Depends on how they plan to extend the Merseytravel area as now it responsible for the area covered by the Liverpool Combined Authority who published a wish list of 12 projects ahead of the 2nd meeting of the Authority on the 13th June 2014.
The Liverpool Echo reports.
"A list of potential new station sites has been drawn up as part of a multi-million pound plan to improve public transport.
David Brown, chief executive of transport authority Merseytravel, told Fridays meeting of the City Region combined authority that there were 30-odd new station proposals in the pipeline.
Merseytravel declined to release a list of the sites, although this is expected to be made public in September.
Transport chiefs are currently examining each plot of land to decide whether a new station is necessary and how much it would cost.
Mr Brown said: We want to understand the benefits on a site-by-site basis. Some have more potential than others at this moment in time.
We are trying to identify those that will unlock development so we wan identify investment opportunities.
But for the first time now we have a comprehensive list of potential new stations.
We are looking at the revenue potential and aspiration. We are trying to identify the economic positivity each could bring.
The list of possible new stations is likely to include the proposed Maghull North railway station and the suggested re-opening of the closed-down St Jamess station in Liverpools Baltic Triangle.
The 30-plus new stations are among Merseytravels 12 rail priorities for the next 30 years.
Other priorities include: improving connections between Liverpool and other major cities, increasing capacity at Liverpool Central Station, continuing to lobby for a high-speed rail link into Liverpool and more frequent trains between Liverpool and Skelmersdale, Ormskirk and Preston, and Chester and Ellesmere Port.
Merseytravel chairman Cllr Liam Robinson said: This is about thinking big and being co-ordinated in the way we grow and develop the rail network so we can ensure we are properly focused on supporting the growth of the Liverpool city region economy, not purely for our benefit but as our overall contribution to the UK economy.
Its essential that we consider how projects work together to improve connectivity and capacity, rather than delivering piecemeal projects in isolation.
Combined authority chairman Cllr Phil Davies said: The Combined Authority enables us to consider transport from a big picture perspective to ensure we have in place the powers and priorities that can be viewed in a connected, transformational way, rather than in the piecemeal approach of the past.
Good transport infrastructure and services are key to economic growth and regeneration. They are a way of strengthening not only our City Region but the whole of the north. Rebalancing economies in the north and south will ultimately benefit Britain.
I had already started a thread covering Liverpool City Region Authority discuss Rail Development in the North of England in which a copy of the agenda is included, but for convenience the document can be found at this website
http://councillors.knowsley.gov.uk/...ty.pdf?T=10&StyleType=standard&StyleSize=none
We should remember that the agenda is a summary of plan stretching 30 years into the future, so presumably those stations and lines which offer the area the best opportunity for regeneration are those likely to head the priority list, subject of course to budget constraints. It also means that any order for new rolling stock may now face a further delay whilst the master plan is formulated.
