Liverpool James Street railway station
Liverpool James Street 
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James Street station entrance
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| Location | |
| Place | Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°24′17″N 2°59′31″W / 53.4048°N 2.9919°WCoordinates: 53°24′17″N 2°59′31″W / 53.4048°N 2.9919°W |
| Grid reference | SJ341902 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LVJ |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 3 (Only 2 platforms see regular use) |
| 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 |
 2.995 million |
| 2012/13 |
2.847 million |
| 2013/14 |
 3.078 million |
| 2014/15 |
3.215 million |
| 2015/16 |
3.292 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Mersey Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Mersey Railway |
| Post-grouping | Mersey Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| 1 February 1886 | Opened |
| 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 James Street from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Liverpool James Street railway station (commonly shortened to James Street station) is a railway station located in the centre of Liverpool, England, and situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. James Street is an underground station; access is via lift from James Street and, at certain times, via a tunnel from the India Buildings on Water Street. as of 2013/14 James Street is the fifth busiest station on the Merseyrail network.
The station opened as the original Liverpool terminus of Mersey Railway Tunnel in 1886. James Street Station together with Hamilton Square underground station in Birkenhead are the oldest deep level underground stations in the world, London underground stations were just below the street surface built via the cut and cover method. The stations were so deep they required lifts to access, this gave another world's first in having the first lift accessed stations. The lifts were hydraulically operated.
In 1892 a tunnel was extended to Liverpool Central station changing James Street's status to a through station. By this time, there were trains from Liverpool branching from Hamilton Square station terminating at Birkenhead Park and Rock Ferry stations in Birkenhead. The line was electrified in 1903. Through trains to West Kirby and New Brighton commenced in 1938, when the former Wirral Railway routes were electrified. There were originally two platforms, either side of a twin-track tunnel.
In 1941, during the Liverpool Blitz, the Luftwaffe bombed the surface building of the station, and the famous James Street Tower was so damaged that it had to be demolished. A new surface building was built in the 1960s.
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