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The Liverpool Overhead Railway opened the February 4, 1893. Such a railway had first been proposed in 1852, construction began in 1889. It ran from Seaforth Carriage Shed to Herculaneum Dock, a distance of six miles. It used standard gauge track and there were 14 stations. It was an electric railway from the start and was the first electrically powered overhead railway in the world.


It was later extended, with the Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension tunnel from Herculaneum Dock to Park Road and an underground station built there. A second extension connectioned to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway line. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ran some of its own specially built vehicles on the line.


It was not nationalized with the rest of the rail system. It was closed down in December 30, 1956.


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