Which station was the northern terminal of the Liverpool Overhead Railway?
Gladstone Dock railway station (Liverpool Overhead Railway) Gladstone Dock railway station (Liverpool Overhead Railway) Gladstone Dock was a station on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, 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, 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 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
Liverpool Overhead Railway Liverpool Overhead Railway The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers' Umbrella) 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 of world firsts; it was the first electric elevated railway, the first to use automatic signalling, electric colour light signals and electric multiple units, and was home to one of the first passenger escalators at a railway station. It was also the second oldest electric metro in the world being preceded by the 1890 City and South London Railway. In the