Excellent Vlog. Liverpool Exchange Station and platforms was above Ground right were the carpark is now and connected to Mersey rail were it comes out now towards Southport/Ormskirk. Also there was a walkway under the Carpark.I know it was still open back in the mid 90s and when upgrading the carpark bricked it off with the Black bricks you see now all along the front. If you were able to get a copy of the Liverpool Movie “Letter to Brezhnev” starring Margi Clarke / Peter Firth from the mid 80s it shows the old walkway under the Carpark. In the movie it’s from 14 - 15 mins in and shows them running through the tunnel/walkway. It was a long walkway tiled on one side and caged off the other side with pillars every 10 feet the caged/fenced off side.Going the length of the car park and coming out at the back of Moorefields train station. I went through it a few times back in the mid 80s when I was a teenager. The entrance was on the other side or were the entrance of the Carpark ramp going up to the above carpark is now. Keep up the great work 👍👍👍

Give Frank Carlyle a shout,he is a Liverpool historian who may put you onto some other interesting places around our city,good luck lads.

I used to travel to Southport from Exchange Station. Exchange Station entrance was on Tithebarn Street. Some years ago, I was back in Liverpool and I walked (what used to be the length of the station). At the end of the station it just stopped. No tracks or anything and it was all grassed over. Loved your video. Thank you. Spoolbox.

There was a smaller pedestrian tunnel you could walk through until the late 80’s, this was also used in the film ‘Letter to Brezhnev’ I think Margie Clarke got legged through it if I remember.

Hey George, that was a good one. I have a feeling that they are old Railway Goods Warehouses. There used to be a place called Great Howard St Goods Depot, it was built before Liverpool Exchange, in fact the amount of Railway around there was simply staggering. They look very similar to the old Goods Depot underneath Manchester Piccadilly which I have been in, only the one in Manchester is much Bigger. Some of these places used to cover some distance around a Main station and they all tend to look alike apart from the actual layout.

GREAT find George , so much hidden history that we dont know of .. thanks again ..👍👍

From Google Earth, it looks like this raised track section was connected to the three raised block structures further north up Pall Mall along Love Lane, that would've connected onto the mainline which is now the Northern Line. It's harder to track the bombing runs in the city centre because it was literally ' blitzed ' but further out you can see traces. I'm in Bootle/Litherland, you can track the destruction. It's like they used Stanley Road and headed north. If you use the canal bridge before The Strand, where Theatres and huge shops stood, past the 3 banks roundabout, along towards Johnsons The Cleaners, the Matchworks, and beyond, you can track all the way to Seaforth and then the docks. On the ground you can see where any newer building (70s, 80s) are and definitely say that's where bombs hit. They weren't necessarily strategic targets. These were civilian targets. So where you were, you say, if you where on a bombing run. First target. Liverpool and Pier Head then carry on up the main road routes towards the docks. We still had bomb sites up into the 80s that we played on. Love ya work Fella. Top stuff.

That’s brilliant love all this so much history of Liverpool. I’m mark just joined this channel. Great update.

I used to go shooting under exchange station back in the mid seventies. You went through the main entrance of the station and the train platforms were straight ahead. If you look right towards the end of the concourse there was a door with a sloping back to it. The kind you find on the top of buildings which give access to the roof. Through that door were wooden steps which lead to the Aintree rifle club. The range was about 50 yards long and the was a club room. Most of that area of Liverpool has the brick cellars similar to the Cabin club. There were some bricks loose in the wall behind the door to the club room, whe we had a look there was lots of office furniture stored in the next cellar. Always wondered what happened to it, I was about 17 at the time, the rest of the club members were in the late 40s and 50s. I'm probably the only living person that attended the club. Cheers

Lancaster was the name of the Audi dealership that used to be opposite, they probably rented it for storage. Where the tunnels are blocked off at the end, is where the Northern line underground rails still pass by towards Moorfields station.

The last 2 arches towards Leeds st use to be an MOT station and repair garage in the 80's went there a lot

There were a couple of narrower tunnel under passes that led from street level on Tithe barn street,up to platform level for passengers, one of which you caught the barred window of. In most of those tunnels was stored mail and general luggage for transport to other stations for ongoing journeys. On the Leeds street side was a goods yard and also passenger subways leading to the platforms. There were also Road ways leading up to the platforms for the “Donkeys “ , which were small 3 wheeled , battery operated trucks rather like milk floats that were used to haul long lines of baggage cars and mail trucks to street level. Hope this helps guys, keep up the good work.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

You can follow the flow of the track bed further up where it rejoins the main line on Love Lane... More arches with a similar style being used as garages and stuff... Lots of plans for development in that area apparently. I presume there would have been bridges and arches the whole way up what is now Lanyork Road parking too. Arches like that common on railways to raise the track bed on the station approach. As a few people here have said, would be use for storage and businesses much like they are nowadays. Disused Stations website has a bit of info along with a photo which could be these (or similar) arches... I love finding old railway infrastructure, I should do it more often, good video!

Love watching your posts. Would love you to do something with the Williamson tunnels xc

My grandad used to live in Highfield Gardens and we used to always play around here, there was a tunnel on Pall Mall that went right through to the stadium, I was always too scared to go in it.

The trains from Exchange station ran over a bridge across Leeds st ,those arches were underneath the main line , Leeds st had the start of the Liverpool,- Leeds canal hence its name ,there was old buildings there that were Stables and warehousing all delerict . The only subway i remember went from the old Stadium underneath Exchange station to pall mall , lived in Vauxhall gardens then changed beyond recognition

No problem I just asked my mum who remembers it she just told me the trains never went under ground it was all above ground the subway was for walking through. Hope that helps. Look forward to many more.

Hi George,part of Liverpool l have never seen a nice one 👍

Spot on as always george great video mate

Interesting that George. I always thought the old Exchange station was further into town on Tithebarn street It was also borded up or under construction last time I went past. Probably over 10 years ago now. I think the line above must lead to the old station 11:33

The old exchange station as the crow flies is dead ahead of these isn't it, you can see where the tracks would've ran into it overhead, I reckon they could've been a BR goods warehouse? Deffo something to do with the running of the old exchange though, fascinating find that!

It was a terminus branching off from the northern line from sandhills and moorfields. I think the tunnels you went in were to possibly connect the platforms via a subway?

Great video mate 👍👍

It's the approach to exchange station

That was the original train line from Exchange station.

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I wouldn't feel safe parking in there

My grandad used to live in Highfield Gardens and we used to play around here all the time, the tunnel went right through to the stadium, I was always too scared to go into it.