Liverpool Central
Liverpool Central 
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The concourse
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| Location | |
| Place | Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°24′16″N 2°58′47″W / 53.4045°N 2.9797°WCoordinates: 53°24′16″N 2°58′47″W / 53.4045°N 2.9797°W |
| Grid reference | SJ349901 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LVC |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 14.224 million |
| – Interchange | 0.412 million |
| 2012/13 |
13.522 million |
| – Interchange |
0.408 million |
| 2013/14 |
 14.622 million |
| – Interchange |
0.315 million |
| 2014/15 |
15.273 million |
| – Interchange |
0.399 million |
| 2015/16 |
15.639 million |
| – Interchange |
0.435 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| 2 March 1874 | Opened (High Level) |
| 11 January 1892 | Opened (Low Level) |
| 17 April 1972 | Closed (High Level) |
| 28 July 1975 | Closed (Low Level) |
| 9 May 1977 | Reopened (Low Level) |
| 23 April 2012 |
Closed (Low Level Refurbishment) |
| 25 August 2012 |
Partially Reopened (Concourse and Wirral line) |
| 22 October 2012 | Fully Reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Liverpool Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Closed
Partially Reopened
Liverpool Central railway station in Liverpool, England, forms a central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. The station is located underground on two levels, below the site of a former mainline terminus. It is the busiest station in Liverpool, though considerably smaller than Lime Street station, the mainline terminus, and the busiest station to operate fully the Merseyrail network. In terms of passenger entries and exits between April 2010 and March 2011, Liverpool Central is the seventh-busiest station outside London. The station is the busiest underground station outside London serving 40,000 people daily. The station in passengers per platform is the busiest underground railway station in the United Kingdom at 5,217,547 per platform per annum and laying third in all stations, underground or overground.
Liverpool Central is one of nine stations on the Merseyrail network to incorporate automatic ticket gates. The main concourse is part of a shopping centre and includes a subway link to the former Lewis's department store.
The original station, which was a large, above-ground terminal station, opened on 2 March 1874, at the end of the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) line to Manchester Central. It replaced Brunswick station as the CLC's Liverpool terminus, becoming the headquarters of the committee. The three-storey building fronted Ranelagh Street in the city centre, with a 65 feet (20 m) high, arched iron and glass train shed behind.
There were 6 platforms within the station, offering journeys to Manchester Central (in 45 minutes, making the route the quickest and most direct between Liverpool and Manchester), London St. Pancras, Hull, Harwich, , Southport Lord Street and an alternative London route to that of the Midland Railway, terminating at London Marylebone.
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