Gladstone Dock railway station

Former railway station in England

53°27′30″N 3°00′40″W / 53.4583°N 3.0112°W / 53.4583; -3.0112Grid referenceSJ328962Line(s)North Mersey BranchPlatforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates7 September 1914 (1914-09-07)Opened1916Renamed Gladstone Dock Halt7 July 1924Closed10 June 1968Line closed

Gladstone Dock railway station was a station in Bootle, Lancashire, England, located on the North Mersey Branch. Situated west of Rimrose Road (now the A565) within the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Estate, it was named after the nearby Gladstone Dock.

History

The station was opened on 7 September 1914 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) as a passenger terminus on its North Mersey Branch.[1]

The station was situated on the west side of the viaduct carrying two lines of track of the branch on the way to North Mersey goods railway station which had been open since 1866.[2]

The access to the station was from the west side of the viaduct where it crossed Shore Road, there was a flight of steps up the platform level where the booking office was situated. The single platform was of wooden construction and had no facilities other than a few benches.[3][4][5]

The service ran to Aintree, there were seven trains each day in each direction with an extra service on Saturdays.[6] Unfortunately passengers seemed to have preferred using the Liverpool Overhead Railway's Seaforth Sands station and the station was closed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 7 July 1924.[1][6]

The line through the station site remained in use for freight up until 10 June 1968.[3][7] The embankment on which the single platform station was situated has long since been demolished. There is no evidence of the station's existence.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Linacre Road
Towards Aintree 		  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
North Mersey Branch 		  Terminus

References

  1. ^ a b Quick 2023, p. 207.
  2. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 160.
  3. ^ a b Gell 1985.
  4. ^ Lancashire XCIX.13 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1927.
  5. ^ Gahan 1985, p. 114.
  6. ^ a b Marshall 1970, p. 168.
  7. ^ Clinker 1978, p. 16.

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.
  • Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside: Lines to Southport and Ormskirk - 13 decades of trains and travel. ISBN 978-0-907768-07-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)
  • Gell, Rob (1985). An illustrated survey of Liverpool's railway stations, 1830-1985. Crosby, England: Heyday Pub. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8. OCLC 655445796.
  • Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4352-4.
  • Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4906-9.
  • Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
  • "Gladstone Dock railway station". Disused Stations.
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