Liverpool Central High Level railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Liverpool |
| Area | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°24′17″N 2°58′49″W / 53.4046°N 2.9802°WCoordinates: 53°24′17″N 2°58′49″W / 53.4046°N 2.9802°W |
| Grid reference | SJ350902 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Cheshire Lines Committee |
| Pre-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
| Post-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
| Platforms | 6 |
| History | |
| 1 March 1874 | Station opened |
| 17 April 1972 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Liverpool Central High Level was a terminus railway station in central Liverpool, England. It opened on 1 March 1874, at the western end of the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) line to Manchester Central. It replaced Brunswick as the CLC's Liverpool passenger terminus, becoming the headquarters of the committee.
The three-storey building fronted Ranelagh Street in Liverpool city centre, with a 65-foot (20 m) high, arched shed behind. There were six platforms within the station, offering journeys to Manchester Central (in 45 mins, making the route quicker and more direct than those of the competing Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway & London & North Western Railway), London St. Pancras, Hull, Harwich, , Southport Lord Street and an alternative route to that of the Midland Railway terminating at London Marylebone.
On 11 January 1892 Liverpool Central Low Level underground station opened, at the end of the Mersey Railway's route, via the Mersey Railway Tunnel from Birkenhead. The tunnel was extended from James Street to Central. The Mersey Railway platforms were underground, accessed from stairs within the station (these stairs were situated in roughly the same position as the escalators accessing the Merseyrail Northern Line today).
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