Langton Dock railway station

Langton Dock was a railway station on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, adjacent to the dock of the same name.

Langton Dock
General information
Location	Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Key dates
May 1896	Opened
5 March 1906	Closed completely

It was opened in May 1896 due to demand from the busy nature of the dock.[1] The station had a hydraulic lift bridge which enabled a section of track to be lifted up to allow large vehicles to pass underneath.[2]

The station closed on 5 March 1906. No evidence of this station remains.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Brocklebank Dock		Liverpool Overhead Railway		Alexandra Dock

References

Adrian Jarvis (1996). Portrait of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0711024685.
Bolger 1992, p. 49

Sources

Bolger, Paul (1992). The Docker's Umbrella (2007 ed.). The Bluecoat Press. ISBN 1-872568-05-X. OCLC 59831132.

External links

Langton Dock station on Subterranea Britannica

Closed railway stations in Merseyside
Birkenhead Railway	Caldy Heswall Kirby Park Thurstaston
Canada Dock Branch	Alexandra Dock Bootle Balliol Road Breck Road Canada Dock Edge Lane Spellow Stanley Tue Brook Walton & Anfield
Cheshire Lines Committee	Ainsdale Beach Aintree Central Birkdale Palace Childwall Clubmoor Garston (Merseyside) Gateacre Huskisson Knotty Ash Liverpool Central High Level Liverpool St James Otterspool Sefton and Maghull Southport Lord Street Walton on the Hill Warbreck West Derby Woodvale
Chester and Birkenhead Railway	Birkenhead Grange Lane Birkenhead Monks Ferry Birkenhead Town Birkenhead Woodside Rock Lane Tranmere
Lancashire Union Railway	Carr Mill
Liverpool and Manchester Railway	Crown Street Huyton Quarry Parkside
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway	Altcar Rifle Range Bootle Village Formby Power Station Liverpool Exchange Liverpool Great Howard Street Miller's Bridge Southport Eastbank Street
Liverpool Overhead Railway	Alexandra Dock (LOR) Brocklebank Dock Brunswick Dock Canada Dock (LOR) Canning Clarence Dock Dingle Gladstone Dock (LOR) Herculaneum Dock Huskisson Dock James Street (LOR) Langton Dock Nelson Dock Pier Head Princes Dock Sandon Dock Seaforth Sands Toxteth Dock Wapping Dock
Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway	Blowick Butts Lane Halt Kew Gardens (Merseyside)
Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway	Ashton-in-Makerfield Haydock Haydock Park St Helens Central (GCR)
Manchester and Southport Railway	Southport London Street
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board	Liverpool Riverside
North Mersey Branch	Aintree Racecourse Ford (Merseyside) Linacre Road Gladstone Dock
North Wales and Liverpool Railway	Storeton
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Allerton Church Road Garston Clock Face Crank Halt Garston Dock Gerards Bridge Halebank Moss Bank Old Mill Lane Peasley Cross Rainford Village Robins Lane Halt Rookery Sefton Park Speke Sutton Oak Union Bank Farm Halt Wavertree
West Lancashire Railway	Churchtown Crossens Hesketh Park Southport Ash Street Southport Central St Luke's
Wirral Railway	Birkenhead Dock Liscard and Poulton Seacombe Warren
Other	Vulcan Halt
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Liverpool Overhead Railway
Stations	Seaforth Sands Gladstone Dock Alexandra Dock Langton Dock Brocklebank Dock Canada Dock Huskisson Dock Sandon Dock Nelson Dock Clarence Dock Princes Dock Pier Head James Street Canning Wapping Dock Brunswick Dock Toxteth Dock Herculaneum Dock Dingle
People	Charles Douglas Fox James Henry Greathead William Bower Forwood
Rolling stock	Liverpool Overhead Railway electric units

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