The Wirral Line
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The City of Liverpool is served by Merseyrail, a suburban rail network unique in many ways and subdivided into two main routes: The Northern Line and the Wirral Line. We travel over the latter on board third rail class 507 and 508 electric multiple units. While the Northern Line serves the Liverpool side of the Mersey, the Wirral Line runs beneath the wide river separating Liverpool from Birkenhead and the Wirral Peninsula. The Wirral Line consists of two main routes with four branches covering a route mileage of 33 miles. We see all four branches from the Driver's cab in virtual real time: Highlights include the 19th century river tunnel with its 1 in 27 gradients which we see in both directions along with the 20th century single loop line. The majority of the Wirral Line is signalled from the IECC signalling centre at Sandhills and Video 125 cameras were there to follow our trains from a signallers point of view.
Duration
1h 40m
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Part ofThe London Underground Driver's Eye View
Includes Piccadilly Driver's Eye View (2003), Jubilee Driver's eye view (2001), Pendolino - Driver's Eye View (2019), Edinburgh & Glasgow Driver's eye view (2019), Bakerloo & City Driver's Eye View (2007), Victoria Line (Driver's eye view) (2009), Chiltern Mainline - Driver's Eye View (2018), HST West - Driver's Eye View (1986), The Berks & Hants Driver's eye view (2019), The Tyne Valley Line - Driver's Eye View (2018), The Far North (Driver's Eye View) (1991), Northern Line (City) - Driver's Eye View (1999), The Old Gotthard Tunnel Route - Driver's Eye View (2018), Isle of Wight - Driver's Eye View Documentary (2010), Metropolitan Main Line (1995), Northern Line (West End) - Driver's Eye View (1999), Central Line (2011), Central (1992), East London and District (2005), The North London Line (2006), 1066 DC (1988), Aberdeen to Inverness (2006), Connex Express (1998), East Coastway & Marshlink (), Enterprise - Dublin to Belfast (2006), Eurostar: Brussels to London St Pancras (2009), Eurostar: Paris to London Waterloo (2004), Exeter to Basingstoke (), Fawley Hill (2023), Ffestiniog & Conwy (1992), Hammersmith & Circle (2014), Heart of Wales (), Highland Main Line (2002), HST Far West (1990), HST Great West (1993), InterCity Norwich (1997), Kent Coast (2007), Learning to Steam (1993), Lickey Voyager (2005), Liverpool & Manchester (2010), Manchester to Cleethorpes (), Marseille to Paris (2005), Midland Mainline (2000), Norfolk Branches (), North Wales Coast (2016), Reading to Waterloo (2013), Settle and Carlisle (), SkyeTrain (1987), Thames Branches (), The Cambrian Coast: Machynlleth to Barmouth (1988), The Cumbrian Coast (1997), The Chiltern Bubble Cars (2017), The Down Fishguard (2002), The Flying Scotsman (2000), The Golden Valley - Swindon to Gloucester (2006), The Northern Lights (), The Royal Scot (2012), The West Highland (), The Wirral Line (), Transpenninexpress (2000), The Uckfield Thumper (2003), Welsh Highland Railway (2014), Welsh Marches (2012), and Wessex - Weymouth to Waterloo (1994).
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