In 1861, the two partners, MS&LR & GNR, had been authorised by Parliament to construct the Garston and Liverpool Railway which made an end-on connection with the St Helens Canal and Railway Company at . This line opened on 1 June 1864 and ran for to a terminus at Liverpool Brunswick. This terminus station was only in use from 1864 to 1874, when it was superseded by Liverpool Central, but it did have an extended life as a goods station.}} The Act included a short () line to connect a goods station, Wavertree Road (later Wavertree and Edge Hill), to the LNWR at Edge Hill and running powers from there to Garston.