Liverpool Central

CRS Code	LVC
Collected date	05/07/13

The current Liverpool Central station is not the original one, having been rebuilt when the Merseyrail Wirral Line was established. The platforms are all underground in tunnels, and the entrance at street level is embedded in a shopping centre:

The shopping centre entrance leads into a concourse, with ticket barriers on the right leading to the platforms and a combined shop and ticket office:

As well as the main entrance from the shopping centre there is a side entrance on Fairclough Street:

The end of the concourse breaks out into a T-shape with the Wirral Line platforms accessible from the left (behind me in this photo) and the Northern Line on the right (ahead):

On the wall a list of facts about Liverpool:

Plaques in the concourse mark various stages of improvements to Liverpool Central:

Behind the giant Costa cup in the concourse end photo is a small waiting area, and the glass behind that is decorated with a photo of the old above-ground Central Station:

As well as escalators to the Northern Line platforms there is a lift, to the right of the concourse as you look towards the ticket barriers. It's very small, particularly if you have a bike. Here's the approach to the tiny lift:

Down on the Northern Line platforms 1 and 2, looking south towards the end of the platforms:

Looking north towards the escalators up to the concourse:

On platform 1 beyond the escalators:

Further beyond that is the escalator down towards the Wirral Line platform:

The station is on the Wirral Line loop, so there is only one Wirral Line platform, platform 3:

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