Rail upgrade 'will unlock more services to Liverpool'

A LONG-AWAITED upgrade allowing freight trains to be taken off the main line at Padeswood is set to unlock more frequent rail services between Wrexham and Bidston.

- By ALEC DOYLE Local Democracy Reporter

For decades there have been calls to increase the number of passenger services along what is now known as the Borderlands Line, connecting North Wales with Merseyrail network that gives easy access to Liverpool city centre.

Modernisation and electrification were all explored as solutions, however there was one obstacle that was never addressed - until now.

This week Senedd Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales and Clwyd South MS Ken Skates published the North Wales Regional Transport Plan, a strategic document setting out a vision to transform interconnection between communities across the region.