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North Mersey Branch
(1906 - 1962)
The North Mersey Branch (NMB) is a railway line that connected the Liverpool and Bury Railway at Fazakerley Junction with the Gladstone Dock. It was opened in 1867 by the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
From 1896 there was a junction to the Liverpool Overhead Railway between North Mersey Branch Junction and Gladstone Dock. Aintree Racecourse station opened around 1890 as the only station on the line and saw its last service on March 25 1961. It only operated on race days at Aintree Racecourse
Gladstone Dock station opened on September 7 1914, when the section of track from North Mersey Branch Junction was electrified, and closed on July 7 1924. Two more stations, Ford and Linacre Road, opened on the line on June 1 1906 with the electrification of the line closing on April 2 1951
Plans to reopen this section as part of Merseyrail's Northern Line have been put forward in Sefton's transport plan, with the first details to emerge about its possible reopening being published by the media on February 28 2008. The line could be reopened in conjunction with a proposed new stadium for Liverpool F.C., to provide additional transport links via the town of Litherland
From 1896 there was a junction to the Liverpool Overhead Railway between North Mersey Branch Junction and Gladstone Dock. Aintree Racecourse station opened around 1890 as the only station on the line and saw its last service on March 25 1961. It only operated on race days at Aintree Racecourse
Gladstone Dock station opened on September 7 1914, when the section of track from North Mersey Branch Junction was electrified, and closed on July 7 1924. Two more stations, Ford and Linacre Road, opened on the line on June 1 1906 with the electrification of the line closing on April 2 1951
Plans to reopen this section as part of Merseyrail's Northern Line have been put forward in Sefton's transport plan, with the first details to emerge about its possible reopening being published by the media on February 28 2008. The line could be reopened in conjunction with a proposed new stadium for Liverpool F.C., to provide additional transport links via the town of Litherland
| Station name | Opened | Closed to passengers |
Goods closed |
| Gladstone Dock | Sep 1914 | Jul 1924 | |
| Linacre Road | Jun 1906 | Apl 1951 | |
| Ford | Jun 1906 | Apl 1951 | |
| Aintree Racecourse | 1890 | Mar 1962 |
