Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension tunnel
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Herculaneum Dock
Herculaneum Dock was part of the Port of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. It was situated at the southern end of the Liverpool dock system, on the River Mersey. To the north it was connected to Harrington Dock. The dock was named after the Herculaneum Pottery Company that had occupied the site...
to Dingle railway station
Dingle railway station
Dingle railway station is a disused underground railway station located on the Liverpool Overhead Railway , at the south end of Park Road, Dingle, Liverpool. It was the only below ground station on the line. Trains accessed the station via a half-mile underground tunnel, bored from the cliff face...
, on the Liverpool Overhead Railway
Liverpool Overhead Railway
The Liverpool Overhead Railway was the world's first electrically operated overhead railway. The railway was carried mainly on iron viaducts, with a corrugated iron decking, onto which the tracks were laid. It ran close to the River Mersey in Liverpool, England, following the line of Liverpool Docks...
. It is now disused, the former station now being a garage.
The tunnel may be unique in that is leads to an underground station on what was an overhead railway. It was not that the line was inclined downward into the ground but it intersected a hill.
External links
- http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/l/liverpool_overhead_railway/index.shtml