Manchester Access to Cruise Liner Terminal

Nerd was interested in this. This gives direct access from Manchester or any place with an electric train line, to the Liverpool Cruise Liner terminal. Cruising is big business and direct access can be via an underground rail station directly into terminal. If Liverpool got its act together. This means people in the North West need not travel to Southampton and the cruise liner is only minutes away. People could take weekend cruises by just hopping on a train directly into the ship.

Putting the Cruise liner floating stage in front of Princes Dock was rather foolish. It would have been better in front of the Three Graces and starting not far from entrance from the old Manchester Dock. It floats and can be moved, or extend it, as it will need it when it becomes busy. Terminal buildings can be on the river front.

Tunnels and a second lift shaft can be sunk into James St station at the river end of the long platforms to bring people up to ground level right in the terminal at the river front. The 6 car platforms run under Mann Island from the James St entrance west to the river. The end of the platforms are not far from the riverbank above.

The Liverpool to Wigan and Manchester lines are currently being electrified. This means the next stage is the completion of the east-west Crossrail line, after 40 years of waiting, using the old Stephenson Tunnel from Edge Hill to Central and re-using the Central to James St tunnel again for passengers. It gives a Merseyrail Crossrail Line from any Wirral terminal to St.Helens/Wigan.

Passengers as far away as Manchester, and even further beyond using dual voltage trains, overhead wires and 3rd rail, can go directly to the cruise liner terminal. Yes, right into the underground section of Liverpool and onto the Wirral. So, from even the centre of Manchester to a cruise liner terminal using an underground station directly to the ship. It would be the only cruise liner terminal in the world with its own underground station.


Above: The east-west Cross rail is in black. The line is more direct that the map. The Stephenson tunnel is from Edge Hill to Central. James St station is at the Pier Head.

All so obvious and all so easy to do. The cruise liner terminal will be then a massive success.

• Light blue: is the floating Cruise liner terminal which can be extended or moved
• Red: can be Cruise liner terminal buildings.
• Green: is the actual location of the underground James St platforms.
• Yellow: is where a Cruise liner/Pier Head entrance to James St station can surface.