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Liverpool Lime Street: taking upgrades to new dimensions
Liverpool Lime Street’s reopening for train services in July 2018 was a major milestone for the Great North Rail Project – a multi-billion-pound scheme to improve transport in the region.
An eight-week closure of Merseyside’s gateway station enabled us to transform travel for the city, taking a historic site into the future with digital technology and 4D modelling.
You now benefit from longer trains and more frequent, more reliable services.
Engineers replaced almost 2,000m of track, redesigned and lengthened platforms and built two new ones, all of which will help provide passengers with more seats on more trains in and out of the city. In fact, the upgrade has enabled three new services an hour – an increase of just under 20%.
Steeped in history
Perhaps one of the project’s greatest achievements is that it carried out such transformative work all within the confines of a Grade II listed building, without increasing the station’s footprint. Lime Street’s tunnels date back to the early 1800s, presenting difficult working conditions.
Furthermore, the station itself remained open during the upgrade for retailers and interstation passengers.
Sean said: “The job itself is in a physically very challenging and demanding environment.”
