Upgrades are now underway on the Halton Curve rail track, with developers now restoring the line that runs through Runcorn and which will link Liverpool and North Wales – part of an £18.75 million project being run by Network Rail.
The work will see a new hourly service in operation, running between Liverpool and Chester, and serving Helsby, Frodsham, Runcorn, Liverpool South Parkway and Liverpool Lime Street. The services will begin in December next year, boosting the economy by £100 million, the Runcorn and Widnes World reports.
Chairman of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Transport Committee Liam Robinson noted that this project – part of a £340 million investment in the rail network that will take place by the end of 2019 – will improve both capacity and connections.
“The Halton Curve may only be one and a half miles long but it is the key to unlocking so many more opportunities for people in our City Region, Cheshire and North Wales,” he was quoted by the news source as saying.
The scheme to bring the Halton Curve back into use has already received funding of £10.4 million thanks to the government’s Local Growth Fund. Halton Curve is seen as being key to boosting the economy, improving local connections and increasing leisure and work opportunities. It is also hoped that the project will ease congestion on local roads because people will have greater opportunities to use trains to journey to work, so they can leave their cars at home.
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