Otterspool railway station

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Otterspool
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Otterspool railway station.
General information
Location Otterspool, Liverpool
England
Coordinates 53°22′07″N2°56′07″W / 53.3685°N 2.9353°W / 53.3685; -2.9353
Grid reference SJ378862
Platforms2 [1] [2] [3]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Garston and Liverpool Railway
Pre-grouping Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 June 1864 (1864-06-01)Opened [1]
5 March 1951Closed [1]

Otterspool station was a railway station in Liverpool, England. It was located between St Michaels and Aigburth stations on the Garston and Liverpool Railway.

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The station opened in 1864 and was absorbed into the Cheshire Lines Committee in 1865. It closed in 1951 due to low passenger numbers. The station was at the end of a long and otherwise empty dirt lane which runs alongside Otterspool Park from Jericho Lane. The lane and the station building still exist, but the main building is now a private dwelling, with a subsidiary building beside it lying derelict. Whatever may remain of the platforms cannot be seen under vegetation.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Station Name: Otterspool". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Linsley 2000, p. 160.
  3. ↑ Gell 1985, p.29 & Front Cover.

Sources

  • Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN   978-0-947562-03-8.
  • Linsley, Robin (2000). Railways in camera : archive photographs of the great age of steam from the Public Record Office : 1860-1913. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84015-109-1.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
St Michaels
Line and station open		  Cheshire Lines Committee
Garston and Liverpool Railway 		  Mersey Road and Aigburth
Line and station open


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