Spellow railway station

Spellow
Location
Place Walton
Area Liverpool
Grid reference SJ356944
Operations
Original company London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
History
September 1882 Station opened
31 May 1948 Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Spellow railway station was a station located in Liverpool, England.

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

The station building was located on County Road, Walton, with steps at the back of the station, leading down to the platforms, which were situated in a deep rock cutting.

Spellow station closed to passengers on 31 May 1948, but the line continued to be used by trains running from Liverpool Lime Street to Southport Chapel Street.

It was proposed that Spellow station would reopen to passengers in 1977 as part of the new Merseyrail network, along with all the other stations closed on the Canada Dock Branch, but this never came to fruition. However, there has been talk recently that this may still happen within the next decade, if Merseyrail decides to extend their current network.

Today, the station building still stands and is currently in use by a bookmakers.

References

    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    		  

    Coordinates: 53°26′34″N 2°58′14″W / 53.4428°N 2.9705°W / 53.4428; -2.9705


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