Liverpool Lime Street
Liverpool Lime Street 
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The frontage at Liverpool Lime Street
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| Location | |
| Place | Liverpool |
| Local authority | City of Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°24′27″N 2°58′42″W / 53.4075°N 2.9784°WCoordinates: 53°24′27″N 2°58′42″W / 53.4075°N 2.9784°W |
| Grid reference | SJ351905 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LIV |
| Managed by |
Network Rail (mainline) Merseyrail (underground) |
| Number of platforms | 9 + 1 underground |
| DfT category | A (mainline) D (underground) |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 13.835 million |
| – Interchange | 0.778 million |
| 2012/13 |
 13.166 million |
| – Interchange |
0.813 million |
| 2013/14 |
14.237 million |
| – Interchange |
1.001 million |
| 2014/15 |
14.871 million |
| – Interchange |
1.237 million |
| 2015/16 |
15.227 million |
| – Interchange |
1.336 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Liverpool and Manchester Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 15 August 1836 | Opened |
| 1977 | Underground station 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 Lime Street from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Liverpool Lime Street is a terminus railway station, and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool. Opened in August 1836, it is the oldest grand terminus mainline station still in use in the world. A large building constructed in the Renaissance Revival style fronts the station. A branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston terminates at the station, as well as TransPennine Express trains and other train services. The underground Lime Street Wirral Line station on the Merseyrail network is accessed via the main terminus. Lime Street is the largest and oldest railway station in Liverpool, and is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail.
The original terminus of the 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was located at Crown Street, in Edge Hill, to the east of and outside the city centre. A new station in the city centre was needed. Construction of a purpose-built station at Lime Street in the city centre began in October 1833; the land was purchased from Liverpool Corporation for £9,000 (equivalent to £770,000 in 2015). A twin track tunnel was constructed between Edge Hill and the new station before the station was built in 1832; it was used to transport building materials for the station. The architects were Cunningham and Holme, and John Foster Jr.. The station opened to the public in August 1836, although construction was not completed until the following year. This building was designed with four large gateways, two of which were intentionally nonfunctional. Due to the steep incline uphill from Lime Street to Edge Hill, trains were halted at Edge Hill. Locomotives were removed from the trains and the passenger carriages were taken down by gravity, with the descent controlled by brakemen in a brake van. The return journey was achieved by using a stationary steam engine, located at Edge Hill, to haul the carriages up to Edge Hill by rope. This system, constructed by Mather, Dixon and Company under the direction of John Grantham, ended in 1870.
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