The City Line is the name given to local rail routes out of Liverpool Lime Street railway station, it appears on maps of the Merseyrail network as red, and covers the Liverpool–Wigan line as well as the two routes of the Liverpool–Manchester lines, which were once four direct railway routes between Liverpool and Manchester, in the North West of which location?
Liverpool–Manchester lines There were once four direct railway routes between Liverpool and Manchester in the North West of England. There are now only two remaining direct railway routes between the two cities. One line, the now northern route, is fully electric and the other, the southern route, is a diesel only line. A third line which is further north has been split with the western section electric and the eastern section diesel operation, requiring a passenger change between the two cities. The fourth route, the most southerly, is largely abandoned east of Warrington with the remaining section mostly catering for freight trains. The remaining two direct routes are:
Rice Lane railway station Rice Lane railway station is a railway station in Liverpool, England, located to the north of the city centre in the Walton district. It is on the Kirkby branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.