Station Name: HUSKISSON DOCK

 

[Source: Paul Wright]



Date opened: By May 1896
Location: On the west side of Regent Road (A5036) just south of its junction with Sandhills Lane.
Company on opening: Liverpool Overhead Railway
Date closed to passengers: 30.12.1956
Date closed completely: 30.12.1956
Company on closing: Liverpool Overhead Railway
Present state: Demolished
County: Lancashire
OS Grid Ref: SJ337931
Date of visit: 19.6.2005

Notes: Nelson Dock was a typical Liverpool Overhead Railway station being located on the elevated line 16 feet above street level on the iron structure that carried the line above Liverpool's busy Dock Road and directly above the Dock Boards railway which ran throughout the length of the dock system linking the various goods facilities. It opened in 1896 as a replacement for Sandon. When opened it was served by trains between Dingle and Seaforth Sands stations. In 1905 an extension was made to Seaforth & Litherland on the L&Y Liverpool to Southport line. The station was connected to the street by stairs.

The line closed along with all of its stations due to the structure corroding on 30.12.1956.

Huskisson Station was demolished with the rest of the Overhead Railway towards the end of 1957.

To see the other stations on the Liverpool Overhead Railway click on the station name: Dingle, Herculaneum Dock, Toxteth Dock, Brunswick Dock, Wapping Dock, Canning, James Street, Pier Head, Princes Dock, Clarence Dock, Nelson Dock, Sandon Dock, Canada Dock, Brocklebank Dock, Langton Dock, Alexandra Dock, Gladstone Dock & Seaforth Sands

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Looking north towards Huskisson Dock Station in the 1930's




Huskisson Dock Station in October 1956
Photo by Bob Turner


The site of Huskisson Dock Station in June 2005 from the opposite side of Regent Road. Note the bricked up doorways. They would have led to the station which was inside and above the dock wall .
P
hoto by Paul Wright


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