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St James’s station, between Central station and Brunswick station, was built in 1872 but the last services departed from there in December 1916. (Wikipedia, Photographer_Paul Wright)

Liverpool station re-opening study planned

Published: Wed, 2015-03-18 12:53

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Abandoned for almost 100 years

Business leaders say new station would have huge impact on Baltic Triangle and proposed Cains brewery village

A plan to re-open Liverpool's St James railway station, which has been left abandoned for almost 100 years, will be considered within the next financial year by Merseytravel.

The organization say they are planning to explore the benefits of bringing the derelict St James station back into use after growing calls from local business leaders that it would help rejuvenate the south side of the city centre, and have included the idea in an official study project to be considered soon.

The importance of the station, which sits on Merseyrail’s Northern Line, was highlighted in a 2012 Liverpool council regeneration blueprint and supporters say it would be crucial to helping the Baltic Triangle revival.

With the restoration of that area seeing the arrival of crowd-pulling new ventures such as Camp and Furnace and North Liverpool Academy’s life sciences school, demand for better transport links to the area is increasing.

St James’s station, between Central station and Brunswick station, was built in 1872 but the last services departed from there in December 1916. It is believed the closure followed a tragic accident involving a World War I troop train.

Source: Liverpool News

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