Olive Mount cutting

Olive Mount cutting
The view towards Wavertree Technology Park railway station, with the junction to Olive Mount chord in the foreground.
Overview
Status Operational
Locale United Kingdom (Liverpool
North West England)
Coordinates 53°24′21″N 2°54′46″W / 53.4057°N 2.9127°W / 53.4057; -2.9127Coordinates: 53°24′21″N 2°54′46″W / 53.4057°N 2.9127°W / 53.4057; -2.9127
Stations 0
Operation
Opened 1830
Owner Network Rail
Technical
Number of tracks Double track with junction
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
The excavation of Olive Mount, four miles from Liverpool.

Olive Mount cutting, which was opened in 1830, is a 2-mile (3.2 km) sandstone railway cutting on the line to Manchester,[1] 4 miles (6.4 km) from Liverpool.[2] The cutting is 80 feet (24 m) deep[3] and is situated between Wavertree Technology Park and Broad Green railway stations. The railway's engineer, George Stephenson, had hoped to avoid the problem of creating the cutting for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by routing the line further north.[4] However, that plan was objected to by the Earl of Derby and the Earl of Sefton.[4]

The cutting was originally designed to accommodate two tracks, and was only 20 feet (6.1 m) wide at the top.[5]. In 1871, it was widened to allow four tracks to enter Liverpool Lime Street, because traffic had increased considerably since the station opened.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Olive Mount". Spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  2. ↑ "South Liverpool: Wavertree including Mossley Hill". Allertonoak.com. 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Subterranea Britannica: Sites: Liverpool - Edge Hill Cutting and Tunnels". Subbrit.org.uk. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  4. 1 2 "Historic Wavertree, Liverpool - The Olive Mount railway cutting". Wavsoc.awardspace.info. 2000-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  5. ↑ Ashmore 1982, p. 166
  6. ↑ "Olive Mount Cutting, 1881 - Photos - Our collection - National Railway Museum". Nrm.org.uk. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

Sources

  • Ashmore, Owen (1982). The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719008207. OCLC 8555887.
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