Transport specialist returns to WSP

Liverpool Lime Street will close again this Sunday as the railway station’s major upgrade prepares to wrap up after eighteen months of construction work.

The metro mayors of Manchester and Liverpool city regions have written to the Secretary of State for Transport to demand a freeze on rail fares, following a dramatic collapse in service levels since new timetables were introduced in May.

A six-week closure of Liverpool’s Irvine Street and Upper Mason Street has started as roadworks get under way to connect the £1bn Paddington Village development to the city’s wider network.

Train services to and from Liverpool Lime Street have restarted today after an eight-week programme of works to upgrade and lengthen platforms at the station.

As train users throughout the region struggle with controversial timetable changes and ongoing performance issues, services in and out of Liverpool Lime Street are to be heavily affected for eight weeks, starting from Saturday 2 June.

The first phase of construction of Liverpool’s new Cruise Liner Terminal has begun, with the arrival in the River Mersey of an overwater jack-up platform to begin site investigations on the bedrock on which much of the new facility will be built.

Liverpool City Council is to buy the shopping centre above Central railway station from Aviva as it seeks to accelerate regeneration schemes including Augur’s neighbouring Circus project.

Peel Ports has announced a partnership with DB Cargo UK to provide a rail service for containers via the Port of Liverpool.

A report will go ahead of Liverpool City Council’s cabinet tomorrow setting out a project to invest £200m in highway repairs over the next five years.