Breck Road railway station

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Breck Road
Breck Road railway station 1971977 02a4cf11.jpg
General information
Location Clubmoor, Liverpool
England
Coordinates 53°25′58″N2°56′24″W / 53.4327°N 2.9401°W / 53.4327; -2.9401
Grid reference SJ376933
Line(s) Canada Dock Branch
Platforms2 [1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company London & North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon & North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1870Opened
31 May 1948Closed [2]

Breck Road railway station was located on the Canada Dock Branch to the north of Townsend Lane between Anfield and Clubmoor, Liverpool, England. It opened on 1 July 1870 and closed on 31 May 1948.

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By 2017 the only trace of the station was a bricked-up entrance at street level, but freight trains to and from Seaforth Dock still pass through the station site over the bridge. It was announced in December 2019 that Liverpool City Council had commissioned a feasibility study to see about reopening the Canada Dock Branch to passenger traffic. [3]

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References

  1. Gell 1985, Alphabetically under B.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 43.
  3. Tyrrell, Nick (17 December 2019). "Work starts to figure out if Anfield train station could be built". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

Sources

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Walton & Anfield
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Canada Dock Branch
  Tue Brook
Line and station closed