Moorfields railway station
Moorfields 
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A Merseyrail Class 507 at the Wirral Line platform (before refurbishment)
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| Location | |
| Place | Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°24′31″N 2°59′21″W / 53.4086°N 2.9892°WCoordinates: 53°24′31″N 2°59′21″W / 53.4086°N 2.9892°W |
| Grid reference | SJ342907 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MRF |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 6.363 million |
| – Interchange | 0.626 million |
| 2012/13 |
 6.049 million |
| – Interchange |
0.628 million |
| 2013/14 |
6.541 million |
| – Interchange |
0.462 million |
| 2014/15 |
6.833 million |
| – Interchange |
0.501 million |
| 2015/16 |
6.996 million |
| – Interchange |
0.576 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| Original company | London Midland Region of British Railways |
| 2 May 1977 | Low Level platforms opened |
| 30 October 1977 | Deep Level platform 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 Moorfields from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Moorfields station is an underground railway station in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The station is situated on both the Northern and Wirral Lines of the Merseyrail network. It is the third busiest station on the Merseyrail network, and the largest underground station. It is also the only station on the network having services to all other Merseyrail stations.
The station was built in the 1970s, as a replacement for Liverpool Exchange railway station, opening on 2 May 1977. The station was opened by British Rail and is accessed via entrances at Moorfields and on the corner of Old Hall Street and Tithebarn Street. The Old Hall Street entrance is open from only 5.30am until 7pm on weekdays.
Services from the north had previously terminated at nearby Liverpool Exchange terminus station. The newly created north-south crossrail Northern Line runs through Moorfields. Liverpool Exchange was closed and the line extended underground to the new Moorfields station. The line from the north continued through a new tunnel to Liverpool Central, continuing south to terminate at Garston. The line was later extended to Hunts Cross and opened in 1983. At the same time, another new tunnel was built, carrying the Wirral Line in a loop from James Street via Moorfields, Lime Street, and Liverpool Central before returning to James Street; the Wirral Line platform opened on 30 October 1977.
There are three platforms (two for the Northern Line and one for the Wirral Line) in two levels of tunnel. The Wirral Line platform is at a much deeper level to pass under the Queensway road tunnel.
Passengers must, curiously for an underground station, go up an escalator from the Moorfields entrance to reach the ticket office - the station was originally intended to connect with a pedestrian walkway system, designed to separate pedestrians from traffic. Only a small section of the system was constructed in the 1970s and the scheme eventually fell by the wayside. From the ticket office, another escalator leads down to the main pedestrian tunnel which links the Northern and Wirral Line platforms and the Old Hall Street entrance.
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