Liverpool Riverside MP Louise Ellman's stock rises as high speed rail plans are unveiled
The stock of Liverpool Riverside MP Louise Ellman continues to rise with the announement on the latest on high speed rail.
Network Rail today said it wants to replace the West Coast Main Line with a new high-speed link from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The superfast locos will call at both Liverpool and Warrington en route to Scotland, if the £34bn plans go ahead.
It will take just 1hr 23mins to reach London from Liverpool, and 1hr 06mins leaving from Warrington.
The influential Transport Select Committee criticised the government last year for its lack of commitment to high speed rail.
As chairman of the committee Mrs Ellman has been a vocal advocate for public transport improvements.
"I'm a supporter of high-speed rail. It would make Liverpool more accessible for business and tourists and it would maintain us as a major European city.
"All proposals need to be evaluated. I would welcome a high-speed line along the west coast with a link to Liverpool."
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David Bartlett - City editor of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo covering politics, regeneration, and urban affairs. He was previously chief reporter of the Daily Post and here he gives his insight into the workings of regional politics.
Now, if this goes to St Pancras then this could link to Eurostar too. That could mean getting from the centre of Liverpool or Warrington to the centre of Paris or Brussels in 3.5hrs or so.
I know that doesn't sound amazingly quick, but once you account for the various time-eating extras involved in flying you're looking at roughly similar door-to-door times but without the range of interruptions and nodes that air travel brings.
And the effect on Liverpool and Warrington's economy would be truly impressive.
You reckon? And the effect on Liverpool and Warrington's economy would be truly impressive Why wouldn't it be more impressive on Stoke's economy? Or East Grinstead? Where' the evidence? Just because it's quicker to get to, doesn't mean people want to come - unless they have a better reason.