Index
- Liverpool to Manchester (CLC)
- Liverpool Central
- St James
- Brunswick
- St Michaels
- Otterspool
- Aigburth
- Cressington
- Garston
- Hunts Cross
- Halewood
- Hough Green
- Widnes
- Sankey
- Warrington Central
- Padgate
- Risley
- Birchwood
- Glazebrook
- Irlam
- Irlam Soap Works Halt
- Flixton
- Chassen Road
- Urmston
- Humphrey Park
- Trafford Park
- Manchester United Ground
- Free Trade Hall
- Manchester Central
- Manchester Oxford Road
Brunswick
(1864 - 1874)
Brunswick station opened as the western terminus of the Garston and Liverpool Railway which extended the St Helens Railway from Garston Dock to a point nearer to the city at Brunswick. This line was opened on June 1 1864 but just over a year later on the July 5 1865 the line was absorbed by the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC)
The CLC had wanted a route into the important maritime city of Liverpool from the important manufacturing city of Manchester that could compete with the LNWR. By obtaining running powers over the St Helens Railway and the Stockport and Warrington Railway they were able to achieve this.
Brunswick station did have extensive facilities including a three storey brick built booking office. However the station was a mile away from the city centre. At the same time as the CLC had obtained powers for its main line to Manchester it had also obtained powers to build an extension into Liverpool city centre
On March 2 1874 the extension complete with a new terminus called Liverpool Central was opened. Brunswick closed the next day. However that was not the end of the story as the station was developed into an extensive goods facility including a large warehouse that stood right next to the original station building
Troop trains used Brunswick station during the Liverpool General Transport Strike of 1911. This was presumably to avoid the mass demonstrations that would have been present outside of Liverpool Central Station. It was probably also easier to unload the horses of the Cavalry detachments at the extensive goods facilities that Brunswick had at that time. The goods facility remained in use until the early 1970's
My father Bill Jones worked at Brunswick Goods Depot for nearly 50 years until he died in 1969
Today the site is occupied by a large car dealership and a new Merseyrail station (Brunswick) has been built nearby
The CLC had wanted a route into the important maritime city of Liverpool from the important manufacturing city of Manchester that could compete with the LNWR. By obtaining running powers over the St Helens Railway and the Stockport and Warrington Railway they were able to achieve this.
Brunswick station did have extensive facilities including a three storey brick built booking office. However the station was a mile away from the city centre. At the same time as the CLC had obtained powers for its main line to Manchester it had also obtained powers to build an extension into Liverpool city centre
On March 2 1874 the extension complete with a new terminus called Liverpool Central was opened. Brunswick closed the next day. However that was not the end of the story as the station was developed into an extensive goods facility including a large warehouse that stood right next to the original station building
Troop trains used Brunswick station during the Liverpool General Transport Strike of 1911. This was presumably to avoid the mass demonstrations that would have been present outside of Liverpool Central Station. It was probably also easier to unload the horses of the Cavalry detachments at the extensive goods facilities that Brunswick had at that time. The goods facility remained in use until the early 1970's
My father Bill Jones worked at Brunswick Goods Depot for nearly 50 years until he died in 1969
Today the site is occupied by a large car dealership and a new Merseyrail station (Brunswick) has been built nearby
