Garston Dock railway station

Railway station situated on Dock Road, Liverpool

53°21′19″N 2°54′11″W / 53.355225°N 2.90313°W / 53.355225; -2.90313Grid referenceSJ401846Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companySt Helens RailwayPre-groupingLNWRPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1852Opened5 April 1917<[1]closed5 May 1919reopened16 June 1947Closed

Garston Dock railway station served Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England and Garston Docks. It was situated on the east side of Dock Road.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1852 as the western terminal of the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway and closed 16 June 1947.[2] Soon after the station was opened the Garston and Liverpool Railway was opened bringing the St Helens Railway Liverpool terminus to Brunswick. However, the Cheshire Lines Committee took over this line to connect in Liverpool to Manchester Line to central Liverpool. So, the LNWR which by this time had acquired the St Helens Railway built Hunts Cross chord allowing its trains to access its Liverpool Lime Street railway station.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   LNWR
St Helens Railway 		  Church Road Garston
Cressington   CLC
Garston and Liverpool Railway 		  Terminus
A 1913 Railway Clearing House map (left) of railways in the vicinity of Garston Dock

References

  1. ^ Garston Dock railway station at Disused Stations
  2. ^ Garston Dock railway station at Disused Stations

See also

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Closed railway stations in Merseyside
Birkenhead Railway








Canada Dock BranchCheshire Lines CommitteeChester and
Birkenhead RailwayEast Lancashire RailwayLancashire Union RailwayLiverpool and
Manchester RailwayLiverpool, Crosby and
Southport RailwayLiverpool Overhead RailwayLiverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction Railway
Liverpool, St Helens and
South Lancashire Railway
Mersey Docks and
Harbour BoardNorth Mersey BranchNorth Wales and
Liverpool RailwaySt Helens and
Runcorn Gap RailwayWest Lancashire RailwayWirral RailwayOther


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