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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.
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 Woodside, North Birkenhead and Liverpool Steam Ferry Company was formed in 1835, and the slipway at Woodside was widened and constructed as a stone pier. In 1838, the Monks Ferry Company began operating rival ferries from a new stone slip and hotel about 400 metres south of Woodside, but this service closed in 1878.
In 1886, Birkenhead and Liverpool were linked by an underground railway system, which today is part of the Merseyrail network. From 1878 until its closure in 1967, Birkenhead Woodside station was the town's mainline railway terminus. Originally sited close to Woodside Ferry Terminal, the site had been redeveloped as part of Cammell Laird ship ...
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 ...
The ordinary through trains from Birkenhead to London ceased on 5 March 1967, and on 4 November 1967 Birkenhead Woodside station was closed, the line being cut back to Rock Ferry for change to the Mersey Railway route. [15] From 1972 there were plans to extend the Merseyrail system, which was electrified in the central area, to Chester.
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 ...
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.