Spellow railway station

Spellow railway station was a station located in Liverpool, England.

The station opened in September 1882, as an immediate station from Canada Dock on the Canada Dock Branch, which ran from the docks north of Liverpool to Edge Hill.

The station building was located on County Road, Walton, with steps at the back of the station, leading down to the platforms, which were situated in a deep rock cutting.

Spellow station closed to passengers on the 31st May 1948, but the line continued to be used by trains running from Liverpool Lime Street to Southport Chapel Street.

It was proposed that Spellow station would reopen to passengers in 1977 as part of the new Merseyrail network, along with all the other stations closed on the Canada Dock Branch, but this never came to fruition. However, there has been talk recently that this may still happen within the next decade, if Merseyrail decides to extend their current network.

Today, the station building still stands and is currently in use by a bookmakers.

External links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/spellow/index.shtml Spellow on Disused Stations in the UK]

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