A Walk Around Liverpool Lime Street Railway Station, Liverpool, England
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Liverpool Lime Street is a terminus railway station, and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool. A large building resembling a Château fronts the station. A branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston terminates at the station, as well as TransPennine Express trains and other train services. The underground Lime Street Wirral Line station of the Merseyrail network is accessed via the main terminus. Lime Street is the largest and oldest railway station in Liverpool, and is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail.
The original terminus of the 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was located at Crown Street, in Edge Hill, to the east and outside the city centre. Construction of a purpose-built station at Lime Street in the city centre began in October 1833, the land being purchased from Liverpool Corporation for £9,000. A tunnel was constructed between Edge Hill and the new station prior to station construction in 1832. The architecture was designed by Cunningham and Holme,[2] and the station was opened to the public in August 1836, although construction was not completed until the following year. Because of the steep incline between Lime Street and Edge Hill, trains were stopped at Edge Hill, their locomotives removed, and the passenger carriages taken down by gravity, with the descent controlled by brakemen. The return journey was achieved by using a stationary engine to haul the carriages up to Edge Hill by rope.
Within six years, the rapid growth of the railways entailed expansion of the original station. A plan was made to erect an iron roof similar to that found at Euston station in London, ridge roofs supported by iron columns; however, Richard Turner and William Fairburn submitted a design for a single curved roof, which won the approval of the station committee. The work cost £15,000, and was completed in 1849.
In 1867 further expansion was needed and included the present northern arched train shed. With a span of 200 feet (61 m), it was the largest in the world at the time. It was also the first train shed in which iron was used throughout. A second parallel southern train shed was completed in 1879 being notable in being of dry construction with each bay taking only three days to construct.
The station is fronted by a large building in the style of a French château, the former North Western Hotel. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, the building was built in 1879 at the same time as the second train shed and is now accommodation for students of Liverpool John Moores University.
A new ticket hall and office complex, which masked the views of the arches, were constructed in 2001. They were demolished as part of a comprehensive refurbishment completed in 2010.
In 1845 the L&MR was absorbed by its principal business partner, the Grand Junction Railway (GJR); the following year the GJR became part of the London and North Western Railway. At 'the grouping' in 1923, the station passed to the ownership of the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway, and in 1948, the London Midland Region of British Railways. The station was one of the first to send mail by train.
Lime Street station was part of the first stage of electrification of the West Coast Main Line in 1959. In 1966, the station saw the launch of the first InterCity service.
With the creation of Merseyrail urban rail network in the 1970s, four terminus stations were demolished in Liverpool and Birkenhead centres, leaving only Lime Street terminus as a central point to serve the whole region for medium- and long-haul routes. The Merseyrail network gave ease of access for the whole Merseyside region to the one remaining large terminus.
Lime Street was voted Station of the Year 2010 at the National Rail Awards
Very old scoucer here. Remember leaving for a holiday with my mum and dad heading for Torquay. Steam train in those days and passing the Ford plant that was under construction at the time.
Thank you a walk down memory lane.
I just back from Liverpool. 10 amazing days spent visiting and walking around all Liverpool. the city center and university of Liverpool is amazing.
a tip : watch series on Kaldrostream. I've been using them for watching a lot of movies these days.
@Maison Heath yea, have been using kaldrostream for since november myself =)
Full of history and people who know and love their city.
any recommended hotel?
I'm just back from Liverpool,,,, what a nice Trip, I've spent 8 days, 4 in London and 4 in Liverpool, i'm still dreaming about london and liverpool,
The old Liverpool lime st 🥺
What a fab station, good footage...thank you.
Thank you for the history of Lime Street. Very interesting.
Dear Cas...thank you for all your kind comments. I very much appreciate them.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtistlime street is the biggest station in my hometown Liverpool
I been to Liverpool and I couldn't belive the size of the station. Reminded me of London Paddington for no reason lived there for 2 days grandma stayed there
Thanks for this! Great memories of my trip to Liverpool in 2016 :)
you're a master of the panoramic shot
Thank you. On this trip to UK, I had just bought a new Manfrotto pan/tilt head for my tripod. Used it all the time. Maybe too much. But I loved having that steady pan.
the station has certainly improved from the dingy hole in the ground I remember it being when I was a student at Liverpool in 1999-2002.
I think All of the U.K. been cleaned up and tarted up in the last ten years. Instead of razing landmarks, UK has to chosen to save them. Bravo..UK.
Lime street is the best one I went
And she'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
Oh that Dirty Maggie May...
i love Liverpool
Wetherspoon in there is massive.
njuham ...I don’t even know what that means..
The huge pub, must be packed on Fridays.
1:14 I think that London midland came from Tipton and stuff I was on that or it was ready to go back to birmingham you know how I got to Tipton I got on smethwick galton bridge different platform and the train looked like a London midland London service
Nice video but it’s all changing again need an update in the autumn
PW040768 wow...ok
Indian railway ...ah packed people