Maghull North Station – 29th June 2018
I went to the new Maghull North station today.
There are still a few things to do, like add the grass and complete the lifts, but the station is now operational.
Other issues include.
Car Parking
I have a feeling that this could be a station, where the car parks could be a victim of the station’s success. There weren’t many spaces today.
Car parking does appear to be free and a p[passenger who lives nearby, said that you can never park at Maghull station, which is the next station towards Liverpool.
Kiosk
There didn’t appear to be a kiosk of any sort.
Ticketing
I didn’t see a ticket machine and the ticket office was closed!
Conclusion
It looked to be a well-built and functional step-free station.
Liverpool South Parkway Station Stands In For Lime Street
I went to Liverpool to see the new Maghull North station and a few other things in the Second City.
Liverpool Lime Street station is closed at the moment due to major works, so all London trains are going only as far as Liverpool South Parkway station.
These pictures show the station.
The station was coping well, as passengers from outside Liverpool ytansferred to Merseyrail to continue their journeys to the City Centre.
On my visit to Liverpool, I went first to Maghull North station, so I got a Southport train on Merseyrail’s Northern Line to Sandhills station, where I changed trains.
There are not many cities in the UK, which have the luxury of an alternative terminus of the quality of Liverpool South Parkway station to stand in, when the main station has to be closed.
When we left for London, the train initially went towards Liverpool and then crossed over to the line to London, before coming back through the Liverpool South Parkway station.
This was because the station wasn’t designed for use as a terminus and there is no other way to get the train on the right line for Crewe and the South.
It would also appear from the pictures, that to cope with the length of the eleven-car Virgin Pendelinos, that a temporary platform extension has been built.
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