Alexandra Dock was a station located on the

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, west of Regent Road ( A565) and within the MDHC Dock Estate. The station was named after the adjacent Alexandra Dock. The station was opened on the 6 March 1893 by the

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and was the northern terminus of the line until it was extended to Seaforth Sands just over a year later. The station closed, along with the rest of the line, on 30 December 1956. No evidence of this station remains.

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Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Former Liverpool Overhead Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1893 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956 {{Merseyside-railstation-stub

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