Station Name: HERCULANEUM DOCK

 

[Source: Paul Wright]

Date opened: 4.2.1893
Location: West of Sefton Street.
Company on opening: Liverpool Overhead Railway
Date closed to passengers: 30.12.1956
Date closed completely: 30.12.1956
Company on closing: Liverpool Overhead Railway
Present state: Demolished
County: Lancashire
OS Grid Ref: SJ354876
Date of visit: 1.7.2005

Notes: The original Herculaneum Dock station opened as the southern terminus of the Liverpool Overhead Railway on 4.2.1893.

When it first opened trains went north to Alexandra Dock station but just over a year later the line was extended further north to Seaforth Sands station. On 21.12.1896 a southern extension was opened to Dingle and this necessitated the building of a new Herculaneum Dock station slightly further north. The original station was then used as a carriage shed until the lines closure.
By 1905 trains traveled through Herculaneum Station to Seaforth and Litherland in the north and to Dingle in the south.

In common with most of the Liverpool Overhead Stations Herculaneum was located 16ft above street level and was reached by stairs in both of its incarnations.

The line closed along with all of its stations on 30.12.1956 due to the structure corroding.

Herculaneum Dock station was demolished with the rest of the Overhead Railway towards the end of 1957.

To see the other stations on the Liverpool Overhead Railway click on the station name: Dingle, Toxteth Dock, Brunswick Dock, Wapping Dock, Canning, James Street, Pier Head, Princes Dock, Clarence Dock, Nelson Dock, Sandon Dock, Huskisson Dock, Canada Dock, Brocklebank Dock, Langton Dock, Alexandra Dock, Gladstone Dock & Seaforth Sands

Click here for a brief history of the Liverpool Overhead Railway


The original Herculaneum Dock terminus looking west in the 1950's


A view of the site of the second station (foreground) and 1st station (background) from a point that would have been under the structure of the line looking south in July 2005
P
hoto by Paul Wright

The second Herculaneum Dock Station looking north in 1956

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:[Source: Paul Wright]


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