Editing Liverpool (section)

====Railway====

[[File:Liverpool Lime Street Station.JPG|thumb|right|[[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street Station]], one of the busiest train stations in the UK outside London<ref>{{Cite web|title=The busiest UK train stations|url=https://www.railboard.com/articles/busiest-uk-train-stations|access-date=16 September 2023|website=railboard.com}}</ref>]]

Liverpool is served by two separate rail networks. The local rail network is managed and run by [[Merseyrail]] and provides links throughout the Liverpool city region and beyond (see [[#Local travel|Local travel]] below). The national network, which is managed by [[Network Rail]], provides Liverpool with connections to major towns and cities across England. The city's primary main line station is [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Lime Street station]], which is the terminus for several lines into the city. The station is served by a number of different [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom|train operating companies]] including [[Avanti West Coast]], [[East Midlands Railway]], [[London North Eastern Railway]], [[Northern Rail]], [[TransPennine Express]] and [[West Midlands Trains]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=London North Eastern Railway runs trial train to Liverpool Street|url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/07/london-north-eastern-railway-runs-trial-train-to-liverpool-street.html|access-date=5 October 2023|website=railadvent.co.uk|date=14 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool Lime Street|url=https://www.britainrails.com/liverpool-lime-street-train-station.html|access-date=5 October 2023|website=britainrails.com|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230010/https://www.britainrails.com/liverpool-lime-street-train-station.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Between them, the station is connected with direct train services to numerous destinations including London (in 2 hours 8 minutes with [[British Rail Class 390|Pendolino]] trains), [[Birmingham]], [[Glasgow]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[Leeds]], [[Manchester]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Norwich]], [[Nottingham]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[Sheffield]] and [[York]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trains to Liverpool|url=https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/explore-the-north-and-scotland/destinations/liverpool|access-date=5 October 2023|website=tpexpress.co.uk|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230011/https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/explore-the-north-and-scotland/destinations/liverpool|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool Lime Street Station|url=https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/liverpoollimestreets|access-date=5 October 2023|website=railway-technology.com|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924035916/https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/liverpoollimestreets/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool to Glasgow Train|url=https://www.britainrails.com/liverpool-to-glasgow.html|access-date=5 October 2023|website=britainrails.com|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230011/https://www.britainrails.com/liverpool-to-glasgow.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Trains from Liverpool to Glasgow|url=https://www.thetrainline.com/train-times/liverpool-to-glasgow|access-date=5 October 2023|website=thetrainline.com|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230012/https://www.thetrainline.com/train-times/liverpool-to-glasgow|url-status=live}}</ref> Opened in 1836, Lime Street station is the world's oldest mainline terminus station still in use.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liverpool's Lime Street – the world's oldest mainline station|url=https://www.bitesizedbritain.co.uk/liverpool-lime-street-is-a-terminus-railway-station111/|access-date=15 August 2023|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815141615/https://www.bitesizedbritain.co.uk/liverpool-lime-street-is-a-terminus-railway-station111/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the south of the city, [[Liverpool South Parkway]] provides a connection to the city's [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport|airport]].