Liverpool Central railway station in Liverpool, England, forms a central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. The station is located underground on two levels, below the site of a former mainline terminus. In 2008/09 Liverpool Central station was the busiest station in Liverpool, though considerably smaller than Lime Street station, the mainline terminus. In terms of passenger entries and exits between April 2010 and March 2011, Liverpool Central is the seventh-busiest station outside London. The station is the busiest underground station outside of London serving 40,000 people daily. However, the station closed on 23 April 2012 for refurbishment work, scheduled to take several months, and reopened on 25 August 2012, initially with only Wirral line trains calling. The Northern Line platforms reopened on 22 October 2012, almost six months after closure.
Liverpool Central is one of nine stations on the Merseyrail network to incorporate automatic ticket barriers. The main concourse is part of a shopping centre and includes a subway link to the former Lewis's department store. The station is currently being refurbished as part of the multi-million pound Central Village development. The Wirral and Northern line platforms closed on 23 April 2012, with the Wirral line platforms reopening on 25 August 2012 and the Northern line platforms on 22 October 2012. This was to allow improvement works to take place, primarily to the platform area of the station.
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