Spellow railway station

Spellow
Location
Place	Walton
Area	Liverpool
Grid reference	SJ356944
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
History
September 1882	Station opened
31 May 1948	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Spellow railway station was a station located in Liverpool, England.

The station opened in September 1882, as an immediate station from Canada Dock on the Canada Dock Branch, which ran from the docks north of Liverpool to Edge Hill.

The station building was located on County Road, Walton, with steps at the back of the station, leading down to the platforms, which were situated in a deep rock cutting.

Spellow station closed to passengers on 31 May 1948, but the line continued to be used by trains running from Liverpool Lime Street to Southport Chapel Street.

It was proposed that Spellow station would reopen to passengers in 1977 as part of the new Merseyrail network, along with all the other stations closed on the Canada Dock Branch, but this never came to fruition. However, there has been talk recently that this may still happen within the next decade, if Merseyrail decides to extend their current network.

Today, the station building still stands and is currently in use by a bookmakers.

External links

• Spellow on Disused Stations in the UK

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Canada Dock Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Canada Dock Branch		Walton & Anfield Line and station closed
Bootle Balliol Road Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Alexandra Dock Branch
Bootle Oriel Road Line closed, station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway