Brunswick station serves the Toxteth area of Liverpool, and although a station has been in the near vicinity since the 19th Century, the current station is modern and dates from 1998, as this plaque notes:
The front of the station complex, which is also a bus interchange:
The station building with the steps to the footbridge on the left and the ramp to the footbridge just visible beyond:
The station building backs onto platform 1, for trains towards Liverpool:
Like most stations, Brunswick knows what it is for:
From the footbridge which spans the tracks, looking south:
Looking north from the footbridge:
The shelter on platform 2, underneath the ramp leading up to the footbridge:
The footbridge also gives access to the eastern entrance to the station:
Through the entrance is the iconic Century Building:
To the west of the station is an old ramp:
A plaque explaining the ramp. THIS RAMP WAS ERECTED BY THE LIVERPOOL HEALTH COMMITTEE IN 1866 TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO A BRIDGE SPANNING THE FORMER CHESHIRE LINES RAILWAY LINKING HORSFALL STREET WITH THE DOCKS. THE RAMP WAS RESTORED BY MERSEYSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN MAY 1984 AS PART OF THE REGENERATION OF THE LIVERPOOL SOUTH DOCKS.:
Another plaque:
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