Battery trains will begin operating each hour between Liverpool Central and Headbolt Lane.
The battery technology removes the need for a live third rail, which could enable the Merseyrail network to run in places previously inaccessible, including as far as Manchester, Wrexham, Warrington, Preston and Runcorn.
Exciting development!
I wish they would, but unfortunately here in the UK we have the unique mindset of trying to spend as little as possible on rail infrastructure 🙃
The rest of the Merseyrail network uses third rail electrification, which the UK government outright refuses to allow extensions of as they want to phase it out for safety reasons (we use top contact 750 DC third rail, so you can understand why)… but then at the same time they refuse to spend money to convert to overhead wiring, which then results in stupid things like this.