Nelson Dock railway station

Nelson Dock
Location
Place	Liverpool
Area	Liverpool, Merseyside
Operations
Post-grouping	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Platforms	2
History
May 1896	Opened
30 December 1956	Closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Nelson Dock was a railway station on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, adjacent to the dock of the same name.

It was opened in May 1896 and replaced nearby Sandon Dock, which was closed at the same time.^[1]

The station closed, along with the rest of the line on 30 December 1956. No evidence of this station remains.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Clarence Dock		Liverpool Overhead Railway		Sandon Dock

References

↑ "The Dockers' Umbrella: City railway served Liverpool's busy port". Liverpool Echo. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

Nelson Dock station on Subterranea Britannica

Coordinates: 53°25′26″N 3°00′02″W / 53.4239°N 3.0005°W / 53.4239; -3.0005

Liverpool Overhead Railway stations

Seaforth Sands Gladstone Dock Alexandra Dock Langton Dock Brocklebank Dock Canada Dock Huskisson Dock Sandon Dock Nelson Dock Clarence Dock Princes Dock Pier Head James Street Canning Wapping Dock Brunswick Dock Toxteth Dock Herculaneum Dock Dingle

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