Princes Dock railway station
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Princes Dock was a railway 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 ...
, adjacent to the dock of the same name. It was opened on 6 March 1893 by the
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. The station closed, on 13 March 1941, due to extensive damage during the
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. No evidence of this station remains.Princes Dock on Disused Stations
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