Index
- Liverpool to Manchester (CLC)
- Liverpool Central
- St James
- Brunswick
- St Michaels
- Otterspool
- Aigburth
- Cressington
- Garston
- Hunts Cross
- Halewood
- Hough Green
- Widnes
- Sankey
- Warrington Central
- Padgate
- Risley
- Birchwood
- Glazebrook
- Irlam
- Irlam Soap Works Halt
- Flixton
- Chassen Road
- Urmston
- Humphrey Park
- Trafford Park
- Manchester United Ground
- Free Trade Hall
- Manchester Central
- Manchester Oxford Road
Liverpool Central
(1874 - )
The imposing stone station buildings which opened in March 1874, contained a booking hall and other offices with platforms beyond. A canopy from the office to the building provided some protection to passengers, and walking and horse drawn carriages were the main methods of mobility; trams had yet to be developed
Being a relative latecomer to Liverpool the CLC had to make do with a very cramped site. Nevertheless they built an imposing station that had a grand three storey façade behind which was a single arched train-shed that reached a height of 65 feet. The station had three island platforms giving 6 platform faces
The stone pillar to the left of the entrance proclaims the ownership of the station as "Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railways", as they were the promoters of the original 1864 Liverpool Central Station Railway. The wooden sign above the parcels office also mentions the Midland Railway, as it joined as an equal partner in 1866; above it is one saying "Cheshire Lines Railway"
Liverpool Central Station opened as part of the Cheshire Lines Railway's extension of their Liverpool and Manchester line into Liverpool's city centre, it had previously terminated at the inconveniently located Brunswick station and the line which ran from Brunswick was entirely in tunnels or cuttings until it reached Central Station
Being a relative latecomer to Liverpool the CLC had to make do with a very cramped site. Nevertheless they built an imposing station that had a grand three storey façade behind which was a single arched train-shed that reached a height of 65 feet. The station had three island platforms giving 6 platform faces
The stone pillar to the left of the entrance proclaims the ownership of the station as "Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railways", as they were the promoters of the original 1864 Liverpool Central Station Railway. The wooden sign above the parcels office also mentions the Midland Railway, as it joined as an equal partner in 1866; above it is one saying "Cheshire Lines Railway"
Liverpool Central Station opened as part of the Cheshire Lines Railway's extension of their Liverpool and Manchester line into Liverpool's city centre, it had previously terminated at the inconveniently located Brunswick station and the line which ran from Brunswick was entirely in tunnels or cuttings until it reached Central Station
