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Wirral Transport Museum is a museum situated approximately 0.5 miles (800 m) from the Mersey Ferry service at Woodside, Birkenhead, England. A vintage tram service links the museum and the ferry at certain times. Admission into the museum is free with a broad selection of vintage and classic vehicles, including trams, buses, cars, motorcycles ...
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Shore Road Pumping Station was granted Grade II listed status in 1992 [1] and eventually became part of the Wirral Museum, with a period 1901 Birkenhead street scene reconstructed in the yard. [4] In 2009, as part of its Strategic Asset Review, owners Wirral Borough Council planned to sell the museum. [5]
Eastham is the southernmost area of the Merseyside part of Wirral, lying within a green belt area bordering Merseyside and Cheshire, adjacent to the River Mersey.It is located close to the M53 motorway, and lies directly on the A41 road, the main road between Birkenhead and Birmingham.
Birkenhead had the first street tramway in Britain. Opened on 29 August 1860, the first line ran from Woodside (adjoining the terminal of the Mersey Ferry) to Birkenhead Park. This early system was horse-drawn and was the brainchild of flamboyant American, George Francis Train.
Lisbon No.730 at Woodside Ferry Terminal. The two four-wheeled Hong Kong trams [15] are numbered 69 and 70 to follow on from the numbering of the original Birkenhead Corporation Tramways, the numbers of which went up to No.68. [4] These are run from the Wirral Transport Museum in Taylor Street.
Birkenhead Transport buses at Woodside Ferry Terminal in September 1966 Preserved GM Buses Birkenhead & District liveried Northern Counties bodied Daimler Fleetline in October 2009 Birkenhead's first livery on trams and buses was maroon and cream with a white roof, but in 1934 Birkenhead's famous blue and cream livery was applied to a new AEC Q ...
The ferry terminal was opened in Summer 2002 at a cost of £25m. [2] It is used for transporting passengers and freight between Merseyside and Belfast , in Northern Ireland and freight to Dublin. Until 2023, [ 3 ] it also served passengers to Dublin , in the Republic of Ireland .