City of Liverpool Mayor, Steve Rotheram, has unveiled a virtual reality walkthrough (VR) showcasing how the new Liverpool Baltic station located on Merseyrail’s Northern Line will look.

The event took place in the Baltic Triangle and is part of an on-going public consultation into the new station plans with work expected to begin on site in 2025, upon approval.

Mayor Steve Rotheram was one of the first people to place himself in the ‘virtual’ new station with the help of a VR headset, which gives a feel of how the station may look when completed in late 2027.

Speaking at the drop-in event, Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said: “Since I became Mayor in 2017, I have worked tirelessly to ensure we have the best connectivity possible for our residents across the city region. It is important that people can enjoy a reliable, accessible, cheap and integrated public transport network that makes getting around an easy, untroubled experience.

“Our plans for Liverpool Baltic station demonstrate our ambitions for the future of our network, with this virtual walkthrough showcasing the level of quality we want to build for our residents.

“This station will be located in an area that is growing in popularity, and this holds massive potential in driving economic growth in and around the Baltic.

“Liverpool Baltic is the first of many new stations part of my commitment to ‘Merseyrail for All’, connecting communities not currently connected by the rail network to harness growth and opportunities in our area.”

Mayor Rotheram has also pledged to build three new stations at Daresbury in Halton, Woodchurch on the Wirral and Carr Mill in St Helens, with work to develop all three underway by the end of the decade.

The move would mean that every borough of the city region would have a brand-new station since Mayor Rotheram took office in 2017.

Running until Sunday 4 August, the drop-in event is part of a public consultation on the station scheme.

The VR walkthrough is accessible from the project webpage and will also be used at the next drop-in event at FireFit Youth and Community Hub in Toxteth on Tuesday 23 July (11am to 8pm)

People can have their say on the scheme at the drop-in event or via an online survey.

You can find out more about the consultation and the scheme on the project webpage at liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/liverpoolbaltic 

Information gathered from the consultation will be used to finalise the design ahead of the planning application.