Talk of replacing is Central is just ridiculous. Its location is still great, after all the developments that have taken place over the last few decades, its location is still important.
It really isn't that far from Liverpool One, its ideal for Bold Street and the surrounding shops and nightlife, good for students of the Community Colleges and some university buildings such as John Foster, but not great.
The station simply needs redevelopment. How they go about doing that is their job -but they're probably too lazy to study this. The land above Central, which is still lying derelict, but has potential redevelopment plans, will allow major redevelopment to take place. This should happen sooner rather than later, as that land has been eyed up for a number of years by developers.
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The gaps, such as linkages to Liverpool One, the University district, London Road, Hope St etc should be filled in with trams. Ignore Waterways' anti-tram propaganda - he dislikes them for purely subjective reasons (noisy, vibrating, visually obtrusive - nonsense). We've been through this before, and although monorail would be great for the city centre, actual urban monorail systems are rare, and if we were to get one, we couldn't just get an Alton Towers style one - the city is not a fairground, and city centre monorail systems, which are of higher quality will cost mega millions. They also have wind issues - due to the nature of their design, they are very sensitive to strong winds - not ideal in a city such as Liverpool. But, food for thought nevertheless.
I agree the other tunnels can be reused in some way - without a shadow of a doubt we should not neglect them. They too can help fill in the gaps. Central's problem is the over-crowding, not its location. And relocating it is not the answer.
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