Toxteth Dock railway station

Toxteth
Location
Place Liverpool
Area Liverpool
Coordinates 53°23′06″N 2°58′44″W / 53.3849°N 2.9788°W / 53.3849; -2.9788Coordinates: 53°23′06″N 2°58′44″W / 53.3849°N 2.9788°W / 53.3849; -2.9788
Grid reference SJ349880
Operations
Original company Liverpool Overhead Railway
Platforms 2
History
6 March 1893 Station opened
30 December 1956 Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Toxteth Dock railway station was on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, adjacent to the dock of the same name and the Brunswick Goods station on the Cheshire Lines railway, England.[1] It was situated above a London Midland & Scottish goods railway station.

It was opened on 6 March 1893 by the Marquis of Salisbury and closed, along with the rest of the line, on 30 December 1956. No evidence of this station remains.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Herculaneum Dock   Liverpool Overhead Railway   Brunswick Dock

References

  1. ↑ "The Dockers' Umbrella: City railway served Liverpool's busy port". Liverpool Echo. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.


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