Northern Line
The Current Northern Line run by Merseyrail operates from Hunts Cross near the south of Merseyside to the north at Southport, running underground through Liverpool's city centre. Off the northern section of the line there are branches to Kirkby and Ormskirk in Lancashire.
The line runs from Hunts Cross via the former Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) route openned in 1864 towards Liverpool Central. Brunswick station between St Michaels and Liverpool Central was added in 1998. Just south of Liverpool Central, the line leaves the CLC route, in tunnel at that point, into a 1970s tunnel that drops to a lower level into the former underground Mersey Railway Liverpool Central (Low Level) station. North of Central the line uses the former Mersey Railway tunnel openned in 1886 for about half of the route to Moorfields, an underground station built in the 1970s
to replace liverpool exchange thatis North of Moorfields the route emerges from the tunnel to join the former Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway lines from Exchange station. After Sandhills, the former Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway branches off towards Southport, while the other routes continue to Kirkdale on what was a joint section of track between Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway and the Liverpool and Bury Railway. After Kirkdale, the Ormskirk and Kirkby lines diverge.
Trains from Hunts Cross continue to Southport, while trains to Ormskirk and Kirkby start at Liverpool Central. Daytime trains operate every 15 minutes on each of the three routes (Monday to Saturday) and every 30 minutes on Sundays, except in summer when Sunday frequencies on the Southport - Hunts Cross route are increased to every 15 minutes. On the same route, the frequency is every eight minutes during peak hours, when trains on the Southport - Hunts Cross and Ormskirk - Liverpool Central routes are increased to six carriages.Liverpool South Parkway station opened on 11 June 2006, replacing Garston station and Allerton Station providing connections to the City Line. Maghull North station openened in June 2018.
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Current Stations Along The Line
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Closed Stations Along The Line
Opened 1874 Closed 2006
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Opened 1874 Closed 1917
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Opened 1862 Closed 1921
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Opened 1855 Closed 1857