Manchester Liverpool Road railway station

Liverpool Road
The station frontage in 2008.
General information
Location	Castlefield, Manchester England
Coordinates	53°28′38″N 2°15′30″W / 53.4772°N 2.2583°W / 53.4772; -2.2583
Grid reference	SJ831978
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Key dates
15 September 1830 (1830-09-15)	Opened: passenger services
4 May 1844 (1844-05-04)	Closed: passenger services
1975	Closed: goods yard
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Former Liverpool Road Railway Station and Station Masters House
Designated	18 December 1963
Reference no.	1291477

Liverpool Road is a former railway station on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Manchester, England; it opened on 15 September 1830.^[1] The station was the Manchester terminus of the world's first inter-city passenger railway in which all services were hauled by timetabled steam locomotives. It is the world's oldest surviving terminal railway station.^[2][3] With tracks running at a first floor level behind the building, it could also be considered one of the world's first elevated railway stations.^[4]

The station closed to passenger services on 4 May 1844,^[5] when the line was extended to join the Manchester and Leeds Railway at Hunt's Bank. Liverpool Road was superseded by Manchester Victoria station for passenger services. Like its counterpart at Liverpool Crown Street, the station was converted to a goods yard.^[6] Since Liverpool Road ceased operation, the oldest railway station in use is Broad Green railway station in Liverpool which opened on 15 September 1830.^[7] The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened starting from Liverpool Crown Street, hence the older stations start from Liverpool.

The station, a Grade I listed building, is now part of the Science and Industry Museum.