Wavertree Station and Liverpool & Manchester Rly Centenary Ramp
Wavertree Station opened on September 01, 1870 on the London North Western Railway main line between Liverpool Lime Street and Crewe.
The station is believed to have been rebuilt and enlarged as the line through the station was quadrupled between Wavertree and Ditton Junction. When originally planned the station was to have been named Wellington Road – though that was changed to Wavertree before it opened.
The booking office was located between two bridges with steps and subways giving access to four platforms one of which was an island platform.
Closure occurred on August 05, 1958 and the platforms soon demolished. The entrance to the station remained facing Wellington Road for many years. However, sometime in the later 1980s the station frontage was removed and a new plain wall with metal access door provided. Evidence of the staircase and subway arrangement can also be seen.
A new Wavertree Station opened on the Liverpool to Manchester line around half a mile away in the early 21st Century.
Located between Sefton Park Station (on Smithdown Road) and Wavertree Station (Wellington Road) is the ramp which was constructed in 1930 to give rail access to temporary tracks laid out in Wavertree Playground (locally known as the Mystery).
This connection was constructed as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Centenary Celebrations held between September 13 and 20, 1930
Several sidings were constructed in Wavertree Playground as well as a continuous run loop. The sidings were used to display railway locomotives and rolling stock including a large London Midland and Scottish Railway articulated Bayer-Garratt.
The continuous run track enabled the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotive LION to take passengers on a ride travelling in replica Liverpool and Manchester Railway carriages which had been built by the LMS.
From what could be evidenced in April 2020, the ramp commenced just north of the Bowling Green at the Smithdown Road end of the park at rail level on the embankment and then descended to reach the level of the park near to the southern end of the sports complex.
Overgrowth does make it difficult to discern but if one looks carefully through the metal fencing the ramp can be made out.
Read MoreThe station is believed to have been rebuilt and enlarged as the line through the station was quadrupled between Wavertree and Ditton Junction. When originally planned the station was to have been named Wellington Road – though that was changed to Wavertree before it opened.
The booking office was located between two bridges with steps and subways giving access to four platforms one of which was an island platform.
Closure occurred on August 05, 1958 and the platforms soon demolished. The entrance to the station remained facing Wellington Road for many years. However, sometime in the later 1980s the station frontage was removed and a new plain wall with metal access door provided. Evidence of the staircase and subway arrangement can also be seen.
A new Wavertree Station opened on the Liverpool to Manchester line around half a mile away in the early 21st Century.
Located between Sefton Park Station (on Smithdown Road) and Wavertree Station (Wellington Road) is the ramp which was constructed in 1930 to give rail access to temporary tracks laid out in Wavertree Playground (locally known as the Mystery).
This connection was constructed as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Centenary Celebrations held between September 13 and 20, 1930
Several sidings were constructed in Wavertree Playground as well as a continuous run loop. The sidings were used to display railway locomotives and rolling stock including a large London Midland and Scottish Railway articulated Bayer-Garratt.
The continuous run track enabled the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotive LION to take passengers on a ride travelling in replica Liverpool and Manchester Railway carriages which had been built by the LMS.
From what could be evidenced in April 2020, the ramp commenced just north of the Bowling Green at the Smithdown Road end of the park at rail level on the embankment and then descended to reach the level of the park near to the southern end of the sports complex.
Overgrowth does make it difficult to discern but if one looks carefully through the metal fencing the ramp can be made out.
