1976

SJ3590 : Lime Street station - 1976 (3)

taken 50 years ago, 3 km from Liverpool, England

Lime Street station - 1976 (3)
Lime Street station - 1976 (3)
Electric locomotive 86219 waits to depart from Lime Street station with a passenger service to London (Euston) via Wolverhampton. Originally numbered E3196, 86219 entered service with BR on 11 December 1965. Named "Phoenix" on 6 August 1979, it was scrapped at Immingham in May 2002.

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Liverpool Lime Street Station

Liverpool Lime Street is the largest and oldest railway station in Liverpool, having been opened to the public in August 1836 as the new western terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway LinkExternal link .

Today, it is a terminus for a branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston, as well as TransPennine Express trains and other train services. An urban through underground station on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network is accessed via the main terminus.

It is a grade II listed building (List Entry Number: 1293335 LinkExternal link Historic England)


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SJ3590, 880 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
The Carlisle Kid   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 16 April, 1976   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 20 December, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 351 904 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:24.4227N 2:58.6090W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 352 904
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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