The Liverpool-Manchester Railway is seen as the 'missing piece ... This will build on the model of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc – now widely regarded as a successful model of attracting investment ...

Over Easter weekend, train services around Merseyside will be disrupted and Liverpool Lime Street Station will be closed ...

With its original coach offices and warehouse, Liverpool Road Station is the world's oldest surviving railway station.This sundial was made in 1833 for use at Liverpool Road Station in Manchester.

Linking Liverpool and Manchester by railway would not be easy; it would take huge amounts of money, a massive labour force, and a brilliant engineer. The engineer was George Stephenson.