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  2. Birkenhead Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Birkenhead Railway was a railway company in North West England.It was incorporated as the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway (BL&CJR) in 1846 to build a line connecting the port of Birkenhead and the city of Chester with the manufacturing districts of Lancashire by making a junction near Warrington with the Grand Junction Railway.

  3. Birkenhead Central railway station - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Birkenhead North railway station - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Birkenhead railway station - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Birkenhead Town railway station - Wikipedia

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    The site, on which the station was built, was to the east of Birkenhead's original railway terminus at Grange Lane, which closed in 1844. [1] To the north lay two tunnel entrances; the first, completed in 1844, led to the town's second terminus at Monks Ferry.

  7. Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station - Wikipedia

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    The first electric train passenger service ran through the station on 3 May 1903, with a 650 V DC fourth rail system [3] and Mersey Railway electric units built by Westinghouse. Despite the journey being far quicker than travel aboard the Mersey Ferry service, passengers were not keen on travelling underground due to the smoke from the previous ...

  8. Birkenhead Park railway station - Wikipedia

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    The station was opened on 2 January 1888, as a joint interchange station between the Seacombe, Hoylake and Deeside Railway and the Mersey Railway. [1] The station replaced the Wirral Railway's original terminus at Wallasey Bridge Road , which was close to the present-day Birkenhead North station.

  9. Birkenhead Dock railway station - Wikipedia

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    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. [1] [3] The station was closed to passengers in 1888 being superseded by Birkenhead Docks railway ...