for funding to reopen the curves. Through-trains There is now no physical connection between the electric Merseyrail line at Ormskirk, and the Ormskirk-Preston line; passengers travelling from Liverpool must change to a diesel train at Ormskirk to continue to Preston. Notes References "New study into Curves rail link", Harry James, The Champion, 27 February 2008, p. 9 External links Potential Rail Improvements in North Western England - Evidence presented to the Transport Select Committee, 2002–03 Railway stations in the Borough of West Lancashire Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Northern franchise railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Burscough