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Wirral Transport User 7:18 COMMENT AND NEWS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE AREA ISSUE 1/2018 Wirral Transport User WIRRAL TRANSPORT USERS ASSOCIATION MERSEYRAIL New Trains for Bidston - EXTENDS GRADUALLY MAGHULL NORTH a Wrexham Line new station on the Northern Line Ormskirk Branch opened in the middle of June (see page 4). On our own Wirral Line we would like to see an early reconstruction of Ledsham Station on the line to Chester. Many houses have and are being constructed in the area. A large population is and would be within walking distance. The current temporary more relaxed, more reliable timetable would allow for stops to be made. When the new Swiss Staedler trains are All Class 230 images courtesy Vivarail running, which are faster than the current 40 year old rolling stock would allow it. Last year it was new trains for for just 5 trains when Bidston - Merseyrail Electrics from Staedler Wrexham frequency is also We also need urgent in Switzerland due for delivery eventually to be doubled to twice extensions to Skelmersdale, starting next year. This year it is hourly. for example, which has been highlighted on the radio as new 3 car hybrid trains for the See inside this Newsletter for having one of the worst Borderlands Line from Bidston to fuller details. Wrexham from VivaRail (Class public transport of any town 230). 5 trains have been ordered The other good news is the of its size in the country..We which will cover additionally Halton Curve is now ready and shouldn’t have to wait 30 Llandudno - Blaenau Ffestiniog trains will operate from Liverpool years for the system to be and Crewe _ Chester. A tall order to Chester from December. completed. WIRRAL LINE LIFTS There are still a number of Wirral Line Stations have to travel to another station such as Bebington where access is di"cult and and lifts are needed. In where there are slopes. A lift is planned for Meols the case of Spital, for example, local station. There are other stations residents, in conjunction with political requiring lifts such as Wallasey Village parties, are campaigning for a lifts for and Port Sunlight. Many stations have each platform. Interestingly in the received new lifts in recent years. early part of this century our The picture shows a modern lift shaft organisation was promised lifts would at Hooton be installed in Spital in 2006. 12 years later many still struggle up the steps or ! PAGE 1 COMMENT AND NEWS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE AREA ISSUE 1/2018 THE NEW TRAINS FOR THE BIDSTON - WREXHAM LINE - BORDERLANDS LINE As mentioned on our front page new trains the tunnels to central Liverpool. Unfortu- have been ordered for the Bidston - Wrex- nately, passenger trains with fuel oil on ham line as part of the new Welsh franchise. board are not allowed though single line tube This is one of a number of lines controlled by tunnels. Trains could not even use James the Welsh Government that run through to Street as there is a single line tube tunnel England. Hamilton Square on the line back to Bidston. The new trains from VivaRail are known as Battery only versions of the trains could go Class 230. They are aluminium bodied ex London Transport electric trains completely refurbished as new and newly designed inte- riors and traction facilities. The trains or- dered are known as Diesel/Battery Hybrid Units which have electric traction powered by diesel generator and/or battery power. They are 3 car trains. The centre car will contain a toilet and gensets (Power Genera- tors). Batteries will be fitted in the 2 outer coaches. Batteries can be recharged through to Liverpool. Alternatively, battery powered Merseyrail Electrics units could do the job until electrification can take place. At least one is to be produced for test pur- poses. The new Class 230s should produce a wel- come improvement to the present service.They are to be tested initially on the through regenerative breaking. There will be Conway Valley line before use on Bidston - 4 doors per carriage which will allow for Werexham. The new trains will be delivered speedier loading. They will be based in a by May 2019. The service will eventually be depot in Wrexham with maintenance being doubled to half hourly with thee extra service carried out by VivaRail. being proposed as limited stop.Which station They are Metro style trains highly suited to will be missed out? Why not double the serv- the line's role as part of the North Wales ice for all stations. It would be more like a Metro. Metro Service - Line 1 North Wales Metro. The First Minister stated in the Welsh Par- liament he wanted to see trains go through MAJOR STATION RECONSTUCTION and REFURBISHMENT As part of the new Welsh come a major transport