Canada Dock Branch
The Canada Dock Branch is a 4 mile 594 chain long railway line in Liverpool, England, built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). It opened in 1866 between Edge Hill and Canada Dock. On 5 September 1881 a line to Alexandra Dock was opened and on May 1 1886 a junction with the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway was opened.
By 31 May 1948 the stations on the line had all closed for passenger services, though trains from Liverpool Lime Street to Southport used the line. When the Merseyrail Loop and Link lines opened in 1977 all passenger use ended.
It is currently a busy freight-only line and is sometime called the Bootle Branch or Seaforth Container Terminal Branch(SCT). Rebuilding the Olive Mount chord has been suggested in order to increase usage of the line for freight purposes. It could also be reopened to passengers; this would provide a connection from the Northern Line (south of Bootle) to Liverpool Lime Street and the City Line.
Route
- Edge Hill Edge Hill
- Edge Lane [1]
- Stanley Passenger [2]
- Stanley Cattle (siding)
- Tue Brook [3]
- Breck Road [4]
- Walton & Anfield [5]
- Spellow [6]
- Atlantic Dock Junction (ATLNTDJ)
- Canada Dock,Canada Dock [7]
Alexandra Branch
- Atlantic Dock Junction (ATLNTDJ)
- Junction with the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway between Bank Hall railway station and Bootle Oriel Road railway station;
- Balliol Road. [8]
- Alexandra Dock [9]
External links
- Historic map of railways in Liverpool
- LUPTS photo archive
- Select Committee on Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Memorandum by Merseytravel
Notes
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/e/edge_lane/index.shtml]
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/stanley/index.shtml
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/t/tue_brook/index.shtml
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/breck_road/index.shtml
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/w/walton_and_anfield/index.shtml
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/spellow/index.shtml
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/c/canada_dock/index.shtml
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bootle_balliol_road/index.shtml
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/alexandra_dock/index.shtml
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