A new £100m Merseyrail station for the Baltic Triangle in Liverpool is on track to open in 2027 as city councillors give the project the green light. Tony McDonough reports

Liverpool’s fast-growing Baltic Triangle will have its own Merseyrail station by 2027 after councillors offered unanimous approval on Tuesday despite more than 100 objections.

Councillors on the city’s planning committee accepted the recommendation from planning officers that the project be approved. The station will serve the fast-growing Baltic district and the city’s Knowledge Quarter.

One of the objectors was Ashwell Motors which claims it will result in the loss of 25-30 parking spaces and could threaten its business. Officers recommend allocating the business 20 parking spaces. That matter is still to be decided.

In November 2024 Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Combined Authority submitted a planning application to Liverpool City Council for the project which would see a new station opening on the Hunts Cross line by 2027.

Plans for the station include step-free access from pavement to train, modern facilities, toilets and secure storage for cycling.

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As part of the scheme, highways works will connect the station to surrounding areas and integrate with the city’s expanding active travel network.

In their report planning officers said: “The proposal would deliver a well-designed, high-quality and highly accessible and sustainable new train station with associated public realm and highway improvement works.”

They add that it would “significantly contribute to the regeneration of the Baltic Triangle and surrounding areas by hugely improving public transport connectivity with the rest of the city and the wider Liverpool city region”.

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