Liverpool Road railway station

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Liverpool Road railway station was one of the world’s earliest purpose-built passenger railway stations, located in Manchester and historically part of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former railway station
passenger railway station
railway station
architecturalStyle Georgian
category Disused railway stations in Manchester
Grade I listed railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1844
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1830
city City of Manchester
closingDate 1844
country United Kingdom
currentUse museum site
part of a science and industry museum complex
hasBuilding goods warehouse
station house
train shed
hasFunction goods handling
passenger transport
hasNearbyLandmark Castlefield
hasNearbyWaterway Bridgewater Canal
River Irwell
hasPreservedFeatures historic railway infrastructure
original station buildings
hasStructureType terminal station
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
heritageDesignationCountry United Kingdom
inception 1830
laterUse freight depot
goods station
locatedIn England
Greater Manchester
Manchester
locatedInHistoricCounty Lancashire
locatedOnStreet Liverpool Road
notableFor early inter-city passenger services
terminus of the first inter-city railway
openingDate 1830-09-15
originalOperator Liverpool and Manchester Railway
ownedBy Science Museum Group
partOf Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Science and Industry Museum, Manchester
passengerServicesEnded 1844
platformConfiguration terminal platforms
railwayLine Liverpool and Manchester Railway
region North West England
significance one of the oldest surviving terminal railway stations
one of the world’s earliest purpose-built passenger railway stations
successorOperator London and North Western Railway
transportMode rail

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Liverpool Road
adjacentTo
Liverpool Road
hasNearbyLandmark
Science and Industry Museum
occupiesSiteOf
London and North Western Railway ("Manchester London Road railway station")
servedStation

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