Brunswick Dock railway station

Not to be confused with Brunswick railway station.

Brunswick Dock railway station was on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, adjacent to Brunswick Dock and in close proximity to the Cheshire Lines Committee's extensive goods yard of the same name.

Brunswick Dock
General information
Location	Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside England
Grid reference	SJ348886
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Key dates
6 March 1893	Opened
30 December 1956	Closed completely

v t e Liverpool Overhead Railway
Legend
to Southport Seaforth & Litherland to Aintree to Liverpool Exchange Seaforth Sands Gladstone Dock Alexandra Dock Langton Dock Brocklebank Dock Canada Dock Huskisson Dock Sandon Dock Nelson Dock Clarence Dock Princes Dock Pier Head James Street Canning Wapping Dock Brunswick Dock Toxteth Dock Herculaneum Dock Dingle Herculaneum Dock (original)

It was opened on 6 March 1893 by Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. The station had a hydraulic lift bridge which enabled a section of track to be lifted up to allow large vehicles to pass underneath.^[1] It was heavily bombed during the Liverpool Blitz.^[2]

The station closed, along with the rest of the line on 30 December 1956. No evidence of the station remains.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Toxteth Dock		Liverpool Overhead Railway		Wapping Dock

References

1. Bolger 1992, p. 49
2. "The Dockers' Umbrella: City railway served Liverpool's busy port". Liverpool Echo. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

Sources

• Bolger, Paul (1992). The Docker's Umbrella (2007 ed.). The Bluecoat Press. ISBN 1-872568-05-X. OCLC 59831132.

External links

• Brunswick Dock at Disused Stations

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