Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) unveils detailed visuals for the new £100M Liverpool Baltic station.
- The station’s modern design includes sub-surface platforms, step-free access, and enhanced public facilities.
- A public consultation is underway via an online survey and two drop-in events.
- Construction, set to start in 2025, will be complex, involving building over an operational railway.
- The new station aims to boost connectivity and support Liverpool’s eco-friendly transport goals.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has launched a public consultation for the proposed Liverpool Baltic station, revealing intricate video walk-throughs and CGI imagery. These visuals highlight the station’s modern architectural design, crafted by Mott MacDonald, featuring sub-surface platforms and accessible facilities such as step-free access, waiting areas, toilets, and cycle parking. The station is part of a broader vision to enhance public infrastructure, evident in the associated public realm and highway improvements depicted in the images.
Local residents have been invited to voice their opinions through an online survey, open until the 4th of August, or attend one of two drop-in events. Feedback from these consultations will shape the final design of the station, which Steve Rotherham, the re-elected Mayor of Liverpool City Region, aims to have operational by 2027. This timeline necessitates commencing main construction work by 2025, which poses logistical challenges given the requirement to build over an active railway line.
Strategically located in the burgeoning Baltic Triangle area, the new station will replace the long-defunct St James station, closed in 1917. The area now enjoys a rapid growth phase, and the station will bolster connectivity along Merseyrail’s Northern Line, facilitating direct routes from Liverpool to destinations like Manchester, Wigan, and Southport. This £100M project is part of the LCRCA’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, funded by the Department for Transport.
The new station is a cornerstone of the ‘Merseyrail for all’ initiative, aiming to connect emerging communities across the region through rail, promoting public transport usage over cars to help meet the city’s net-zero ambitions by 2035. Complementing this, the Mayor has committed to developing additional stations at Daresbury, Woodchurch, and Carr Mill by the decade’s end.
Officials, including LCRCA transport committee chair Steve Foulkes and cabinet member Nick Small, have emphasised the project’s potential impact on the city’s growth and infrastructure. Foulkes notes the new station’s ability to improve transport links across the region to support environmental goals, while Small highlights its role in stimulating economic growth and enhancing the area for both residents and visitors. Moreover, Merseyrail’s managing director, Neil Grabham, expressed pride in the collaborative efforts to expand the network’s significance in Liverpool.
The new Liverpool Baltic station represents a significant step forward in enhancing city transport infrastructure and achieving regional sustainability objectives.
