Liverpool St James railway station

For other stations named St James, see Saint James station (disambiguation).

Liverpool St James
Location
Place	Toxteth
Area	Liverpool
Operations
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Platforms	2
History
1 March 1874 (1874-03-01)	Station opened
1 January 1917 (1917-01-01)	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Cheshire Lines Committee
Legend
Merseyside Lines  Southport Lord Street Birkdale Palace to Southport Ainsdale Ainsdale Beach Northern Line Woodvale Freshfield to Liverpool Central Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern Line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern Line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick(original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

Liverpool St James station in Liverpool, England, was a railway station situated on the old Cheshire Lines Committee line from Liverpool Central between Central and Brunswick stations. This line is now a part of Merseyrail's Northern Line. The station is located at the junction of Parliament Street and St. James' Place, opposite St James' Church.

The station is on an underground tunnel; however it is not a full underground station, being in a deep cutting into the tunnel. There have been moves by local businesses to reopen the station.

History

The station opened on 1 March 1874 and closed on 1 January 1917. Its proximity to the Liverpool Echo Arena, Anglican Cathedral and other more recent developments in the surrounding area has focused public attention on reopening it.

Parts of the station's platforms survive, as do some rooms cut into the rockface, and these can still be seen on Northern Line trains heading for Southport or Hunts Cross.

Future

In 2012 Liverpool's Strategic Investment Framework listed the reopening of St James as important to the success of the Baltic Triangle development. Merseytravel agreed to work with Liverpool Vision in March 2014 to investigate the cost of re-opening the station and its projected usage. In January 2015 Merseytravel confirmed that they would be carrying out a study for the station's potential re-opening in the 2015-16 financial year. As of July 2015, the survey had yet to be started though Merseytravel announced that they hoped it would start later on in 2015.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Liverpool Central High Level Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee		St Michaels Line and station open

External links

• St James on Disused Stations