Liverpool Baltic Station costs rise to £160m
With hopes of starting construction on the anticipated station next year, the combined authority will vote next week on increasing the funding for the project 66%.
The £160m figure for Liverpool Baltic Station is £64m more than the £96.4m approved for the project in 2024.
The increase is due to the design maturing, rail market inflation, underground station engineering requirements, accessibility goals, connectivity enhancements to ensure an integrated transport network, and the need for risk and contingency allowances, according to documents for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority meeting next Friday.
The costs break down to £98m for the station, £28.8m for Network Rail risk and fees, £6.4m for consultancy, planning, and utility diversions, £11.1m for risk and contingency provisions, and £15.7m for associated highway works.
Planning permission for Liverpool Baltic Station was won in April 2025. When it is built, it is due to sit on the North Line between Liverpool Central and Brunswick Station, on the former St James Station site.
The project team for Liverpool Baltic Station includes WSP, Mott MacDonald, Owen Ellis Architects, Infinite 3D, Merseyrail Electrics 2002, and Skanska.
You can view the approved planning application by searching reference 24F/2999 on Liverpool City Council’s planning portal.
The news was part of a wider announcement providing updates on the building of four stations for the Merseyrail network: Carr Mill, Daresbury, and Woodchurch.
Carr Mill, which will sit in St Helens, is having its business case developed. Strategic outline business cases are due to complete in early next year for Daresbury and Woodchurch, which will be in Halton and Wirral, respectively.
“These new stations represent so much more than dots on a map,” said Mayor Steve Rotheram.
“They’re new connections to jobs, investment, and opportunities for communities right across our region. And if we’re serious about delivering good growth in every postcode, we’ve got to make sure nobody gets left behind because of where they live.”
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