The cutting was originally designed to accommodate two tracks, and was only 20 feet (6.1 m) wide at the top.[5] In 1871, it was widened to allow four tracks to enter Liverpool Lime Street, because traffic had increased considerably since the station opened.[6]
References
^"Olive Mount". Spartacus-Educational.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^"South Liverpool: Wavertree including Mossley Hill". Allertonoak.com. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^"Subterranea Britannica: Sites: Liverpool - Edge Hill Cutting and Tunnels". Subbrit.org.uk. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^ a b"Historic Wavertree, Liverpool - The Olive Mount railway cutting". Wavsoc.awardspace.info. 26 February 2000. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^Ashmore 1982, p. 166
^"Olive Mount Cutting, 1881 - Photos - Our collection - National Railway Museum". Nrm.org.uk. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
Sources
Ashmore, Owen (1982). The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719008207. OCLC 8555887.
External links
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Signalling Record Society - Track and signalling diagram of Olive Mount junction, c.1972