North Liverpool Extension Line

"Liverpool Loop Line" redirects here. For the "Loop Tunnel" under Liverpool city centre, see Wirral Line.

North Liverpool Extension Line
Overview
LocaleMerseyside
History
Opened1879
Closed1972
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Legend
Halewood
 UpperLeft arrow
Cheshire Lines
Committee mainline
LowerRight arrow
Hunts Cross
 Gateacre
Childwall
Roby
 UpperLeft arrow
Liverpool and
Manchester Railway
LowerRight arrow
Broad Green
 Knotty Ash
West Derby
Clubmoor
Fazakerley Junction
 Walton on the Hill
Huskisson
Langton Dock Branch
Fazakerley
 UpperLeft arrow
Liverpool and
Bury Railway
LowerRight arrow
Rice Lane
 Warbreck
Orrell Park
 LowerLeft arrow
Liverpool, Ormskirk
and Preston Railway
UpperRight arrow
Aintree
 Aintree Central
Southport & Cheshire Lines
Extension Railway
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The North Liverpool Extension Line was a railway line in Liverpool, England in operation between 1879 and 1972. It was at one stage intended to become the eastern section of the Merseyrail Outer Loop, an orbital line circling the city.