Liverpool City Region Authority has revealed new images of the GBP 100 million (EUR 117 million) Liverpool Baltic station scheme showing how the new rail link will look in the heart of one of the city region’s fastest growing areas. Subject to approval, it is expected work will begin on site in 2025, with the station planned for opening by the end of 2027.
The new station is one of four planned by recently re-elected Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram, who has committed to completing the project by the end of 2027, a year ahead of its current schedule.
Mayor Rotheram has also pledged to build three new stations at Daresbury in Halton, Woodchurch on the Wirral and Carr Mill in St Helens, with work to develop all three underway by the end of the decade.
It means that every borough of the city region will have had a brand-new station since Mayor Rotheram took office in 2017.
Liverpool Baltic station will be located in one of the fastest growing areas of the city, near to the former Cains Brewery and Anglican Cathedral.
“There are some unique challenges with the design of the site given that the station platform is subterranean. However, these plans for Liverpool Baltic further demonstrate our ambitions for the future of public transport in our area – a modern, fully accessible network with state-of-the-art infrastructure that unlocks opportunities for people and businesses. “Liverpool Baltic station is just the first in a pipeline of new stations we will be delivering over the next few years to ensure we are connecting local people to each other and to the opportunities we are creating,” Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region said.
Plans for Liverpool Baltic station include step-free access from street to train, passenger waiting facilities, fully accessible passenger toilets, secured monitored cycle parking and links to an enhanced local active travel network.
The new station is part of mayor’s “Merseyrail for All” commitment to reach communities that are currently not connected to the local rail network by utilising the region’s new pioneering battery powered technology, which has made it possible to extend the lines beyond current boundaries.
It is also hoped that it will encourage more residents to travel by public transport instead of car, supporting the mayor’s target to reach net zero by 2035 – the most ambitious target for a city region in the country.
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