Birkenhead Park railway station
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| Birkenhead Park | |||
| Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Birkenhead | ||
| Local authority | Wirral | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Merseyrail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 0.496 million | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | Merseytravel | ||
| Zone | B/E | ||
| History | |||
| 1888 1938 |
Opened Electrified |
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| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birkenhead Park (source) | |||
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Birkenhead Park railway station is situated in Birkenhead, Wirral, England. It lies on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.
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[edit] History
The station was opened on 2nd January 1888, as a joint station between the Wirral Railway and the Mersey Railway. It replaced the Wirral Railway's original terminus at Wallasey Bridge Road (close to the present-day Birkenhead North station), becoming an interchange between their line to West Kirby and the Mersey Railway's new line to Liverpool. On the same day, the Wirral Railway's new line to Wallasey Grove Road opened, which was extended to New Brighton later that year.
On 6th December 1922 an accident occurred at the station. The train heading to West Kirby, which was late, was leaving the station & collided with a train from West Kirby. There was one fatality & twelve people injured. This was the only fatal passenger accident to occur on the Wirral Railway.[1]
In 1938, the lines to West Kirby and New Brighton were electrified by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, allowing through services to Liverpool, so the need to change at Birkenhead Park was removed.
The station building is not the original. The first station was destroyed by a bomb during the Second World War.
The name of the station comes from nearby Birkenhead Park, an early municipal park which was the model for Central Park, New York City.
[edit] Services
Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to New Brighton and West Kirby and every 5-10 minutes via Hamilton Square and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. At other times, trains run every 30 minutes to New Brighton and West Kirby, and every 15 minutes to Liverpool.
[edit] Facilities Nearby
A convenience store, post office, and several fast food restaurants are available outside the station. Bus services run along the road outside the station and along Park Road (100 m towards the park).
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Birkenhead Park railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Birkenhead Park railway station from Multimap.com
- Station information from Merseyrail
[edit] References
- ^ Railway Stations Of Wirral, Merseyside Railway History Group, ISBN 1-899241-02-7
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkenhead North | Merseyrail Wirral Line |
Conway Park | ||
| Merseyrail Wirral Line Stations | |
|---|---|
| New Brighton Branch: | New Brighton Wallasey Grove Road Wallasey Village |
| West Kirby Branch: | West Kirby Hoylake Manor Road Meols Moreton Leasowe Bidston |
| Northern Branch: | Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Conway Park |
| Liverpool Loop: | Hamilton Square James Street Moorfields Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool Central |
| Southern Branch: | Birkenhead Central Green Lane Rock Ferry Bebington Port Sunlight Spital Bromborough Rake Bromborough Eastham Rake Hooton |
| Chester Branch: | Capenhurst Bache Chester |
| Ellesmere Port Branch: | Little Sutton Overpool Ellesmere Port |
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