Liverpool Daily Post - Tag - west coast main line

Chamber of Commerce welcomes a bid to ease overcrowding on trains between Liverpool and London

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT

PLANS to boost capacity on London-bound rail services to and from Liverpool’s Lime Street station were welcomed by the city’s chamber of commerce last night.

MPs worry recession could see Virgin abandon West Coast railway line

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:30:00 GMT

A GROUP of MPs will today urge the Government to come clean over growing fears that the recession could force Virgin to walk away from its flagship West Coast rail contract.

Virgin Trains insists it expects to be profitable on the West Coast Main Line

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:25:00 GMT

A SPOKESMAN for Virgin Trains said: “Virgin Rail Group is not in financial distress.

Comment: Cash aid helps put NW on track

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:32:00 GMT

YOU wait and wait for some positive news stories, and then two come along at once. Today’s Daily Post has some encouraging headlines for the business community and, indeed, the population of the region.

Traders fear more rail work

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

LIVERPOOL Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with three other chambers to ask Network Rail not to extend engineering work into the working week.

£750m main rail line upgrade ‘at risk’

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THERE is a “significant risk” that improvements to the West Coast Main Line will either be late or below standard, according to tran-sport group Stagecoach.

Weekend works to hit West Coast Main Line train services

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THE first of a series of weekend major engineering works will mean a section of the West Coast Main Line between Liverpool and London will close this Saturday and Sunday.

Giant crane wheeled into place for revived railway link

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

A GIANT crane got into action as part of a £7.6m project to create a fast route into the Port of Liverpool.

Virgin may rue hard-line stance

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

COULD the Government be planning to end Virgin’s grip on the Liverpool to London line? There are certainly some observers who think this may now be on the cards.

‘It will be for the best, but you can’t improve without some disruption’

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

ONE of Liverpool’s top business leaders last night claimed that the current disruption to train services on the West Coast Main Line was “for the best”.