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Liverpool Lime Street
Liverpool Lime Street is a railway station complex located on Lime Street, Liverpool, Lime Street in Liverpool city centre. Although publicly a single, unified station, it is operationally divided into two official railway stations: Liverpool Lime Street High Level, the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool and the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world; and Liverpool Lime Street Low Level, an underground Wirral line station (part of the List of underground stations of the Merseyrail network, Merseyrail network) connected to the main terminal building by a pedestrian subway below street-level. Despite their operational distinctions, both stations are integrated from a passenger perspective, sharing signage, access points and overall station identity. Lime Street High Level is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail, while Lime Street Low Level is managed directly by the train operator, Merseyrail. A branch of the West Coast Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lime Street, Liverpool
Lime Street in Liverpool, England, was created as a street in 1790. Its most famous feature is Liverpool Lime Street railway station, Lime Street railway station. It is part of the William Brown Street conservation area. History The street was named for lime Kiln, 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. With the arrival of the railway line in 1836, the street moved from a marginal to a central location in the city, a position that confirmed by the creation of St George's Hall, Liverpool, St George's Hall, on the side of the street opposite the railway station, in 1854. Wellington's Column, a monument to the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington was built to mark one end of the street, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Underground Stations Of The Merseyrail Network
This article lists the six underground stations and three below ground level stations of the Merseyrail network which is centred on Liverpool, England. Underground stations Sub-surface stations - built in cuttings Former stations Future Liverpool St James railway station, St James railway station, which has been closed since 1917, is due to be reopened as Liverpool Baltic railway station, with construction expected to start in 2026. Serving the Baltic Triangle development in Toxteth, when opened, the station will be on the Merseyrail Northern Line between Liverpool Central railway station, Liverpool Central and Brunswick railway station. Notes References Sources * *{{Quick-Stations Merseyrail underground stations, Rail transport in Merseyside, List of underground stations Railway stations in Merseyside, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rail Class 390
The British Rail Class 390 ''Pendolino'' is a type of electric high-speed passenger train operated by Avanti West Coast in the United Kingdom, leased from Angel Trains. They are electric multiple units using Fiat Ferroviaria's tilting train Pendolino technology and built by Alstom. Fifty-three eight-car units were originally built between 2001 and 2005 for operation on the West Coast Main Line (WCML). The trains of the original batch were the last to be assembled at Alstom's Washwood Heath plant, before its closure in 2005. The trains were subsequently extended to nine-cars in the mid-2000s. Some trains were lengthened further to 11-cars in the 2010s, being renumbered as the subclass 390/1. An additional batch of four 11-car trains were built in Italy. The Class 390 ''Pendolino'' has a design speed of ; however, limitations to track signalling systems restrict the trains to a maximum speed of in service. The fleet is maintained at Longsight TMD near station. In 2021, a £ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InterCity (British Rail)
InterCity (or, in the earliest days, the hyphenated Inter-City) was a brand name introduced by British Rail in 1966 for its long-haul express passenger services (see British Rail brand names for a full history). In 1982, the British Railways Board divided its operations into a number of sectors ( sectorisation). The sector responsible for long-distance express trains assumed the brand-name InterCity, although many routes that were previously operated as InterCity services were assigned to other sectors (e.g. London to King's Lynn services were transferred to the commuter sector Network SouthEast). InterCity brand Etymology InterCity derives from the prepositional of the with ''City'' giving rise to meaning ''between cities''. The Inter-City train British Rail first used the term ''Inter-City'' in 1950 as the name of a train running between London Paddington and Wolverhampton Low Level. This was part of an overall policy of introducing new train names in the post Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crewe Railway Station
Crewe railway station serves the railway town of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. It opened in 1837 and is one of the most historically significant railway stations in the world.Guardian newspaper article, ''The beauty of Crewe'' (6 December 2005). Retrieval Date: 10 August 2007. Crewe station is a major junction on the and serves as a rail gateway for . It is north of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in January 1963, when it was formally renamed the British Railways Board. British Railways was formed on 1 January 1948 as a result of the Transport Act 1947, which nationalised the Big Four British railway companies along with some other (but not all) smaller railways. Profitability of the railways became a pressing concern during the 1950s, leading to multiple efforts to bolster performance, including some line closures. The 1955 Modernisation Plan formally directed a process of dieselisation and electrification to take place; accordingly, steam locomotives had been entirely replaced by diesel and electric traction (except for the narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway tourist lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Baker (engineer)
