Headbolt Lane progress updates

[pokemonsuper9]

That's encouraging. Presumably they have decided that until the station has some trains the detour to the station car park would be a waste of time so they have sensibly decided not to do it.

I think the car park might also not be finished yet.

 

[Farigiraf]

Are these actual services or just planned services which Google Maps put into its system?

 

[pokemonsuper9]

View attachment 144023 Are these actual services or just planned services which Google Maps put into its system?

All services are still cancelled and starting/ending at Rainford.
Tomorrow is a strike so no trains at all.

 

[Farigiraf]

All services are still cancelled and starting/ending at Rainford.

So these are just placeholders and the first trains are going later this week, thanks

 

[pokemonsuper9]

So these are just placeholders and the first trains are going later this week, thanks

The first trains are whenever they are, there's no clue as to when the actual first train is, for the foreseeable future it's busses being put on last minute.

 

[Farigiraf]

The first trains are whenever they are, there's no clue as to when the actual first train is, for the foreseeable future it's busses being put on last minute.

Ah, ok

for the foreseeable future it's busses being put on last minute.

Classic

 

[M28361M]

Richard Clinnick of Rail Express magazine is claiming that Headbolt Lane will open on Thursday. https://twitter.com/clinnick1/status/1709233082786512935

Headbolt Lane station set to open on Thursday, October 5. @stadlerrail
@merseyrail Cl.777/1 IPEMUs will be used. Liverpool Combined Authority.

 

[lrailadventure]

Richard Clinnick of Rail Express magazine is claiming that Headbolt Lane will open on Thursday. https://twitter.com/clinnick1/status/1709233082786512935

Very well could be.. but I'd wait for Mr Rotheram and Merseytravel to start shouting about it all over social before believing it.

 

[Snow1964]

Very well could be.. but I'll wait for Mr Rotheram and Merseytravel to start shouting about it all over social before I believe it.

Shouting about it for you, so now you can believe it

• Headbolt Lane station set to open on Thursday 5 October.
• Liverpool City Region passengers the first to travel on publicly owned battery-powered trains.
• Battery technology could help deliver network expansion across the Liverpool City Region and beyond.

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced the opening date for Kirkby’s new £80m Headbolt Lane station.

The fully accessible station, the first to be served by the Liverpool City Region’s new publicly owned battery powered trains, is set to open its doors on Thursday 5 October.

In a phased roll-out to ease in the new technology, the station will initially be served by one Merseyrail service per-hour to Liverpool Central, then services will gradually increase to four trains per hour.

Network Rail and its delivery partners will be working to complete some outstanding works including the car park, caused by issues with Buckingham Group. The station will therefore open with limited spaces before reaching full capacity in the coming weeks.

Headbolt Lane will be the second new station opened by the Mayor since his election, and the first delivered under Merseyrail for All, a commitment to expanding the local rail network across the city region.

The battery technology removes the need for a live third rail, which could enable the Merseyrail network to run to places previously inaccessible, including as far as Manchester, Wrexham, Warrington, Preston and Runcorn.

Next Stop: Headbolt Lane – £80m station served by UK’s first battery powered trains to open this week | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - News

Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby is set to open on Thursday. Continue Reading Next Stop: Headbolt Lane – £80m station served by UK’s first battery powered trains to open this week

www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

 

[Vinnym]

Richard Clinnick of Rail Express magazine is claiming that Headbolt Lane will open on Thursday. https://twitter.com/clinnick1/status/1709233082786512935

Just been reported in Liverpool Echo that it will open on Thursday, with one train per hour.

 

[lrailadventure]

Shouting about it for you

Next Stop: Headbolt Lane – £80m station served by UK’s first battery powered trains to open this week | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - News

Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby is set to open on Thursday. Continue Reading Next Stop: Headbolt Lane – £80m station served by UK’s first battery powered trains to open this week

www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

Thank you, surprised it's not all over his twitter feed already in that case

 

[ewanh723]

Do we know what time the first train will be from liverpool central?

 

[childwallblues]

Yes it is in our exalted Mayors diary for Thursday!

 

[EngFocus]

Do we know what time the first train will be from liverpool central?

Nothing showing on RTT from Central yet, but showing an 06:39 arrival from Manchester Victoria with a 06:53 departure to Blackburn.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Just been reported in Liverpool Echo that it will open on Thursday, with one train per hour.

I do hope that the initially hourly Merseyrail train connects with the hourly Northern train!

 

[Geeves]

Looks like the train from Manchester arrives at 38 or 39 with the connection also leaving at... 39. Perfect!

 

[Kite159]

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Looks like the train from Manchester arrives at 38 or 39 with the connection also leaving at... 39. Perfect!

You couldn't really make it up!

But it is the railway after all, putting passengers first is the last thing they will do.

 

[LPJOHN]

if you go onto National Rail web site and search for Headbolt Lane it finds it, if you then click on “station map”, it shows you Kirkby station. I assume the site map will be updated.

https://images.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/6vIRGYoDUnwXGcisPfjP6k/76528640f4d1a5faa2435005c8c80020/Kirkby__Merseyside__station_map.jpg

 

[AMD]

We've (Northern) just had an email through this morning confirming that we are running to Headbolt Lane with passengers tomorrow.

 

[ewanh723]

We've (Northern) just had an email through this morning confirming that we are running to Headbolt Lane with passengers tomorrow.

do you mean on Thursday?

 

[pokemonsuper9]

do you mean on Thursday?

Tomorrow is Thursday for everyone currently in the UK so yes.

 

[ewanh723]

Tomorrow is Thursday for everyone currently in the UK so yes.

i honestly thought it was Tuesday today. My bad

 

[H&I]

Nothing showing on RTT from Central yet, but showing an 06:39 arrival from Manchester Victoria with a 06:53 departure to Blackburn.

The first passenger service from Headbolt Lane will be the 05:39 to Liverpool Central, whilst the first passenger service to Headbolt Lane will be the 06:05 from Liverpool Central arriving at 06:27, just before the first Northern service from Manchester Victoria.

 

[Geeves]

This is good news regards to the connection front. I retract my earlier comments! So its gone from a terrible connection to an amazing one by the power of putting the passenger first.

 

[Kite159]

I hope someone has sent that memo to the merseyrail guards to hold the train for any passengers to make the connection.

 

[ewanh723]

will anyone be on the first northern train tomorrow? ill be gettiong on from salford crescent

 

[peter.owen]

I've found these timetables for Headbolt Lane.
Merseyrail
Northern

 

[EngFocus]

05:39 departure from Headbolt Lane to Central, RTT states "Starts as Diesel locomotive, trailing load 777 tonnes, changes en route"

 

[pokemonsuper9]

05:39 departure from Headbolt Lane to Central, RTT states "Starts as Diesel locomotive, trailing load 777 tonnes, changes en route"

Not too different from Class 331 ran journeys being "Pathed as Electric locomotive, trailing load 331 tonnes"
I think it's nothing but things being done to save time, everyone reading it probably knows what it means.

 

[zwk500]

05:39 departure from Headbolt Lane to Central, RTT states "Starts as Diesel locomotive, trailing load 777 tonnes, changes en route"

That's a quirk of the data feed. No timing load uses a trailing load of 777 tonnes.

(I suspect it's because the data was originally set up for loco-hauled trains and MUs fudged into it. When it was internal only to TRUST it made no difference, and now it's baked in so costs too much to change).