Lime Street Gateway provides an exhilarating entrance into the city
Lime Street Station before development
Lime Street Station after development
The stone steps link the station with St George’s Plateau
Design phase pedestrian movement diagram
General arrangement plan
Skelhorne Street elevation
Lime Street Gateway
Liverpool Lime Street, one of the great railway cathedrals fronting one of Britain’s most impressive public squares, had been marred for decades by post-war development. Our design swept away these intrusions, opening up the station façade and creating a flight of stone steps that link the Grade II listed station with St George’s Plateau below.
As well as enhancing one of the UK’s most historic railway stations and providing an exhilarating gateway into the city, the public realm scheme improves connections with the underground station, where a new stone and glass lift enclosure was introduced. The lift is bookended at the other end of the precinct by a similarly clad art plinth, which discretely houses a substation with the pair reading as monumental pedestals.
The redevelopment of the public realm and access to the station contributed to helping Lime Street win Station of the Year in the National Rail Awards 2010.
| Client | Liverpool City Council and Network Rail | |
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| Location | Liverpool | |
| Size | 0.5 ha | |
| Status | Completed 2010 | |
| Awards | National Railway Heritage Award 2011, National Raid Award 2010 | |
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