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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 still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world. [1] A branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston terminates at the station, as does the original Liverpool and Manchester ...
The City Line (sometimes City Lines[2]) is the brand name used by Merseytravel on suburban rail services in the Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton) starting eastwards from the mainline platforms of Liverpool Lime Street railway station. [2][3] The term covers most of the Liverpool City Region sections of the Crewe–Liverpool line ...
The street was named for lime kilns owned by William Harvey, a local businessman. When the street was laid out in 1790 it was outside the city limits, but by 1804 the lime kilns were causing problems at a nearby infirmary. The doctors complained about the smell, and so the kilns were moved away, but the street name remained unchanged. [1]
Liverpool Lime Street is Liverpool's principal railway station and is located, as the name denotes, on Lime Street opposite St Georges Hall. As Liverpool's main station, it is served by all of Liverpool's longer distance services and many local services; including Merseyrail's City [2] and Wirral [3] (via the lower level platform) lines.
The northern route (Chat Moss line) from Liverpool Lime Street terminus station via Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows and Lea Green to Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly. This line follows the route of the original 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The southern route (CLC line) from Liverpool Lime Street terminus via Warrington ...
The Liverpool–Wigan line is a railway line in the north-west of England, running between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western via St Helens Central station. The line is a part of the electrified Merseyrail Liverpool to Wigan City Line. The stations, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains, however the stations are ...
The self-contained network is operated by Merseyrail Electrics 2002, a 50:50 joint venture between Serco and Transport UK Group.Two lines known as the Northern Line and the Wirral Line compose the electric third-rail part of the network, which has service frequencies of 15 minutes in outlying areas converging to rapid transit frequencies in central sections.
Liverpool Lime Street: Liverpool City Centre: 1 [note 1] 1977: 10.464 [note 2] Merseyrail (Underground only) Wirral: C1 Moorfields: Liverpool City Centre: 3: 2 May 1977 (Northern Line) [4] 30 October 1977 (Wirral Line) [4] 4.808: Merseyrail: Northern Wirral: C1