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Birkenhead Woodside was a railway station located at Woodside, in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire. It served both local services within Cheshire and long-distance services to southern England, including London.
Birkenhead Dock railway station was situated in Birkenhead, Wirral, England. The station opened as the eastern terminus of the Hoylake Railway in 1866. With the opening of the horse drawn Woodside and Birkenhead Dock Street Tramway in 1873, [ 2 ] the station probably became the world's first tram to train interchange station .
Birkenhead Town station was opened on 1 January 1889 by the Joint Committee of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, administered by the Great Western Railway(GWR) and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). [2] [3] It was built to accommodate the nearby commercial centre of Birkenhead. [2]
The Wirral Railway subsequently became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which renamed the station Birkenhead North in 1926. [3] The line through Birkenhead North was electrified, using a 650 V DC third rail system, [ 4 ] and brought into passenger service on 14 March 1938, [ 5 ] allowing through services from New Brighton to ...
Birkenhead Central station was opened in 1886 as part of the Mersey Railway's route from Liverpool, via the Mersey Railway Tunnel under the River Mersey. The station was the location of the Mersey Railway's headquarters. The disused building of Birkenhead Central depot, which closed in the 1990s, remains adjacent to the platforms. The 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]
Birkenhead Park station in 1961, with the signal box on the platform to the right, and the northern platform to the left. The outer platform faces were hardly used, apart from a handful of trains which were stored outside peak hours in the sidings which remained at all four corners of the station, [ 5 ] and outside the island platforms.
Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station, an underground station on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network; Birkenhead Monks Ferry railway station, a former station on the Chester and Birkenhead Railway; Birkenhead North railway station, on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network; Birkenhead Park railway station, on the Wirral Line of ...