Gladstone Dock railway station explained

Gladstone Dock
Status:Disused
Borough:Seaforth, Sefton
Country:England
Coordinates:53.4583°N -3.0112°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Line:North Mersey Branch
Original:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pregroup:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events:Opened
Years1:1916
Events1:Renamed Gladstone Dock Halt
Years2:7 July 1924
Events2:Closed
Years3:10 June 1968
Events3:Line 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.

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.

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.[1]

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

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

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Notes and References

  1. Lancashire XCIX.13 . 1927 . 25 inch . Ordnance Survey .