Herculaneum Dock | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Liverpool |
Country: | England |
Original: | Liverpool Overhead Railway |
Years: | 6 March 1893 |
Events: | Terminus station opened |
Years1: | 21 December 1896 |
Events1: | Replaced by through station |
Years2: | 30 December 1956 |
Events2: | Station closed |
Herculaneum Dock railway station was the original southern terminus for the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Actually adjacent to Harrington Dock it was named after Herculaneum Dock, a somewhat larger dock beyond the end of the line. It was opened on 6 March 1893 by the Marquis of Salisbury.
The station became a carriage shed on 21 December 1896, upon the LOR's southern extension through the cliffside to Dingle and the subsequent construction of a 'through' station by the same name slightly north of the original.[1]
The station closed, along with the rest of the line on 30 December 1956. No evidence of this station remains.