Plans to carry out alterations to the station have been approvedDan Haygarth Liverpool Daily Post Editor and Regeneration Reporter
19:30, 19 Sep 2025
On board a Merseyrail train(Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
Plans to upgrade a Merseyrail station and add a shop onto its site have been approved. It was announced earlier this year that the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) would look to pump money into upgrading Moorfields station in the city centre, which will be the first phase of a wider project aiming to transform it.
A planning application for the upgrades was submitted to Liverpool City Council in July. In the application were plans to carry out external alterations to Moorfields, including new improved access, cycle storage and a retail unit.
A planning document states: “The current station appearance is outdated in appearance and enables significant levels of anti-social behaviour in, around and directly underneath the station foyer.
“There is necessity to reduce this, and by doing so will improve the overall passenger experience.
“Furthermore, the proposed improvements seek to re-establish the station as a focal point and destination within the urban cityscape, which the current station facilities fail to do.”
Moorfields Station in Liverpool city centre(Image: LIVERPOOL ECHO)
The improvements include:
- A new gated, stepped access from street level to the existing first floor entrance foyer (which can be closed outside of station operational hours)
- Improved passenger access to existing lift facilities.
- A new glazed enclosed, secure cycle unit with level threshold access from street level.
- A new glazed, independent retail unit (which will operate independently from the station itself) however will operate during station operation hours.
- Secure balustrading and hoarding, to improve passenger safety / security and reduce antisocial behaviour
- Improvements to the appearance and finish of the existing first floor foyer, internally.
How a revamped Moorfields Station could look(Image: Planning documents)
This week, the plans were approved with conditions by Liverpool City Council. The conditions include work beginning with three years.
Moorfields Station was opened in 1977 as a replacement for Liverpool Exchange Railway Station. It was built on the Liverpool Loop line, connecting with other underground city centre stations – Lime Street, Liverpool Central and James Street.