Liverpool Riverside Station. The lost station on the Mersey. Merseyrail History

The story of liverpools Riverside Station that brought trains direct to the the liners on the river Mersey. Thousands traveling to or from Liverpool to America or other parts of the world, passed through this now closed station

[@stephensmith4480]

That was very informative and well presented. As a Railwayman of over 30 yrs, I have worked on much of the Freight sidings around Edge Hill and it`s surprising to see that a lot of the basic layout has not changed much at all, it`s only the Buildings and associated surroundings that have really changed. I remember that the Semaphore signal was still standing on it`s post behind the wall on the dock Rd, right up until they started to build the Crown Plaza hotel. The amount of Railway that was all over Liverpool was phenomenal.

[@Merseywail]

Thanks Stephen. Liverpool certainly had a lot of railways, both passenger & freight lines. Should keep me busy with videos for a while

[@garysimpson3900]

Another great article. Thank you.

[@Merseywail]

Thanks Gary. A lot more Mersey railway history to cover

[@simonsays335]

Absolute gem of a video this, I have read a lot of books on Liverpool History and they never covered Riverside in as much details as this, thanks for sharing with us! :)

[@Merseywail]

Thanks. It hasn't been covered much. The three main stations, or four if you count Woodside always seem to get a mention whilst Riverside is passed by

[@fiveYqueue]

Very good narration, great pictures and excellent research make your broadcasts highly watchable. I am learning so much about the railways of Merseyside!

[@Merseywail]

Thanks Bob I enjoy making them

[@alwynjones3378]

Excellent. I knew a little about the station but this fills in many gaps. Thank you!

[@Merseywail]

Thanks, it's largely forgotten when compared to central, exchange, lime street and Woodside over the water

[@yardster]

Excellent, loved watching ❤️

[@Merseywail]

Cheers David

[@caramelldansen2204]

I learned about Liverpool Riverside just yesterday!! What a crazy coincidence! Glad to see another video! Keep 'em coming fella :)

[@Merseywail]

With the Eurovision village being close by where Riverside was inspired me to do this

[@notyhbynorthwest]

Very informative video, helped fill in a lot of missing information. When I was a student back in 1971-74, I got a job working for the Post Office for maybe a week dealing with the huge increase of mail leading up to Christmas. One year, we were assigned to sort mail in what must have been a Custom House right by the Riverside station. I was not able to explore, so I never saw the inside of the station. One thing I can remember was that the area we worked in was quite large and had a huge number of toilets located around the walls, still in place. Who knows when they were last used. It really was quite bizarre.

[@Merseywail]

Thanks for that, I wonder if where you worked was the transit shed that became home for the Liverpool museums large object store. Open to the public,This housed a varied collection of things that didn't normally get to be seen. After the area was redeveloped it was all moved to other warehouses, but not open to the public sadly

[@soonguy]

Thanks, great to learn more about the station and its history. I know they got the royal train in there at least once, would be interesting to see pics of that.

[@Merseywail]

Cheers Tony, not come across any of the royal train yet. But there must be some out there

[@andyarmstrong1175]

Great stuff 👍🇬🇧

[@Merseywail]

Thanks Andy

[@stevenandrew4801]

Thank you for another great video! Do you have a rough idea of how often the station was used? I know there wasn't a timetable, but I wonder how busy it would get.

[@Merseywail]

It would depend on whatever ships would be scheduled. I would imagine there would be some seasonal fluctuations. Periods of recession would effect things too. I suppose it could be possible to search shipping records for a more accurate idea of arrivals & departures

[@uingaeoc3905]

The point is that Peel Group have brought major investment into the Liverpool docklands which were frankly neglected by MDHB.

[@Merseywail]

They have they could have perhaps tried to repurpose some parts were it was possible

[@uingaeoc3905]

@@Merseywail No - the engine shed was an eyesore and not fit for purpose. It was used for the museums LOS simply because available. If Peel Group could have exploited the collection they would have done so. However, there is a major vacant site in the town centre, just behind Mercury Court , you may know it. A collection in a new structure there would help regenerate the area.

[@Merseywail]

@@uingaeoc3905 the Liverpool museums are supposed to be building a transport museum in Birkenhead that will be close to the tramway museum. The large object's are supposed to be going there

[@johnburns4017]

Peel have brought very little into Liverpool considering the time they have been in the area. Their Dock estate is full of industrial dereliction and industrial fly tipping & litter. They will not pay to clear and clean the place up. A disgrace. Everything they do is on the cheap. They, a land company, are a curse on the city.

[@dufushead]

Ace video and great topic MW, made my night. I remember going down just before they closed it. Looking at your vidoe and I ain't been back in an age but it looks like it's changed out of all recognition. I remember various line that ran along and parallel to and crossed the dock road and regent street and some elevated sections with iron bridges. I loved the old Liverpool.

[@Merseywail]

Thanks. Not a lot left there now apart from a few isolated bits of track . The station site has totally disappeared under new development. It would have made a great museum site for merseysides railway relics. One of the nearby transit sheds was home for Liverpool museums large object collection for a few years. Unfortunately more money in office blocks than museums

[@dufushead]

@@Merseywail and anything to do with retaining heriatge and adapting it. It's just got to be an about getting in an earner for somebody. I remember it with the Cotton Exchange. Liverpool kills itself by obliterating it's glorious past which cannot be replaced. Just imagine if we'd retained and adapted what we had instead of flatting it and building a big cop shop or a Holiday inn.

[@Merseywail]

@@dufushead we do have a history of neglecting our heritage sadly

[@uingaeoc3905]

@@dufushead I think the facade of the Cotton Exchange was Blitzed, as was the old Customs House.

[@uingaeoc3905]

@@Merseywail Where are the Large Object Collections now?

[@Andrewjg_89]

Never knew that Liverpool had another railway station that served the docks. As Liverpool Lime Street is the only station in Liverpool that still exists today.

[@Merseywail]

Yes. Riverside was only a small station by terminus standards & didn't have regular timetabled service's. Exchange, lime Street, & central were more conventional terminals, Woodside too though it involved either a ferry or a change on to the Mersey railway

[@johnburns4017]

Lime St, Exchange, Central Woodside (Birkenhead) and Riverside were the large terminals in the region. Merseyrail got rid of the expensive to maintain terminals taking passengers underground, giving all access to Lime St and Runcorn for long haul. Then later, access to Chester and Liverpool Sth parkway for Long Haul. Wigan and Warrington were to be on Merseyrail which would also have given long haul train access. So, the peripheries of the City Region would have long haul access at Chester, Liverpool Sth parkway, Runcorn, Warrington and Wigan. Central access via Lime St. Riverside was a specific use station - liners.

[@philipbradshaw4050]

Alighted/ Boarded at this station in the early 1970,s. Was on a special train for the Senior TT, organised by Motor Cycle News. Would love to know if this was the last train ever. Did the same trip the next year, but we’re bussed to and from Lime Street.

[@Merseywail]

It might have been the last normal passenger service. The very last train out was a troop train

[@philipbradshaw4050]

@@Merseywail Read about the troop train, but that was before this date.Train ran out on Thursday night and back early Sa. Was pulled by 2x Class 24,s and I got on at Stoke, which I think was the last pick up. Quite full so I hoped someone else remembers.

[@Merseywail]

@@philipbradshaw4050 be interesting to find out. If anyone knows please let us know in the comments

[@tonyrobertson498]

Another cracker of a video from Merseywail

[@Merseywail]

Thanks Tony