Moorfields railway station
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A Merseyrail Class 507 at the Wirral Line platform (before refurbishment)
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| Location | |
| Place | Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Grid reference | SJ342907 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MRF |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.309 million |
| 2005/06 |  0.384 million |
| 2006/07 | 1.578 million |
| 2007/08 | 2.082 million |
| 2008/09 | 5.141 million |
| 2009/10 |  4.455 million |
| 2010/11 | 4.637 million |
| 2011/12 | 6.363 million |
| - Interchange | 0.626 million |
| 2012/13 | 6.049 million |
| - Interchange | 0.628 million |
| 2013/14 | 6.541 million |
| - Interchange | 0.462 million |
| 2014/15 | 6.833 million |
| - Interchange | 0.501 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| Original company | London Midland Region of British Railways |
| 2 May 1977 | Low Level platforms opened |
| 30 October 1977 | Deep Level platform opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Moorfields from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal |
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Moorfields station is an underground railway station in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The station is situated on both the Northern and Wirral Lines of the Merseyrail network. It is the third busiest station on the Merseyrail network, and the largest underground station. It is also the only station on the network having services to all other Merseyrail stations.
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History
The station was built in the 1970s, as a replacement for Liverpool Exchange railway station, opening on 2 May 1977.[1] The station was opened by British Rail and is accessed via entrances at Moorfields and on the corner of Old Hall Street and Tithebarn Street. The Old Hall Street entrance is open from only 5.30am until 7pm on weekdays.
Services from the north had previously terminated at nearby Liverpool Exchange terminus station. The newly created north-south crossrail Northern Line runs through Moorfields. Liverpool Exchange was closed and the line extended underground to the new Moorfields station. The line from the north continued through a new tunnel to Liverpool Central, continuing south to terminate at Garston. The line was later extended to Hunts Cross. At the same time, another new tunnel was built, carrying the Wirral Line in a loop from James Street via Moorfields, Lime Street, and Liverpool Central before returning to James Street; the Wirral Line platform opened on 30 October 1977.[1]
There are three platforms (two for the Northern Line and one for the Wirral Line) in two levels of tunnel. The Wirral Line platform is at a much deeper level to pass under the Queensway road tunnel
Passengers must, curiously for an underground station, go up an escalator from the Moorfields entrance to reach the ticket office - the station was originally intended to connect with a pedestrian walkway system, designed to separate pedestrians from traffic. Only a small section of the system was constructed in the 1970s and the scheme eventually fell by the wayside. From the ticket office, another escalator leads down to the main pedestrian tunnel which links the Northern and Wirral Line platforms and the Old Hall Street entrance.
The usage of the station Monday to Friday is much greater than the statistics show, since they credit "Liverpool" passengers to Lime Street station, and do not include day or season ticket holders. The station is however significantly quieter at weekends, since it is primarily used by people working in the business quarter and is less convenient for most of the city centre retail areas.
2015/16 Refurbishment
The station is being refurbished in 2015/16 as part of the £40 million investment from Network Rail to allow improvement works to take place at Merseyrail's underground stations, with the refurbishment of Moorfields costing £8 Million.[2] The refurbishment was to be done in three phases. The Wirral Line platform would close on 13 April 2015 until 2 August 2015. Northern Line Platform 2 would close on 3 August 2015 until 16 November 2015 and Northern Line Platform 1 would close on 4 January 2016 until 10 April 2016.[3]
On 17 July 2015, it was announced that Merseyrail had secured a further £4.4 million to replace 9 of the 15 escalators at the station. This, as well as the refurbishment of the Wirral Line being behind schedule caused the date for the Wirral Line's reopening date to be moved to 24 August 2015. The Refurbishment of Platform 2 was therefore pushed back to April 2016. The original scheduled closure for Platform 1 was unchanged.[4]
Platform 1 closed for refurbishment works on 4 January 2016 and is due to reopen in April 2016. Works on Platform 2 are due to begin once Platform 1 has reopened.[5]
Recent History
On 22 October 2015, free WiFi was installed and introduced across most of the station. WiFi Around the Old Hall Street entrance is due to be installed in late 2015.[6]
Facilities
The first ever M to Go shop opened at the Old Hall Street entrance in 2006, acting as a combined snack shop/ticket counter, with another M to Go shop opened for the main entrance of the station in 2012.
Services
Northern Line
Northbound trains run every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to each of Southport, Ormskirk and Kirkby.
Southbound trains run every five minutes to Liverpool Central. Trains originating from Southport continue to Hunts Cross, every 15 minutes.
Wirral Line
Services run every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to each of New Brighton, West Kirby and Chester. Services also run every 30 minutes to Ellesmere Port. These services give a combined frequency of five minutes around the loop and through the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes to each of the four destinations.[7] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.
See also
References
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- ↑ Moorfileds Station Refurbishment Update
- ↑ Platform 1 Closure
- ↑ Merseyrail Introduces WiFi at Five Underground Stations
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moorfields railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Moorfields railway station from National Rail
- Station information for Moorfields railway station from Merseyrail
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Sandhills towards Southport, Ormskirk or Kirkby |
Merseyrail Northern Line |
Liverpool Central towards Liverpool Central or Hunts Cross |
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| James Street (one-way operation) |
Merseyrail Wirral Line |
Liverpool Lime Street towards New Brighton, West Kirby, Chester or Ellesmere Port |
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