Services from the north had previously terminated at nearby Liverpool Exchange terminus station.

The Wirral Line platform is at a much deeper level to pass under the Queensway road tunnel.

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.

credit "Liverpool" passengers to Lime Street station, and do not include day or season ticket holders.

[citation needed] 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.

The ashes of Roy Vivian Hughes, the civil engineer who played a major part in the development of the Merseyrail system, are interred behind in a plaque on the wall of the main corridor.

Additional funding for replacement of the station's escalators meant that the work was extended from the original April 2016 end date to July 2016.

[5][6][7] On 21 March 2016, an extensive track renewal programme was announced for the Wirral Line Loop, requiring the closure of the Loop (and, as a result, the station's Wirral Line platform) between 3 January and 18 June 2017 whilst works take place.