Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

This is a matter of local rather than family history. I am trying to discover the story behind a railway siding on the west (river) side of the old CLC line just north of Mersey Road/Aigburth station. This is now part of the electric line to Liverpool Central and the siding rails are not there, although there may be some traces of it.

There are suggestions in some forums that it was connected with a proposed dock at Otterspool early in the 20th century, but I have a faint memory of some WW2 activity there.

All suggestions welcome.

Daggers

Perhaps Hilary has some idea, she's well into railways.

I like trains but that's it!

I know about the Cheshire Lines line to Southport but will have to see if I have anything on it in Liverpool.

Try the website http://www.disused-stations.org.uk site and look at Garston Dock and Otterspool Stations to see if that helps

I don't know that area so might not be in the right place.

Try Brunswick on that site as well.

try www.oldmapsonline.org

attached is from the 1920's. It appears it was a line to a disused dock at Otterspool.

http://maps.nls.uk/view/101598166

Alex

Thanks. I had seen that map and am aware of the proposed dock. The curved track leading to the 'dock' is a bit a puzzle, too.
Otterspool Station is just to the north of my area of interest, the house still there but the station itself closed years ago.
The line I am pursuing is the one running beside the main line, NW from Mersey Road station.
A pity the OS did not revise more often!

D