Herculaneum Dock railway station

Herculaneum Dock
Location
Place	Liverpool
Area	England
Operations
Original company	Liverpool Overhead Railway
History
6 March 1893	Terminus station opened
21 December 1896	Replaced by through station
30 December 1956	Station closed
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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 the 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.

External links

• Herculaneum railway station at Disused Stations

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

Coordinates: 53°22′51″N 2°58′26″W / 53.3809°N 2.9740°W / 53.3809; -2.9740