A new rail freight tunnel to answer Liverpool port demand
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An ambitious underground freight transport tunnel has been proposed as an answer to access issues at the rapidly expanding Port of Liverpool. The project would provide an alternative to a road access scheme, which campaigners say will destroy a local beauty spot, and worsen environmental pollution in the heart of the city. The tunnel would connect the port with an off-site facility which could be expanded to meet future demand.
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What will stop existing HGVs continuing to use the roads even if this tunnel is built? If compulsion is the answer this can be done now, with trains using the existing line to ferry containers to a new transfer hub, or even better, to more distant depots. Once the existing rail connection reaches capacity, perhaps we can then consider such schemes.
It was a great pity that the Overhead railway was demolished as it would now have been a wonderful visitor attraction to see what remains of the Port Of Liverpool that I knew well as a boy
What are the Steel carrying wagons pictured in the Port ? A new flow or a trial ?