Spellow railway station

Spellow railway station was located on County Road, Walton in Liverpool, England.

Spellow
LocationWalton, Liverpool
England
Coordinates53.4428°N 2.9705°W / 53.4428; -2.9705
Grid referenceSJ356944
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
September 1882Opened
31 May 1948Closed[2]

History

The station opened in September 1882 on the Canada Dock Branch, which ran from the docks north of Liverpool to Edge Hill.

The station building was at street level, with steps at the back leading down to the platforms which were situated in a deep rock cutting.

The station closed to passengers on 31 May 1948, but the line continued to be used by passenger trains running from Liverpool Lime Street to Southport Chapel Street. This ceased in 1977, but freight trains to and from Seaforth Dock still pass through the station site.

It was proposed that Spellow station would reopen to passengers in 1977 as part of the new Merseyrail network, along with other stations on the branch. Although this never happened it remains a possibility in the future if Merseyrail decides to extend their current network. It was announced in December 2019 that Liverpool City Council had commissioned a feasibility study to see about reopening the Canada Dock Branch to passenger traffic.[3]

The station building still stands and is currently in use by a bookmaker.

References
  1. Gell 1985, Alphabetically under S.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 217.
  3. Tyrrell, Nick (17 December 2019). "Work starts to figure out if Anfield train station could be built". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

Sources
  • 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Canada Dock
Line and station closed		   London and North Western Railway
Canada Dock Branch		   Walton & Anfield
Line and station closed
Bootle Balliol Road
Line and station closed		   London and North Western Railway
Alexandra Dock Branch		  
Bootle Oriel Road
Line closed, station open		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway		  


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