Going into Dingle underground station tmw!!!

MissInformed · 11-17-2006

There's been a tour organised in work....
Ancient Chapel of Toxteth
Turner Memorial Home
and then down into the underground dingle station!

i am excited!!

**Kev** · 11-17-2006

Originally Posted by MissInformed

There's been a tour organised in work....
Ancient Chapel of Toxteth
Turner Memorial Home
and then down into the underground dingle station!

i am excited!!

can anyone come. ie members here? I'm sure they would love too

**snappel** · 11-17-2006

****, that sounds amazing! Make sure you get some photos!

**Waterways** · 11-17-2006

Originally Posted by snappel

****, that sounds amazing! Make sure you get some photos!

I've been there many times. It is easy to bring back into use and regenerate the Dingle area. A gantry from the Dingle tunnel at Herculaneum down to the track beneath. The station and tunnel is all there. What would be the cost of boring that station and tunnel these days? It is a no brainer, the station should be brought back into use ASAP.

MissInformed · 11-17-2006

Originally Posted by Kev

can anyone come. ie members here? I'm sure they would love too

hiya kev
i am not sure
but it is a free tour.
so,i don't see why not!

theninesisters · 11-17-2006

I wonder if they still store the old cars down there? Last time I went there was a Mk1 Escort, Hillman Imp and a mk2 Escort body!

**Waterways** · 11-18-2006

Originally Posted by Jona76

I wonder if they still store the old cars down there? Last time I went there was a Mk1 Escort, Hillman Imp and a mk2 Escort body!

Some kids pushed the cars right down the tunnels and out over the Herculaneum at one stage. They bricked it up.

**snappel** · 11-18-2006

Must have been a while back, as there's a ten foot wall there now...

**Waterways** · 11-18-2006

Originally Posted by snappel

Must have been a while back, as there's a ten foot wall there now...

I know. That is why they built it.

**Norm NZ** · 11-18-2006

Brings back the past to me! Late 50's, the top area of the station was rented by the Brother International Corp. and was used as a distribution centre/warehouse for the distribution of their sewing machines. The machine parts were manufactured in Japan, then shipped over to Northern Island for assembly, they were then sent over to Liverpool in containers and stored at The Dingle Station (warehouse) a young irish chap (mechanic) checked them out and they were then distributed to all major cities in the UK.
A total of four (repeat) four, people carried out this UK task, I was the truck driver, a female office worker, and one other chap as warehouseman, together with the mechanic were the sole staff! I will admit that I did'nt stay too long in this occupation!!!!
Glad to see the place is still in use! Regards to All.

PhilipG · 11-27-2006

Originally Posted by Norm NZ

Brings back the past to me! Late 50's, the top area of the station was rented by the Brother International Corp. and was used as a distribution centre/warehouse for the distribution of their sewing machines. The machine parts were manufactured in Japan, then shipped over to Northern Island for assembly, they were then sent over to Liverpool in containers and stored at The Dingle Station (warehouse) a young irish chap (mechanic) checked them out and they were then distributed to all major cities in the UK.
A total of four (repeat) four, people carried out this UK task, I was the truck driver, a female office worker, and one other chap as warehouseman, together with the mechanic were the sole staff! I will admit that I did'nt stay too long in this occupation!!!!
Glad to see the place is still in use! Regards to All.

That's interesting.
Do you mean the booking office on Park Road?
If so, that was demolished and replaced by a car showroom.
It was later a garage, but has been unused for a couple of years now.

**marky** · 11-28-2006

I wonder if anyone got into this tunnel via the bricked-up wall at Herculaneum dock? Between Dec 2003 and March 2004 I noticed some ropes had appeared and some barbed wire and bars had been mysteriously removed.

**snappel** · 11-28-2006

Well observed! Not sure how someone would get to the tunnel from the outside now the bridge has gone - perhaps it was someone inside trying to get past the barrier? Hard to tell...

Still, how amazing does the stonework look in there at the entrance? That's incredible...

**Waterways** · 11-28-2006

Bringing Dingle station back into use is quite easy. If a gantry was erected from the tunnel mouth to the tracks below, how far is it to the adjacent ticky-tacky flats? The residents would object to such a structure of course - unless it is totally enclosed to muffle train sounds. A good architect could make a spledif looking gantry/tunnel emerging from the old tunnel mouth.

This is such a cheap and obvious thing to do, I wonder why it is not being done. This would add life and regenerate Dingle. The tunnel can go futher than Dingle in the future (the original proposal). Extend to the end of Lark Lane and onto Penny Lane, etc

**snappel** · 11-28-2006

St Michaels is close enough to Lark Lane. Surely Penny Lane would be better served by re-opening one of the stations on the other line from Mossley Hill, such as the one on Smithdown Road (Sefton Park Station??).