It's a little ridiculous this thing was ever mothballed really. I was always lucky to live on one of the major train lines and there should be more stations available.
Liverpool isn't always top of the list when they are throwing around new transport links though. Merseyside's population isn't exactly doubling overnight so I think this would be lucky to proceed.
It is best you read the thread from the beginning before posting which you clearly have not.
Liverpool was offered a lot of money but never spent it screwing up the trams - Thank God they screed it up. Merseytravel has not presented any cases to the Dept fro Transport fro them to say NO! Even in the good times - apart from ding ding trams, which we got rid of 53 years ago.
The Outer Loop was to be a part of Merseyrail but a Tory MP scuppered it.
The Outer Loop was to form a complete loop of the city using the existing Northern Line as the western section and the North Liverpool Extension Line as the eastern section. The loop was to have mainline interchange stations at Broad Green (named Rocket) and Liverpool South Parkway. Only South Parkway station was built decades later in 2006. This continuous rapid-transit rail loop is ideal for moving large volumes of people as trains continuously run around the loop, or two sub-loops. An operational advantage of the loop is that if there is an interruption at any point in the loop trains can still operate.
The original 1975 plan for Merseyrail had a junction at Broad Green to take the eastern section of the Outer Loop into Edge Hill Junction. However the plan was abandoned. The trackbed of the eastern section of the loop is now the Liverpool Loop Country Park, a route for walkers and cyclists. Liverpool City Council suggested to Liverpool FC and Everton FC a stadium site at Long Lane on the northern part of the line. Everton FC have no firm site for a new stadium. Merseytravel are protecting the route against obstructive development.
Cost overruns on the Loop and Link tunnel projects, the financial stringency of the late 1970s, the delays to the parliamentary bill required to authorise the works caused by the objection of Anthony Steen, the Conservative MP for Broad Green on the grounds of the disruption to local residents, compounded to the postponement of the project.
Attempts were made to revive the project in 1985 and 2006 following the cancellation of the Merseytram scheme. However, the current electrification of the City Line would entail a cheaper project with one of the Outer Loops proposed interchange stations built, Liverpool South Parkway, the scheme becomes more attractive.
Liverpool City Council are attempting to revive the project and in a 10 February 2011 Transport Select Committee meeting stated they desire the eastern section of the Outer Loop operative using Liverpool FC and Everton FC as financial enablers
http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=10728&T=11
Liverpool City Council has stated, in the minutes of the Regeneration and Transport Select Committee meeting of 31 March 2011, that it is willing to formally discuss re-activation of the Liverpool Outer Loop Line with interested parties.
