Alexandra Dock | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Bootle, Sefton |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.4459°N -3.0027°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | London and North Western Railway |
Pregroup: | London and North Western Railway |
Postgroup: | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Years: | 5 September 1881 |
Events: | Opened as Atlantic Dock |
Years1: | 10 September 1881 |
Events1: | Renamed Alexandra Dock |
Years2: | 31 May 1948 |
Events2: | Last passenger train |
Years3: | 26 February 1949 |
Events3: | Official closure |
Alexandra Dock railway station was located on the Alexandra Dock Branch, in Liverpool, England. The station served Alexandra Dock until the last train on 31 May 1948. Formal closure followed on 26 February 1949.[1]
Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways. As was common practice in the 1950s the station was left intact, sufficiently so for enthusiast's specials to call in 1959 and 1964.[2] [3] By 1971 the station had been demolished and its tracks lifted.[4]
The buildings and terminating tracks have been obliterated by modern development, but the track past the station site still serves Seaforth Dock; there is a loop a short distance northeast of the station site.[5]