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James Street railway station (Liverpool Overhead Railway)

Disused railway stations in LiverpoolFormer Liverpool Overhead Railway stationsPages with no open date in Infobox stationRailway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1893
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James Street was a railway station on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, located just south of its namesake, within the city centre, close to the still-open Merseyrail James Street station. It was opened on 6 March 1893 by the Marquess of Salisbury. The station was primarily used by workers travelling to the shipping offices and the Corn Exchange. Passengers could also use it to change for the Merseyrail station of the same name.The station closed, along with the rest of the line, on 30 December 1956. No evidence of this station remains.

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