Alexandra Dock railway station

For the former station on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, see Alexandra Dock railway station (Liverpool Overhead Railway).

Alexandra Dock railway station was located on the Alexandra Dock Branch, in Liverpool, England. The station served Alexandra Dock until the last train on 31 May 1948. Formal closure followed on 26 February 1949.^[3]

Alexandra Dock
General information
Location	Bootle, Sefton England
Coordinates	53.4459°N 3.0027°W / 53.4459; -3.0027
Grid reference	SJ335948
Platforms	1[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 September 1881	Opened as Atlantic Dock
10 September 1881	Renamed Alexandra Dock
31 May 1948	Last passenger train
26 February 1949	Official closure[2]
Location

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways. As was common practice in the 1950s the station was left intact, sufficiently so for enthusiast's specials to call in 1959 and 1964.^[1][4][5] By 1971 the station had been demolished and its tracks lifted.^[6]

The site today

The buildings and terminating tracks have been obliterated by modern development, but the track past the station site still serves Seaforth Dock; there is a loop a short distance northeast of the station site.^[7]