Index
- Liverpool to Manchester (LMR)
- Liverpool Lime Street
- Wapping
- Liverpool Crown Street
- Edge Hill
- Wavertree Tech Park
- Broadgreen
- Roby
- Huyton
- Huyton Quarry
- Whiston
- Rainhill
- Lea Green
- St Helens Junction
- Collins Green
- Earlestown
- Newton-le_Willows
- Parkside 1st
- Parkside 2nd
- Kenyon Junction
- Glazebury
- Astley
- Flow Moss
- Lamb's Cottage
- Barton Moss 1st
- Barton Moss 2nd
- Patricroft
- Eccles
- Weaste
- Seedley
- Cross Lane
- Ordsall Lane
- Manchester Liverpool Road
- Manchester Exchange
- Manchester Victoria
Manchester Liverpool Road
(1830 - 1844)
Manchester Liverpool Road station opened September 15 1830 and closed to passengers in May 1844
The original plans for the railway would have seen a station developed on the west side of the River Irwell in the town of Salford. However the lines promoters wanted to have a terminus in Manchester which would save passengers from having to cross the River Irwell and a site was identified and purchased at Liverpool Road on the western edge of the city
To reach the site the line had to be raised up to an elevation exceeding 29 feet so that a bridge could be built across the Irwell which would still allow navigation by the boats of the Irwell Navigation Company
An existing house was purchased on Liverpool Road and a two storey stone-built building was constructed next to it cater for passengers. The house was used for the station superintendent's office
The line was level with the first storey of the building and it was reached by staircases that led to a platform which had a covered canopy to shelter passengers but this platform was to be used only by departing trains. For passengers arriving at Liverpool Road, a simple platform was provided on the western side of the Water Street bridge. At first, no facilities where provided as it was assumed that arriving passengers would quickly disperse into Manchester. However this situation changed in 1837 when an arrival station was built
By 1844, the station was far too small to cope with the passenger numbers that were using the line. By this time trains where travelling to more destinations than just Liverpool and a new station opened further to the east called Victoria and Liverpool Road closed to passengers
The station site continued to be developed as a goods facility and the former passenger station survived mainly intact including the original staircases
In 1975, the station closed completely but in 1980 the site was used to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The local authority wanted to create a Science and Industry Museum which would preserve and make good use of the site. Visitors can view the station site and see the first class booking hall restored to its 1830 condition. A replica locomotive of the era, 'Planet' can regularly be seen in steam at the station site
The original plans for the railway would have seen a station developed on the west side of the River Irwell in the town of Salford. However the lines promoters wanted to have a terminus in Manchester which would save passengers from having to cross the River Irwell and a site was identified and purchased at Liverpool Road on the western edge of the city
To reach the site the line had to be raised up to an elevation exceeding 29 feet so that a bridge could be built across the Irwell which would still allow navigation by the boats of the Irwell Navigation Company
An existing house was purchased on Liverpool Road and a two storey stone-built building was constructed next to it cater for passengers. The house was used for the station superintendent's office
The line was level with the first storey of the building and it was reached by staircases that led to a platform which had a covered canopy to shelter passengers but this platform was to be used only by departing trains. For passengers arriving at Liverpool Road, a simple platform was provided on the western side of the Water Street bridge. At first, no facilities where provided as it was assumed that arriving passengers would quickly disperse into Manchester. However this situation changed in 1837 when an arrival station was built
By 1844, the station was far too small to cope with the passenger numbers that were using the line. By this time trains where travelling to more destinations than just Liverpool and a new station opened further to the east called Victoria and Liverpool Road closed to passengers
The station site continued to be developed as a goods facility and the former passenger station survived mainly intact including the original staircases
In 1975, the station closed completely but in 1980 the site was used to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The local authority wanted to create a Science and Industry Museum which would preserve and make good use of the site. Visitors can view the station site and see the first class booking hall restored to its 1830 condition. A replica locomotive of the era, 'Planet' can regularly be seen in steam at the station site
