What is the name of the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station?

The world’s oldest surviving passenger railway station is Liverpool Road railway station.

Liverpool Road opened in Manchester on 15 September 1830 as the Manchester terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. That line was the world’s first inter-city passenger railway operated entirely by scheduled steam locomotives, making the station an important landmark in modern rail history.

Passenger services ended on 4 May 1844, when the railway was extended to connect with Manchester Victoria. Liverpool Road then became a goods facility, but its historic buildings survived. The former station is now incorporated into Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum and is a Grade I listed structure.

The wording can cause confusion because “oldest surviving” is not the same as “oldest still operating.” Liverpool Road is no longer a passenger station. Broad Green railway station in Liverpool, which opened on the same date in 1830, is commonly identified as the oldest station still in active use. The accepted name may also appear as Manchester Liverpool Road railway station.