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Original at Liverpool Great Howard Street add redirect from Liverpool Borough gaol railway station
Liverpool Great Howard Street | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Liverpool, Liverpool England |
| Grid reference | SJ338914 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway & East Lancashire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 20 November 1848 | Opened to passengers |
| December 1850 | Opened for freight |
| 13 May 1850 | Closed to passengers |
| 30 September 1963 | Closed |
Liverpool Great Howard Street railway station was a station in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, it was also known as Liverpool Borough Gaol railway station. The station was jointly owned but separately operated by two rival railway companies from 1848 to 1850 when it became a goods station.
Passenger station
The Liverpool and Bury Railway (L&BR) was formed in July 1845 to construct a line from Liverpool to Bury via Wigan and Bolton. The L&BR became part of the Manchester and Leeds Railway in July 1846 which in turn became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) in July 1847.[1]
The line and station opened on 20 November 1848. As it was the terminus station the L&YR named the station Liverpool but in 1850 they started to call it Liverpool Borough Gaol, mostly to avoid confusion with the about to be opened Liverpool Exchange. [2]
The Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway had been authorised in August 1846 to build a line between the towns in its name, it had been supported by the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) and amalgamated with it in October 1846.[3]
The two companies, the L&YR and the ELR were serious rivals but they agreed to have their lines meet at Walton and jointly share the cost of building a joint line into Liverpool to the temporary terminus and then the extension on to Liverpool Exchange.[3]
The ELR line was opened on 2 April 1849 and the ELR named their part of the station Liverpool but in 1850 they started to call it Liverpool Great Howard Street, again mostly to avoid confusion with the about to be opened Liverpool Exchange.[2]
The L&YR closed the station to passengers on 13 May 1850 when it transferred all its services to Liverpool Exchange. The ELR started to use the terminus on 13 May 1850 but continued to have its trains stop at Great Howard Street as well.[2][4]
closing to passengers in July 1851 after the line was extended to Tithebarn Street.
Goods station
Freight services continued until closure on 30 September 1963.
References
- ^ Grant 2017, pp. 317–318.
- ^ a b c Quick 2023, p. 285.
- ^ a b Holt & Biddle 1986, pp. 32–33.
- ^ "East Lancashire Railway: Opening of the Tithebarn-Street station near the Exchange Liverpool". The Liverpool Mercury. 14 May 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Bibliography
- Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- Holt, Geoffrey O.; Biddle, Gordon (1986). The North West. A Regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). David St. John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-34-1. OCLC 643506870.[1]
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.[2]
- ^ Holt & Biddle 1986.
- ^ Quick 2023, p. 314.