The City Line is the brand name used by Merseytravel on commuter rail services connecting the Liverpool City Region with Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Blackpool and Lancashire starting eastwards from
Exterior of Liverpool Lime Street railway station the terminus for all of the City Lines
Thatto Heath station on the electrified Liverpool to Wigan City Line. The station is branded Merseyrail with trains operated by Northern Trains.
Partially erected catenary at Eccleston Park, in December 2013.
Merseyrail is a commuter rail network which serves Merseyside and adjacent areas of Lancashire and Cheshire in North West England. The network consists of two lines, the Northern Line and Wirral Line,
City Line (Merseytravel)
…West Midlands Trains. Unlike the other two Merseytravel-supervised lines, the Merseyrail Northern and Wirral lines, the City Line is not operated by Merseyrail, however most of the line's stations within the Liverpool City Region are in Merseytravel or Merseyrail branding. The line is usually depicted on…
A Class 777 at Hooton on the Wirral line
Merseyrail station sign at Eastham Rake station
A Class 503 train on the Loop (Wirral) line. This train was one of the original batch built by the LMS in 1938