Index
- Edge Hill to Bootle Home
- Edge Hill
- Edge Lane
- Stanley
- Tuebrook
- Breck Road
- Walton and Anfield
- Spellow
- Canada Dock
- Bootle Balliol Road
- Alexandra Dock
- Atlantic Dock Junction
Edge Hill to Bootle Docks
(1866 - 1948)
The London & North Western Railway (LNWR) Canada Dock branch ran initially from Edge Hill
The line was authorised in 1861 and its primary purpose was to give the LNWR access to the most northerly of the Liverpool Docks. The LNWR had goods stations at Wapping Dock (opened October 1830) and at Waterloo (opened August 1 1849) but since these stations had opened the docks had continued to spread northwards
The Canada Dock branch did not take a direct course from Edge Hill to Canada Dock owing to the topography of the area and it ran in a north/south direction through Edge Lane at a distance of about two miles from the river front and only when it reached Anfield station did it start to turn towards the west and head down to the docks
The double-track line opened in two stages, the first being from Edge Hill to Tuebrook on June 1 1866 when passenger and goods services were run. On October 15 1866 the line was opened from Tuebrook to Canada Dock but only for goods services
The passenger service continued to run only between Edge Hill and Tuebrook until July 1 1870 when a passenger station opened at Canada Dock plus a number of intermediate stations
The line was authorised in 1861 and its primary purpose was to give the LNWR access to the most northerly of the Liverpool Docks. The LNWR had goods stations at Wapping Dock (opened October 1830) and at Waterloo (opened August 1 1849) but since these stations had opened the docks had continued to spread northwards
The Canada Dock branch did not take a direct course from Edge Hill to Canada Dock owing to the topography of the area and it ran in a north/south direction through Edge Lane at a distance of about two miles from the river front and only when it reached Anfield station did it start to turn towards the west and head down to the docks
The double-track line opened in two stages, the first being from Edge Hill to Tuebrook on June 1 1866 when passenger and goods services were run. On October 15 1866 the line was opened from Tuebrook to Canada Dock but only for goods services
The passenger service continued to run only between Edge Hill and Tuebrook until July 1 1870 when a passenger station opened at Canada Dock plus a number of intermediate stations
| Station name | Opened | Closed to passengers |
Goods closed |
| Edge Hill | Sep 1830 | ||
| Edge Lane | Jun 1866 | May 1948 | |
| Stanley | Jun 1866 | May 1948 | |
| Tuebrook | Jun 1866 | May 1948 | |
| Breck Road | July 1870 | May 1948 | 1964 |
| Walton and Anfield | July 1870 | May 1948 | |
| Spellow | Sep 1882 | May 1948 | |
| Canada Dock | July 1870 | May 1941 | 1982 |
| Bootle Balliol Road | Sep 1881 | May 1948 | |
| Alexandra Dock | Sep 1881 | May 1948 | 1967 |
| Atlantic Dock Junct | Sep 1881 | May 1948 | |