William Baker (19 May 1817 – 20 December 1878) was an English railway engineer. Between 1834 and 1839 Baker was articled to George W. Buck and then worked on the London and Birmingham Railway between London and Tring. From 1837 he worked with Buck on the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. He later became engineer of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway while also working on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Shropshire Union Railways. He became engineer of the Stour Valley Line, Stour Valley Railway and was then appointed as engineer of the Southern Division of the London and North Western Railway. He was a consulting engineer in the construction of the 1862 International Exhibition building. Following the death of Robert Stephenson he was appointed chief engineer of the London and North Western Railway Company. He wholly constructed, or remodelled and extended, the stations of the company in London, Liverpool and Manc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Locke
Joseph Locke FRSA (9 August 1805 – 18 September 1860) was an English civil engineer of the nineteenth century, particularly associated with railway projects. Locke ranked alongside Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel as one of the major pioneers of railway development. Early life and career Locke was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield in Yorkshire, moving to nearby Barnsley when he was five. By the age of 17, Joseph had already served an apprenticeship under William Stobart at Pelaw, on the south bank of the Tyne, and under his own father, William. He was an experienced mining engineer, able to survey, sink shafts, to construct railways, tunnels and stationary engines. Joseph's father had been a manager at Wallbottle colliery on Tyneside when George Stephenson was a fireman there. In 1823, when Joseph was 17, Stephenson was involved with planning the Stockton and Darlington Railway. He and his son Robert Stephenson visited William Locke and his son at Barnsley and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Street Railway Station
Crown Street railway station was the Liverpool terminus railway station of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Liverpool, England, it opened on 15 September 1830. The station was one of the world's first on an inter-city passenger railway in which all services were operated by mechanical traction. The station was only used for passengers for six years before being replaced by which was closer to Liverpool City centre. The station was demolished as the site was converted into a coal and goods yard which remained in use until 1972. The location of the station is now a park with little trace of any railway facilities. Passenger station Opening The station was opened to the public on 17 September 1830, it a ceremonial opening as part of the opening of the railway on 15 September 1830, and there had been a charter train to Manchester and back for the Society of Friends to and from their quarterly meeting on 16 September 1830. The station was the Liverpool terminus of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Foster Jr (architect)
:''This is about the architect. For his father, see John Foster, Sr.'' John Foster, Junior (1786 – 21 August 1846) was an English architect born and based in Liverpool. In succession to his father, he was Surveyor to the Corporation of Liverpool (1824–1835).Hollinghurst (2009), p67 His buildings were generally in the Greek Revival style and he mainly worked on public buildings and Anglican churches.Hollinghurst (2009), p50 Biography John Foster Sr. married Ann Dutton on 18 September 1781 in St George's Church, Liverpool.Hollinghurst (2009), p9 John Foster Jr. is the second of eight sons born to the couple in 1786 in Liverpool.Hollinghurst (2009), p12 Foster studied under Jeffry Wyatt in Lower Brook Street, London, whose uncle James Wyatt had worked with John Sr. on Liverpool Town Hall.Hollinghurst (2009), p28 John Jr. displayed three designs at Royal Academy of Arts, in 1805 a design for a Mausoleum, in 1806 a design for a National Museum and in 1807 a Public Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hill Holme
Arthur Hill Holme (1814–1857) was a Liverpool architect and brother of builder Samuel Holme, who served as Mayor of Liverpool in 1852–1853. Life and career Holme trained with Thomas Rickman in Birmingham and won the design competition for the Mechanics Institute in Mount Street (now Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) but because of his junior status the work was carried out under the supervision of James Picton and the institute opened in 1837. Holme mostly designed in the neoclassical style typical of Liverpool at this time. Sometime after 1834 Holme formed a partnership with Scottish architect John Cunningham and collaborated on the design of the roof for the train shed at Liverpool Lime Street station, his brother's firm being responsible for its construction. The station opened in 1836. In the same year a start was made on St Anne's Church at Aigburth, and the following year the partnership undertook the Apothecaries Hall in Colquitt Street, followed by the Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
