Alexandra Dock railway station

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Alexandra Dock
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General information
Location Bootle, Sefton
England
Coordinates 53°26′45″N3°00′10″W / 53.4459°N 3.0027°W / 53.4459; -3.0027 Coordinates: 53°26′45″N3°00′10″W / 53.4459°N 3.0027°W / 53.4459; -3.0027
Grid reference SJ335948
Platforms1 [1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company London and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 September 1881Opened as Atlantic Dock
10 September 1881Renamed Alexandra Dock
31 May 1948Last passenger train
26 February 1949Official closure [2]

Alexandra Dock railway station was located on the Alexandra Dock Branch, in Liverpool, England. The station served Alexandra Dock until the last train on 31 May 1948. Formal closure followed on 26 February 1949. [3]

Contents

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways. As was common practice in the 1950s the station was left intact, sufficiently so for enthusiast's specials to call in 1959 and 1964. [1] [4] [5] By 1971 the station had been demolished and its tracks lifted. [6]

The site today

The buildings and terminating tracks have been obliterated by modern development, but the track past the station site still serves Seaforth Dock; there is a loop a short distance northeast of the station site. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gell 1985, Alphabetically under A.
  2. ↑ Butt 1995, pp. 15 & 21.
  3. ↑ The station's history Disused Stations
  4. ↑ Merseyside Railtour 1959 Six Bells Junction
  5. ↑ Merseyside Railtour 1964 Six Bells Junction
  6. ↑ The station's history Disused Stations
  7. ↑ The station with modern satellite overlay National Library of Scotland

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
  • Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN   978-0-947562-03-8.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus  London and North Western Railway
Alexandra Dock Branch 		  Bootle Balliol Road
Line and station closed


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