Work begins on new £80m Headbolt Lane Merseyrail station
CONSTRUCTION of a new station on the Merseyrail network at Headbolt Lane has been launched by Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram.
Due to open in 2023, the £80m project will see the construction of a three-platform station with step-free access, a bus interchange, passenger waiting facilities and toilets, cycle storage and a 360-space park and ride car park.
In creating this new interchange, the existing Merseyrail line will be extended a short distance from the current terminating point at Kirkby where Northern services from Wigan Walllgate also terminate. Here, buffer stops for each line separate the two networks. At Headbolt Lane, a similar design will be used with one long platform split into two, plus a second platform for future services to Skelmersdale. This will be the new terminating point of Northern services from Wigan and Manchester.
Headbolt Lane will be the first station to benefit from battery technology on the new Merseyrail Class 777 trains and remove the need to extend the third rail beyond Kirkby.
The new station is a key part of Mayor Rotheram’s plans to deliver a London-style transport system for the city, which aims to bring together bus, rail, ferry and active travel in one network.