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The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the "Birkenhead Tunnel" or "old tunnel", to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway Tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic. At 2.13 miles (3.43 km) in length ...
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.
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 .
The Kingsway Tunnel (or Wallasey Tunnel) is a toll road tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Wallasey. The 1.5 mi (2.4 km) tunnel carries the A59. It was built because the Queensway Tunnel – which was built in the 1930s to carry vehicles between Birkenhead and Liverpool – was unable to cope with the rise in postwar traffic.
Chester and Birkenhead Railway: Birkenhead Woodside: 1878 1967 Birkenhead Joint Railway: Blowick: 1871 1939 Manchester and Southport Railway: Bootle Balliol Road: 1870 1948 London and North Western Railway: Bootle Village: Before 1851 c.1876 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway: Breck Road: 1870 1948 London and North Western Railway ...
The programme of route closures in the early 1960s, known as the Beeching Axe, included the closure of two of Liverpool's mainline terminal stations, Liverpool Exchange and Liverpool Central high-level in Liverpool, and also Birkenhead Woodside terminal Station. Riverside terminal station at the Pier Head was the fourth terminal station to ...
The (original) Wirral Railway constructed the extension to Birkenhead Park, and that opened on the same day. The Mersey Railway had extended its own line to meet the Wirral at Birkenhead Park, and that extension too opened on 2 January 1888. [2] [3] By this time, the train service had been increased to 22 each way on weekdays, 8 on Sundays.
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.