Holloway car dock
Railway station in London, England
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Holloway car dock was a railway station in London, England.
Holloway car dock | |||||
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Holloway Cattle Dock, 1953 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Holloway, Islington | ||||
| Coordinates | 51.54989°N 0.11695°W | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1855 | Opened as cattle dock | ||||
| 1930s | Closed | ||||
| 30 May 1960 | Opened as car dock | ||||
| 15 September 1968 | Closed | ||||
| Replaced by | Kensington Olympia Motorail | ||||
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Cattle dock
| North London Railway (Cattle Market Station) Act 1854 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to enable the North London Railway Company to construct a Station or Depot near to the New Metropolitan Cattle Market; to raise additional Capital; and for other Purposes. |
| Citation | 17 & 18 Vict. c. lxxx |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 3 July 1854 |
It opened to the east of Caledonian Road as the Holloway cattle dock in 1855 and served the Metropolitan Cattle Market. The cattle dock closed in the 1930s.[1]
Car dock
The station was located on the up (towards London) side of the East Coast Main Line.[2] It had a single platform that faced two tracks and had a dock for loading cars. Car carrier service began on 30 May 1960.[3]
It became the London terminus of the seasonal Car-Sleeper Limited service to Perth, Scotland that had been running to Kings Cross from June 1955. Departures to Perth were at 21:10 each evening and the return service arrived at 05:30 each morning. The Perth overnight car sleeper service ended at Holloway in October 1965 and transferred to Kensington Olympia station from 1966 with the introduction of Motorail branded services.[1]
There was also a daytime Anglo-Scottish Car Carrier service from the Holloway dock to Edinburgh, departing on weekdays at 07:51 and with a return service arriving at 19:02.[4] In 1965 the service was promoted by British Rail with images of James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 from the 1964 film Goldfinger being loaded onto the car carrier service at Holloway.[5]
The car dock was last served on 15 September 1968.[3]