Gladstone Dock was a station on the

Liverpool Overhead Railway The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers' Umbrella or Ovee) was an overhead railway in Liverpool which operated along the Liverpool Docks and opened in 1893 with lightweight electric multiple units. The railway had a number ...

, between Alexandra Dock and Seaforth Sands. It was opened on 16 June 1930, the final station to open on the network. It was named after the adjacent

Gladstone Dock Gladstone Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Bootle. The dock is connected to Seaforth Dock to the north and what remains of Hornby Dock to the south. Pa ...

, and was the only station on the network to be accessible directly from the dockside, with two steel bridges connecting the platforms, as it primarily served the

passenger liners A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freig ...

which frequently docked nearby. Only the northbound platform was directly accessible from the street. The station was opened at 6am on the first day of operation without a formal ceremony. It was originally only open on week days, but service was intended to be extended to be extended to weekends. The station was damaged during the

Liverpool Blitz The Liverpool Blitz was the heavy and sustained bombing of the English city of Liverpool and its surrounding area, during the Second World War by the German ''Luftwaffe''. Liverpool was the most heavily bombed area of the country, outside Lo ...

, requiring it to be rebuilt. The station closed, along with the rest of the line on 30 December 1956. No evidence of the 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 1930 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956 {{Merseyside-railstation-stub