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Pier Head railway station

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The station was the busiest railway station on the overhead network, providing connections to trams, buses and ferries. When constructed it was expected to be this busy, and so additional staircases were built.
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The station closed, along with the rest of the line on 30 December 1956. No evidence of this station remains.
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The Docker's Umbrella: A History of Liverpool Overhead Railway
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Index

Pier Head railway station (Essex)
Ryde Pier Head railway station
Liverpool
Liverpool
Merseyside
Grid reference
SJ339904
Liverpool Overhead Railway
Liverpool Overhead Railway
Marquis of Salisbury
Mersey Ferry
Royal Liver Building
James St. (LOR)
Liverpool Overhead Railway
Princes Dock
"The Dockers' Umbrella: City railway served Liverpool's busy port"
ISBN
187256805X
ISBN
0711024685
Pier Head station on Subterranea Britannica
53°24′22″N 2°59′42″W / 53.4060°N 2.9951°W / 53.4060; -2.9951
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Merseyside
Birkenhead Railway
Caldy
Heswall
Kirby Park

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