Brunswick railway station
Brunswick 
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A broad view of the platforms.
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| Location | |
| Place | Toxteth, Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°23′00″N 2°58′34″W / 53.3833°N 2.9762°WCoordinates: 53°23′00″N 2°58′34″W / 53.3833°N 2.9762°W |
| Grid reference | SJ351878 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BRW |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.008 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.909 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.829 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.872 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.929 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Garston and Liverpool Railway |
| 1 June 1864 | First station opened |
| 1 March 1874 | Station closed |
| 1998 | Second station opened on different site |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brunswick from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Brunswick railway station serves the Toxteth district of Liverpool, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. The station serves the nearby district of Dingle and is situated on a short section of track between two tunnels, between the now in-filled Toxteth and Harrington Docks. The station also serves businesses on the Brunswick Dock estate. The residential area of Grafton Street is reached by steps or ramp from the southbound platform.
The original Brunswick station was opened on 1 June 1864 by the Garston and Liverpool Railway, on Sefton Street, Liverpool's southern section of the Dock Road. It was the Liverpool terminus of a new Garston and Liverpool Railway line to Liverpool. The terminus was inconveniently outside of the city centre and after only ten years it closed on 1 March 1874 when the line was diverted and extended, mainly by tunnel, to Liverpool Central High Level railway station. A large impressive goods terminal building remained on the station site, providing a connection to the Mersey Docks Railway, giving trains direct access to the quayside at the docks. The goods terminal building was closed in the 1970s. The original passenger station building was still standing until demolition. The mouth of the former Liverpool Overhead Railway tunnel which led to Dingle can be seen just south of the station.
The present passenger station opened in 1998, on a site close to the original station but on the through route to Merseyrail's Liverpool Central underground station. The industrial former dock buildings are served on the river side, and a small housing estate at a higher point on the other.
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