Headbolt Lane has opened for the first time this morning to welcome passengers in Kirkby. After an 18-month build the station, Headbolt Lane, will be the first in the region to be served by the new ...

The Headbolt Lane railway station was opened to the public in October 2023. Headbolt Lane is the first station to benefit from battery technology for Merseyrail's new ...

A train driver who crashed into a platform at nearly three times the speed limit was sending WhatsApp messages seconds before the collision. Former Merseyrail driver Phillip Hollis, 59, pleaded guilty ...

Plans for a new railway station which, in "a rail industry first", will see trains run on battery power on its track have been been approved. The station at Headbolt Lane in Northwood, Kirkby will see ...

A train driver sent a message about the death of Formula 1 commentator Murray Walker moments before crashing into buffers at a railway station, a court heard. Former Merseyrail driver Phillip Hollis, ...

A train driver who crashed into a station and caused £450,000 of damage was using his phone seconds before the smash. Phillip Hollis, 56, who has admitted endangering the safety of passengers, was ...

A train driver who ploughed into the station buffers with passengers onboard had been distracted by WhatsApp messages, a court heard. Phillip Hollis, 59, sent a message about the death of commentator ...

The service, which was carrying 12 passengers and two crew members, smashed into the buffer at the station. The impact caused a significant amount of damage with smashed up concrete and other debris, ...

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