Gladstone Dock railway station

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Gladstone Dock
General information
Location Seaforth, Sefton
England
Coordinates 53°27′30″N3°00′40″W / 53.4583°N 3.0112°W / 53.4583; -3.0112
Grid reference SJ328962
Line(s) North Mersey Branch
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
7 September 1914 (1914-09-07)Opened
1916Renamed Gladstone Dock Halt
7 July 1924Closed
10 June 1968Line closed

Gladstone Dock railway station was a station in Bootle, Lancashire, England, located on the North Mersey Branch. Situated west of Rimrose Road (now the A565) within the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Estate, it was named after the nearby Gladstone Dock.

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History

The station was opened on 7 September 1914 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) as a passenger terminus on its North Mersey Branch. [1]

The station was situated on the west side of the viaduct carrying two lines of track of the branch on the way to North Mersey goods railway station which had been open since 1866. [2]

The access to the station was from the west side of the viaduct where it crossed Shore Road, there was a flight of steps up the platform level where the booking office was situated. The single platform was of wooden construction and had no facilities other than a few benches. [3] [4] [5]

The service ran to Aintree, there were seven trains each day in each direction with an extra service on Saturdays. [6] Unfortunately passengers seemed to have preferred using the Liverpool Overhead Railway's Seaforth Sands station and the station was closed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 7 July 1924. [1] [6]

The line through the station site remained in use for freight up until 10 June 1968. [3] [7] The embankment on which the single platform station was situated has long since been demolished. There is no evidence of the station's existence.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Linacre Road
Towards Aintree
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
North Mersey Branch
 Terminus

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References

  1. 1 2 Quick 2023, p. 207.
  2. Marshall 1969, p. 160.
  3. 1 2 Gell 1985.
  4. Lancashire XCIX.13 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1927.
  5. Gahan 1985, p. 114.
  6. 1 2 Marshall 1970, p. 168.
  7. Clinker 1978, p. 16.

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