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{{Chester and Birkenhead Railway}}
The '''Chester and Birkenhead Railway''' ran from [[Birkenhead]] to [[Chester]] then on to [[Acton Grange East Junction]] near [[Warrington]]. It opened on [[23 September]] [[1838]]. On the [[22 July]] [[1847]] it merged with the [[Birkenhead, Lancaster and Cheshire Junction Railway]] to become the [[Birkenhead Railway]].
 
==Currently Working==
The lines between Birkenhead and Chester, andtogether with the line from Hooton to [[Ellesmere Port]] (on the Helsby branch of the [[Birkenhead Railway]]), now form part of the [[Wirral Line]] of the [[Merseyrail]] network.
 
== See also ==
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== External links ==
 
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/birkenhead_monks_ferry/index.shtml Disused Stations: Birkenhead Monks Ferry railway station]
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/h/hadlow_road/index.shtml Disused Stations: Hadlow Road railway station]
* [http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/countryside/OutandAbout/country_parks/wirral_country_park.htm Cheshire County Council: Wirral Country Park]
* [http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200073/670/content_0001012.html Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council: Wirral Country Park]
 
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
Image:Bidston, Birkenhead & Rock Ferry RJD 74.jpg|Detail of railway at Birkenhead
Image:Acton Grange, Walton & Warrington RJD 147.jpg|Detail at of Railway Warrington
Image:Chester & Saltney RJD 16.jpg|Detail of railway at Chester
Image:Garstang & Catterall, West Kirby Nantybwch, Rhymney, Rhymney Bridge RJD 110.jpg|Details of railway West Kirby
Image:Frodsham & Helsby Dolgelley & Middle Wood RJD 106.jpg|Detail of railway at Frodsham & Helsby
</gallery>
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