Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Birkenhead Woodside railway station was opened on March 31, 1878, to replace the increasingly inadequate passenger facilities provided at Birkenhead Monks Ferry station. [3] [4] The terminus was constructed further inland than originally planned to avoid the demolition of the Mersey ferries workshop situated on the riverbank.
A preserved Edwardian era tram is on display in the Woodside Ferry booking hall. Originally built by the Great Western Railway in the 1870s, Birkenhead Woodside railway station was a mainline terminus, with services direct to London Paddington. The station closed on 5 November 1967 and was demolished within a couple of years.
The ordinary through trains from Birkenhead to London ceased on 5 March 1967, and on 4 November 1967 Birkenhead Woodside station was closed, the line being cut back to Rock Ferry for change to the Mersey Railway route. [15] From 1972 there were plans to extend the Merseyrail system, which was electrified in the central area, to Chester.
The line opened on 19 April 1886 and the passenger train service ran from Birkenhead Woodside to West Kirby, via Hooton. In fact, the two stations at West Kirby were combined in 1896. [28] [29] The Hooton–West Kirby line had never realised its potential; it was closed to passengers on 17 September 1956 and to freight traffic in May 1962. [29]
Woodside Park tube station, a station on the Northern line, north London; Birkenhead Woodside railway station, a closed station on the Birkenhead Railway; Horsforth Woodside railway station, a proposed station on the Harrogate Line; Tumby Woodside railway station, a closed station on the Great Northern Railway
Birkenhead Town station closed on 7 May 1945, although the line continued in use until 1967 when Birkenhead Woodside closed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of 2007, the tunnels (now partially infilled) and site of the station still exist.
Pages in category "Former Birkenhead Railway stations" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... Birkenhead Woodside railway station;
Birkenhead Grange Lane station opened at the same time, becoming the town's first terminus. [56] Birkenhead Dock station opened in 1866, as the eastern terminus of the Hoylake Railway. [57] With the opening of the Woodside and Birkenhead Dock Street Tramway in 1873, [58] this station probably became the world's first tram to train interchange. [57]