Network Rail has announced that they have found a piece of railway history at Liverpool Lime Street, the hut was found last weekend.

The hut can be found deep in the tunnels of Liverpool Lime Street, and can only be accessed when trains aren’t running.

This hut was built more than 100 years ago by track workers, it was built to allow the track workers to take their tea breaks. There’s a fireplace, kettle, cup and tongues are still all in place, preserved in time.

The track trip came ahead of the final major phase of the grade II listed station’s transformation this summer.

Here is another view of the hut, complete with kettle, which is still there, all this time after the railwaymen left.

Here are some videos of the hut:

What did the officials say?

Graeme Whitehead, Network Rail project manager, said:

“In years gone by track maintenance gangs would have come here, they’d have had their lunch, a cup of coffee, lit the fire, and waited in between trains.

“We have no plans to do anything with it, it will stay here, it’s protected beneath the tunnels and will remain locked in history forever more.”

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