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Liverpool Lime Street

CRS Code LIV
Collected date 02/07/13

Liverpool Lime Street sign

Liverpool Lime Street is the main station in Liverpool for long-distance services, and although it has a station on the Wirral Line loop, Liverpool Central and Moorfields provide interchange onto the Northern Line. And anyway, the low-level Wirral line station was closed at the time of our visit...

The station has two trainsheds, the more northern of which sits behind the former North Western Hotel. The hotel frontage and the southern trainshed seen from over the road:

Liverpool Lime Street hotel and trainshed

The frontage of the North Western Hotel, now student accommodation for Liverpool John Moore's University:

Liverpool Lime Street hotel front

The side of the hotel building:

Liverpool Lime Street hotel side

The front of the southern trainshed, and the steps in front where in nicer weather folk can sit:

Liverpool Lime Street frontage

The western entrance to the station:

Liverpool Lime Street western entrance

From the top of those steps looking down at an entrance to the low-level station on the Wirral Line:

Liverpool Lime Street low-level entrance

On the south side of the station, with another entrance and the car entrance:

Liverpool Lime Street south entrance

As it started to rain outside, I took shelter in the concourse, here under the southern trainshed:

Liverpool Lime Street south concourse

Two statues face each other. The plaque on the floor reads "Chance Meeting. These sculptures were inspired by the legendary Liverpudlians Ken Dodd O.B.E., one of Liverpool's greatest entertainers, bringing laughter and joy to millions for more than 50 years. Bessie Braddock MP 1899-1970. Labour MP for Liverpool Exchange for over 24 years, she campaigned tirelessly to improve the conditions for her constituents. Arawrded the freedom of the city in 1970. Unveiled by Ken Dodd in June 2009. Sculptor Tom Murphy.":

Liverpool Lime Street Statues

Part of the southern trainshed is given over to short-stay parking and taxis:

Liverpool Lime Street parking entrance

Looking east at the taxi rank:

Liverpool Lime Street parking

Next to the taxi rank is platform 9 and then platforms 7 and 8, here looking east:

Liverpool Lime Street platforms 7 and 8

Further down the platform looking east:

Liverpool Lime Street platforms 7 and 8 looking east

Looking west along platform 7 back towards the concourse:

Liverpool Lime Street platform 7 looking west

Looking east from the end of platform 7:

Liverpool Lime Street platform 7 looking east

Looking north from the southern trainshed part of the concourse:

Liverpool Lime Street north concourse

Looking south from the northern end of the concourse:

Liverpool Lime Street north concourse looking south

At the northern side of the station concourse is another entrance:

Liverpool Lime Street north entrance

A "box" containing restaurants and shops sits in the northern half of the concourse:

Liverpool Lime Street north concourse box

Barriers in the box lead to platforms 1-6. Platforms 3 and 4 looking east:

Liverpool Lime Street platforms 3 and 4 looking east

Looking west at platforms 1-4:

Liverpool Lime Street platforms 1-4 looking west

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