in- The new logo for Transport for Franchise 4 stations are due terchange as part of the Wales is shown here. It will appear for major reconstruction or North Wales Metro. on railway rolling stock. refurbishment . CHESTER WREXHAM GENERAL sta- station although in England tion will have a new £10 Bus/ is controlled and operated by Rail interchange.and BLAE- the Welsh franchisee - cur- NEAU FFESTINIOG Station rently Arriva Trains Wales but is also part of the pro- from October KeolisAmey. gramme. SHOTTON station is to be- ! PAGE 2 A Bit of History on Electrification Plans for the Borderlands Line In 1977 when the Loop & Link was completed, In the next couple of decades electrification plans were to carry on electrification of Mer- was studied just to a new Woodchurch Inter- seyrail including the Borderlands Line as far change and a new station at Beechwood. That as Neston. It was in fact shown on the system went no further. There were later studies for plan on the underground construction boards. electrification just as far as Shotton. Finally After Loop & Link was finished bus deregula- under the 30 year plan we could see electrifi- tion was on the horizon. The Merseyside PTA cation all the way to Wrexham when it would of the time took the decision to cancel further become part of Merseyrail Electrics. The pre- electrification. The BR Project Manager at the sent solution for Class 230 trains is a good time said for just £2 million pounds he could one as an interim measure which could last have completed the electrification then many years. planned. We had only a good heart but few arteries. It took many years of campaigning to Credit is due to Wrexham Bidston Rail Users complete Rock Ferry - Chester for Associaton (WBRUA) for keeping the matter example.Some have still not been done eg to in the eye of officialdom and the public - espe- Skelmersdale although it was shown on the cially over the last 2 years with their input into Northern Line Solari indicators for many the new Welsh Franchise years. Halton Curve from Cedric Green The work on the infrastructure is completed on ings, first and last train times, or weekend time and on budget. Driver familiarisation will service details. We expect to learn the fare be the next and final stage before the service structure for the new service, shortly and trust commences with the 9th December timetable. it will be competitive with the Merseyrail Ches- ter service via the Loop line. We understand We understand that 2 x Class 150’s will oper- David Jones of Merseytravel is working on this ate the service. With a journey time of ap- matter and that the fare level will be influenced proximately 45 minutes a fairly robust service by the figures used in calculating the BCR for can be maintained although a third unit would the Halton curve re-instatement project. be desirable if available. We have not had any feedback from Mersey- The hourly service will call at Liverpool South travel regarding publicising the new service. Parkway, Runcorn, Frodsham and Helsby and The recently formed North Cheshire Commu- in reverse from Chester. Intermediate stations nity Rail Partnership is working with CWaC between Lime Street and Liverpool South and NCRUG to arrange celebrations for the Parkway are omitted to accommodate the as- service opening but this does not, at present, piration to extend the service beyond Chester include media announcements or celebrity in- along the North Wales coast, Wrexham and volvement. ultimately to Cardiff. We do not have any tim Cedric and the North Cheshire Rail Users Association are to be congratulated on their success in campaigning for the reinstatement of this very important and useful link that was closed over 30 years ago reopening long dis- tance travel opportunities into Wales and local communities in Frodsham & Helsby with Liverpool and Liverpool John Lennon Airport. I know Cedric has been immersed in this project for some years. - Angus Tilston 3 AIRPORT NEWS Liverpool John Lennon Airport now has in excess of 60 scheduled destinations. The main airlines being Easyjet, Ryanair, Blue Air, Flybe & Wizzair and due on 10th August ʻWideroeʼ Scandinaviaʼs largest regional airline flying twice weekly to Bergen.. The latest new route to be announced is from Liverpool to Toulouse operating 4 times a week from 28th October. Over the 12 months to the end of March over 5 million passen- gers have used the airport, As part of a Strategic Vision, plans have recently been an- nounced to develop the airport up to 2030 It envisages investing in the region of £100 mil- lion over the next 10 years. This may include extending the runway a short distance to- wards Hale to allow, for example, for larger aircraft for service across the Atlantic.
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