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Liverpool South Parkway railway station

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Liverpool South Parkway
Location
Place Garston, Allerton
Local authority Liverpool
Operations
Station code LPY
Managed by Merseyrail
Platforms in use 6
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone C
History
11 June 2006 Opened
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Liverpool South Parkway station is a railway station and bus interchange in Garston, Liverpool, England. It is located towards the southern end of Merseyrail's Northern Line and on the junction of two main lines: the City Line from Liverpool towards Manchester via Warrington and also towards London via Crewe on the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line. Allerton TMD is situated to the immediate east of the station.

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[edit] History

The station was built to improve public transport access to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, and also to provide new journey opportunities for rail passengers in south Liverpool by allowing easy interchange between Northern Line, City Line and West Coast Main Line services. Proposals for the station, originally called Allerton Interchange, existed as far back as 1999, but it was not until 2004 that construction began.

The main line platforms at Liverpool South Parkway are on the site of the former Allerton station, which closed in 2005 to allow the required rebuilding work to take place. The Northern Line platforms are completely new, replacing a station at Garston which was slightly further west of the current station.

Originally scheduled to open in December 2005, the project fell behind schedule, and finally opened on 11 June 2006.

The construction cost, originally estimated to be £16 million, had doubled to £32 million by the time construction was completed. Merseytravel rejected criticism of the cost increase, stating that it had been caused by factors beyond its control, such as the collapse of Railtrack, increasing steel costs and poor weather causing flooding at the construction site.

[edit] Features

  • 6 platforms (4 on the West Coast Main Line, 2 on the Northern Line)
  • A 5-stand bus station for local bus services.
  • A 16-space taxi rank.
  • Provision for a proposed extension of the now-shelved Merseytram system towards the airport.
  • A 240-space car park for use as a Park and Ride facility.
  • Storage facilities for 65 bicycles.

The station has been designed to use environmentally-friendly techniques wherever possible. Some of the building's electricity is provided by Photovoltaic cells. A rainwater harvesting system has been installed to reduce the use of mains water. All timber used has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council as being from a well-managed forest.

In August 2006, Liverpool South Parkway won the Innovation Award at Network Rail's annual Environment Awards.

[edit] Services

Merseyrail Class 507, unit 507011 working a Southport train, seen in platform 6.
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Merseyrail Class 507, unit 507011 working a Southport train, seen in platform 6.

On the Northern Line, a service of four trains per hour to Southport via Liverpool Central operates Monday to Saturday daytimes, with a half-hourly service evenings and Sundays.

On the high-level platforms, Northern Rail provide two trains per hour in each direction on the City Line between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road. On Sundays an hourly service operates.

Most Central Trains services from Liverpool to Birmingham New Street call at Liverpool South Parkway, except on Sundays when none of these services call.

Bus services run from the station to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Halewood, Mossley Hill and Liverpool City Centre. Most services are operated by Arriva North West. Combined bus-rail tickets are available for rail passengers wishing to travel to the airport.

[edit] Future

Merseytravel have stated that they aim to work with the train operators to improve the train service at Liverpool South Parkway, introducing new services with each twice-yearly timetable change.

  • From 11 December 2006, the frequency of the Monday to Saturday evening service on the Northern Line will increase to 4 trains per hour.
  • From December 2008, all Liverpool-Birmingham services will serve Liverpool South Parkway. This requirement was included in the Stakeholder Briefing document for the new West Midlands rail franchise, issued by the Department for Transport. [1]
  • The Stakeholder Briefing Document for the East Midlands franchise indicates that the hourly Liverpool-Norwich service, currently operated by Central Trains, will serve Liverpool South Parkway from December 2008, "if Network Rail can robustly timetable it". [2]

Other new services could include:

There are no plans at the present time to stop Virgin Trains express services to London at this station. The platforms are not long enough to accommodate Virgin's Pendolino trains, and the track layout at this station precludes any platform extension.


Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hunts Cross   Northern Rail
Liverpool to Manchester Line
(Southern Route)
  West Allerton
Cressington   Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Hunts Cross
Runcorn   Central Trains
West Coast Main Line
*denotes not all services call here
  Mossley Hill*
Merseyrail Northern Line Stations
Hunts Cross – Southport Branch
Hunts Cross   Liverpool South Parkway   Cressington   Aigburth   St Michaels   Brunswick   Liverpool Central
Moorfields   Sandhills   Bank Hall   Bootle Oriel Road   Bootle New Strand   Seaforth & Litherland   Waterloo
Blundellsands & Crosby   Hall Road   Hightown   Formby   Freshfield   Ainsdale   Hillside   Birkdale   Southport
Ormskirk Branch
Liverpool Central   Moorfields   Sandhills   Kirkdale   Walton   Orrell Park   Aintree
Old Roan   Maghull   Town Green   Aughton Park   Ormskirk
Kirkby Branch
Liverpool Central   Moorfields   Sandhills   Kirkdale   Rice Lane   Fazakerley   Kirkby

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