Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that 5 October will be the opening date for Kirkby’s new £80m Headbolt Lane station.
The station will be served by brand new battery powered Merseyrail Electric trains. The initial timetable will be hourly to Liverpool with it stepped up towards four trains per hour in the near future.
There has been no details confirmed about Northern Railways towards Wigan.
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