Trivia: Quay side/ Harbour stations/ terminuses

[randyrippley]

Royal Edward Dock passenger station, Avonmouth (boat trains only)

And talking of Bristol.........was there ever a passenger station on the quay sidings around the floating harbour?

 

[oldchap]

I think Aberdeen's Guild St and Waterloo stations would have counted as they were in passenger use until the Joint station opened. A shame the connections associated with Guild St were lost as they'd make a good connection with the ferry terminal now.

 

[Dr Hoo]

Wasn't there a pier railway that was connected to the town's tramway system? Possibly the Isle of Man? Or did I just dream that?

Not exactly a 'pier railway' but Southend had a Corporation Pier (to the east of and not to be confused with the famous main pier). This was used for unloading coal from vessels and then transferring it to one of three 'skip' trams for movement to the generating station next to the depot. This arrangement operated from 1915 to 1930(ish) and was apparently cheaper than movement from main line coal depots. The Corporation Pier was not used by passenger trams.

There were a couple of interesting features. Firstly, the track on the pier formed a balloon loop. Secondly, there were no overhead wires in the loading area so the trams were connected to long jumper cables for movement there.

 

[BrianW]

This thread seems to have ground to a crawl. OP- has this thread helped you? Would like to know that these contributions were valued. I have found them interesting.