North Docks Goods railway station

North Docks
North Docks
General information
Coordinates	53°25′24.65″N2°59′55.86″W / 53.4235139°N 2.9988500°W
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
26 March 1855	Opened
30 June 1963	Low-level depot closed
1 October 1966	High-level lines closed

Last updated August 08, 2024

North Docks good railway station was a goods station in Liverpool owned and operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR), it was initially situated between Blackstone Street and Walter Street but gradually expanded beyond these boundaries.

The station was the terminus of the North Docks branch, which ran from a junction just north of Liverpool North Docks station (which later became Sandhills), both opened on 26 March 1855.^[1]

The station had connections onto the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (MDHB) rail network. Associated with the station were two High-level coal branches in Bramley-Moore and Wellington docks, maintaining a higher level of line so that coal could be delivered directly into ships using shutes.^[2]^[3]

There were two goods sheds on the site, before 1864 one was constructed to the south, adjacent to and accessed from Great Howard Street, between 1864 and 1893 another, similar sized, shed was constructed adjacent to Blackstone Street.^[3]^[4]

By 1894 the station was reported to have a 20-ton crane.^[5]

The goods station dealt with a significant amount of imported Irish livestock, around 250 wagonloads a day for over 50 years until an outbreak of foot and mouth disease caused livestock to be diverted to Birkenhead and quarantined.^[6]

The goods station and yard closed on 30 June 1963 and the high-level coal lines closed on 1 October 1966.^[7]

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References

↑ Marshall 1969, pp. 142–145.
↑ Marshall 1969, pp. 143 & 145–146.
1 2 Liverpool Sheet 10 (Map). 1:1056. Ordnance Survey. 1864 [1849].
↑ Lancashire CVI.6 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1893.
↑ Oliver & Airey 1894, p. 200.
↑ Marshall 1969, p. 146.
↑ Clinker 1978, p. 77.

Bibliography

Clinker, C. R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5. OCLC 5726624.

Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4352-4.
Oliver, Henry; Airey, John (1894). Hand-book and Appendix of Stations, Junctions, Sidings, Collieries, &c., on the Railways in United Kingdom.

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[FOOTNOTEMarshall1969142–145-1] Marshall 1969, pp. 142–145.

[FOOTNOTEMarshall1969143_&_145–146-2] Marshall 1969, pp. 143 & 145–146.

[OS1864-3] 1 2 Liverpool Sheet 10 (Map). 1:1056. Ordnance Survey. 1864 [1849].

[OS1893-4] Lancashire CVI.6 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1893.

[FOOTNOTEOliverAirey1894200-5] Oliver & Airey 1894, p. 200.

[FOOTNOTEMarshall1969146-6] Marshall 1969, p. 146.

[FOOTNOTEClinker197877-7] Clinker 1978, p. 77.

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