[Source: Paul Wright]


Between Walton on the Hill Station and Huskisson the most significant engineering works on the CLC North Liverpool Extension Line had to be undertaken. This was because the natural sandstone escarpment that rises to the east of the city of Liverpool had to be overcome in order to get the line down to Huskisson. The works required three tunnels at Walton on the Hill and extensive cuttings at Kirkdale. The three tunnels which started at the Huskisson end of Walton on the Hill Station where only separated by two short cuttings as shown on the picture above which shows the north end tunnel mouth of Walton on the Hill Tunnel No. 2 seen here in April 2005 from Liston Street bridge.
Photo by Neil Sturgeon