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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.
Electrified in 1901, tram services were discontinued in Birkenhead on 17 July 1937. [6] A preserved Edwardian era tram is on display in the Woodside Ferry booking hall. Originally built by the Great Western Railway in the 1870s, Birkenhead Woodside railway station was a mainline terminus, with services direct to London Paddington. The station ...
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.
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.
Pages in category "Former Birkenhead Railway stations" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... Birkenhead Woodside railway station ...
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.
Birkenhead Monks Ferry railway station was a railway station in Birkenhead, Wirral, England. It was situated very close to the River Mersey named after the monks at Birkenhead Priory. For most of its life, the station was part of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, a joint railway. The station was originally opened without authority in April 1838.
Woodside railway station (London), a closed station on the Woodside and South Croydon Joint Railway; Woodside Park tube station, a station on the Northern line, north London; Birkenhead Woodside railway station, a closed station on the Birkenhead Railway; Horsforth Woodside railway station, a proposed station on the Harrogate Line; Tumby ...