- Willos and then the LMR- route to Manchester, and then driving into Victoria Station. The new compound, these trains were both those of the regional as well as those of the long-distance transport newly led to Piccadilly, which on the one hand led to a boom for stations Deansgate, Oxford Road and Piccadilly, but also to a massive loss of significance for Victoria and this Station fell into oblivion. In preparation for the 2002 Commonwealth Games was indeed refurbished Piccadilly, Victoria but lies ignored, leading to the displeasure of the greater citizenry .. However, the extension of the Manchester Metrolink and plans for remediation can slow down the shrinking importance for Victoria. In the future, the regional trains from the north of England are increasingly Victoria starting again rather than the chronically congested Piccadilly Station.
Traffic
The present importance of the route has been greatly reduced, it is only operated as a regional transport line. The function as main track has it lost to the more southerly route, which saves time with, despite a greater length. The surgical operation is carried out by two companies:
Northern Rail
The Northern Rail operates several pairs of trains as the largest user of the route. Runs hourly accelerated train - which roughly corresponds to a Regional Express - the relation Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Piccadilly with a stop in Wavertree Technology Park, St Helens Junction, Newton -le- Willows and Manchester Oxford Road. This train is extended out to the airport about Piccadilly Manchester. In addition, also hourly, a regional train between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Victoria with stops at all stations, which is bound after a brief stay in Victoria on Ashton -under- Lyne by Stalybridge. Also operates the Northern Rail still trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Warrington Bank Quay, which use up Earlestown the route to Manchester, and then branch off to the West Coast Main Line.
Northern Rail used for the line from Liverpool to Manchester Earlestown - rolling of the genera 142, 150 or 156
Arriva Trains Wales
Arriva Trains Wales uses the section Piccadilly Earlestown hourly for the relations Manchester Llandudno and Manchester - Chester. These trains are usually carried out with rolling stock of the genus 175, and occasionally trains arrive the genus 160 for use.
Other compounds
The line about Earlestown is used by East Midlands Trains and First TransPennineExpress for empty and transfer trips and as an alternate route when the main route is blocked via Warrington.
Future
Electrification
The British Department for Transport made in June 2009 announced that the route with a 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead line is to be electrified by 2013 .. The cost point is around 100 million pounds .. The journey time will be reduced from 45 minutes to 30 minutes and the importance of rail traffic should be strengthened to reduce the burden on the southern connection. The Northern Rail would acquire for the purpose by the Thameslink British Rail Class 319 trains occasionsmäßig, rehabilitate and place on the track. The First TransPennineExpress would their trains the relation Manchester Airport Glasgow -Edinburgh no longer be performed with diesel-powered trains over Bolton and Preston, but with electric railcar on the route Liverpool to the junction Golborne Junction, where they then on the West Coast Main Line would swivel.