Work


to
modernise
the
Liverpool
to
Wrexham
line
is
going
ahead.
Upgrades
on
the
line
at
Padeswood
have
been
confirmed
as
the
first
major
step
to
run
more
trains.

Transport
and
North
Wales
secretary
Ken
Skates
and
Welsh
secretary
Jo
Stevens
visited
the
site
yesterday.

The
Westminster
government
promised
to
support
the
work
at
Padeswood
as
part
of
last
month’s
Comprehensive
Spending
Review
with
investment
in
Welsh
railways
which
will
be
worth
at
least
£445
million,
and
allow
a
start
to
be
made
on
creating
Network
North
Wales.

There
should
be
two
trains
an
hour
between
Liverpool
and
Wrexham
within
three
years.
Padeswood
also
serves
the
Heidelberg
Materials’
cement
works,
and
the
upgrade
will
make
it
easier
for
freight
trains
to
use
the
site.

Ken
Skates
said:
’Delivering
the
upgrade
at
Padeswood
will
bring
real
economic
benefits,
helping
the
cement
works
and
improving
connectivity
between
Wrexham
and
Liverpool,
increasing
services
to
two
trains
per
hour. 

‘Network
North
Wales
is
about
an
integrated,
high-frequency
public
transport
network.
While
Padeswood
is
predicted
in
the
next
three
years,
more
immediate
changes
include
50
per
cent
more
trains
on
the
North
Wales
main
line,
more
trains
between
Chester
and
Wrexham
and
the
start
of
Pay
as
You
Go.’

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