Question: The City Line is the name given to local rail routes out of Liverpool Lime Street railway station, it appears on maps of the Merseyrail network as red, and covers the Liverpool–Wigan line as well as the two routes of the Liverpool–Manchester lines, which were once four direct railway routes between Liverpool and Manchester, in the North West of which location?
Sentence (from "City Line (Merseyrail)"): Although it is branded under the Merseyrail name, the routes are operated by Northern on behalf of Merseytravel rather than by the Merseyrail franchise.
Relevant evidence: No