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The Mersey Ferry is a ferry service operating on the River Mersey in northwest England, between Liverpool to the east and Birkenhead and Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula to the west. Ferries have been used on this route since at least the 12th century and continue to be popular for both local people and visitors.
A courtesy bus operates from the terminal to a stop outside Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station (and vice versa) in connection with Stena Line ferry sailings to and from Belfast. Through ticketing is available. [5]
The ferry has a large square and box like wheelhouse which does not follow the contours of the ship. In December 2007, the Snowdrop featured in the Liverpool Nativity, [3] which was broadcast live on BBC Three and repeated on BBC One. Gerry Marsden also made a cameo appearance as the ferry's captain. The ferry is the regular boat used on the ...
The opening of the Birkenhead to Liverpool Queensway road tunnel on 18 July 1934 hastened the demise of Woodside's luggage boats, the service ending on 21 July 1941. [ 2 ] On 30 August 1860, Britain's first street tramway was established, running from Woodside to Birkenhead Park .
In 1900 in the peak periods trains left the Rock Ferry terminus every 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 minutes and the Birkenhead Park terminus every 15 minutes, giving a train every 5 minutes between Hamilton Square and Liverpool Central. At off-peak times this was reduced to a train every 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 minutes, alternately from the Rock Ferry and Birkenhead Park ...
The Aeron Express was the name used for a hand-powered aerial cable ferry that was built to ferry people across the harbour in the West Wales coastal town of Aberaeron.The ferry was first built in 1880 to ferry labourers from the Liverpool quay on Quay Parade, to the Birkenhead quay on Lon Yr Hafen, in the absence of a bridge across the River Aeron.
MV Royal Daffodil is a former Mersey ferry, built in 1962 to provide passenger ferry service across the River Mersey in England.Until a major refit in 1998 /1999, she was named MV Overchurch, she began service for Birkenhead Corporation Ferries in 1962 and was in regular service on the river until her withdrawal in December 2012.
MV Royal Iris of the Mersey in February 2020. Royal Iris of the Mersey is a regular vessel used on both cross-river ferry services and also Manchester ship canal cruises. The ferry has a top speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).