Four new Merseyrail stations, but at what cost?

Summary

In summer 2025 Liverpool city region mayor Steve Rotheram boasted of how he had secured £1.6bn from the Government to fund new transport projects.

It is to pay for four new stations, the Glider transport network, new buses and multimodal smart ticketing. However, the latest revelation about the spiralling cost of just one of the new stations, Liverpool Baltic, raises questions about value for money, and the timetable.

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