Preston–Liverpool line
Overview
StatusOperational
Termini
  • Preston railway station
  • Liverpool Lime Street railway station
Service
Operator(s)Northern Trains

The Preston to Liverpool is a railway route in the United Kingdom. From Preston railway station, the route is approximately 57 minutes long when on time. Using the route via Newton-le-Willows will take 1 hour and 9 minutes.[1]

Services

The route has a daily hourly service in each direction with 2 trains per hour in the peaks.

The route is used to the whole route by Northern under the brand of Northern Electrics. Northern uses Class 319s. They will run the Liverpool Lime Street to Blackpool North railway station once the completion of the electrification on the Preston to Blackpool line in 2017.[2]

Stations

Stations on route:

† – Northern Electrics operate two lines between Wigan and Liverpool; however, this is the express route which continues to Preston while the other route terminates at Wigan. See Liverpool–Wigan line.

See also

References

  1. "Google Maps". Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. "North West electrification". Retrieved 2 June 2015. Manchester to Liverpool, and Huyton to Wigan: by early 2015...Preston to Blackpool: by Winter 2016/17
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