Liverpool Central railway station

Liverpool Central
Merseyrail
The concourse
General information
LocationLiverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°24′16″N 2°58′47″W / 53.4045°N 2.9797°W / 53.4045; -2.9797
Grid referenceSJ349901
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeLVC
Fare zoneC1
ClassificationDfT category B
Key dates
2 March 1874Opened (High Level)
11 January 1892Opened (Low Level)
17 April 1972Closed (High Level)
28 July 1975Closed (Low Level)
9 May 1977Reopened (Low Level)
23 April 2012Closed (Low Level refurbishment)
25 August 2012Partially reopened (concourse and Wirral line)
22 October 2012Fully reopened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 14.605 million
 Interchange Increase 0.577 million
2019/20Increase 16.455 million
 Interchange Increase 0.649 million
2020/21Decrease 3.606 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.172 million
2021/22Increase 10.747 million
 Interchange Increase 0.391 million
2022/23Increase 11.402 million
 Interchange Increase 0.537 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Liverpool Central railway station in Liverpool, England, forms a central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. The station is located underground on two levels, below the site of a former mainline terminus. It is the busiest station in Liverpool, though considerably smaller than Lime Street station, the mainline terminus, and the busiest station to operate solely on the Merseyrail network. The station is the busiest underground station outside London serving 40,000 people daily. The station in passengers per platform is the busiest underground railway station in the United Kingdom outside of London at 3,979,547 per platform per annum and coming tenth out of all stations outside the capital, underground or overground.[1]

Liverpool Central is one of nine stations on the Merseyrail network to incorporate automatic ticket gates. The main concourse is part of a shopping centre, and includes a closed subway link to the former Lewis's department store.

  1. ^ "Station usage estimates | Office of Rail Regulation". orr.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.