The north / south divide

You're saying that Lime Street is more important than smaller stations used by fewer people.. Supertramp was saying the same thing about the London stations compared to Lime Street..

I see.

But let's get real, you wouldn't compares stations the size of chapeltown or dore with the big London stations, but as noted above, 15m use lime street - it's a significant sized station in a significant city.

It's just not in the south and therefore doesn't warrant the same attention.

It's a bit of a moot point now. Trains to be running tonight. Well done to the engineers who worked hard to get it up and running.

How many people use st Pancras, Kings Cross , Euston compared to Lime street?

Exactly. London is the capital like it or not.