Breck Road railway station was located on the
Canada Dock Branch
The Canada Dock Branch is a 4-mile 59 chain (7.62 kilometre) long railway line in Liverpool, England. The line's route is from the large Edge Hill rail junction in the east of Liverpool to Seaforth Dock to the north. The line was originally ...
to the north of
Townsend Lane between
Anfield
Anfield is a football stadium in Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, which has a seating capacity of 53,394, making it the seventh largest football stadium in England. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 ...
and
Clubmoor,
Liverpool
Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...
, England. It opened on 1 July 1870 and closed on 31 May 1948.
By 2017 the only trace of the station was a bricked-up entrance at street level, but freight trains to and from
Seaforth Dock still pass through the station site over the bridge. It was announced in December 2019 that Liverpool City Council had commissioned a feasibility study to see about reopening the Canada Dock Branch to passenger traffic.
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External links
The station's history''Disused Stations''
The station and local lines on multiple maps''Rail Maps Online''
The station on an Edwardian 25" OS map''National Library of Scotland''
The branch with stations and mileages''Railway Codes''
Disused railway stations in Liverpool
Former London and North Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1948
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