Originally Posted by
Ged
What were the purpose of these wide cuttings such as Byrom st or the one on the Lime street line by the bullring, the bullring one wasn't a station so was it just for access, otherwise a shaft like Norton st would suffice for steam/smoke. I know the similar James st wide cutting was a station. I don't think it is fact yet that the Hodson street cutting was a station and it doesn't appear on the disused stations site though that also doesn't mean it wasn't.
See my other post on the Lime St cuttings. The Waterloo Goods Depot closed down in the 1880s/90s, or was converted to a yard rather than a covered building (need clarification on that). Rail traffic was coming in via the north, so maybe the Waterloo Goods yard was made redundant for goods.
Hodson St station could have closed down at the same time or even earlier if no business was there - or the passenger trains were getting in the way of full goods trains. And you are right to point out why there was a long and wide cutting at Hodson St, when just shafts coped elsewhere. And yes the St. James' station cutting gives a good clue to station usage
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Ged, I think you mean St. James' station.
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