The Down Fast
The Down Fast links 5 stations, with a top line speed of 110 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Track | about 11 miles, counting every running line |
|---|---|
| Stations | 5 |
| Top line speed | 110 mph |
| Passengers a year | 3.5 million entries and exits across its stations |
No end-to-end length is given for this line because OpenStreetMap applies its name to several separate stretches of track, so any figure measured from the map data would be a fragment of the real route rather than the whole of it.
Stations on this line
- Cricklewood859,464 a year
- Liverpool South Parkway2.2 million a year
- West Allerton61,846 a year
- Mossley Hill199,224 a year
- Edge Hill209,880 a year
The busiest station on the line is Liverpool South Parkway, 2.2 million entries and exits a year and 273rd busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Down Slow, Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Southport), Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Southport), Midland Main Line, Up Fast, Up Slow.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.