Chester–Birkenhead line

Chester–Birkenhead
Birkenhead Dock Branch Cathcart Street Goods Birkenhead Monks Ferry Birkenhead Woodside Birkenhead Town Birkenhead Grange Lane Mersey Railway to Liverpool Central Tranmere Rock Ferry 13 00 Rock Lane 12 36 Bebington 11 61 Port Sunlight 11 16 Spital 10 38 Bromborough Rake 9 71 Bromborough 8 68 Eastham Rake 8 08 Hooton to West Kirby 7 68 Hooton South Jn Hooton–Helsby line to Helsby 6 71 Ledsham 5 11 Capenhurst 2 74 Mollington 1 33 Upton-by-Chester 0 79 Bache 0 36 Chester North Jn North Wales Coast line to Holyhead 0 16 Chester West Jn Chester General Chester–Warrington line to Warrington Bank Quay North Wales Coast line to Crewe

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, and from Hooton to Ellesmere Port (on the Helsby branch) now form part of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.

See also

• Birkenhead Railway
• List of rail trails

References

• Merseyside Railway History Group, The Hooton to West Kirby Branch Line and the Wirral Way, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, 1982, ISBN 0-904582-04-3.
• Jeff Vinter, Railway Walks: LMS, (Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1990) ISBN 0-86299-734-8.

External links

• Disused Stations: Birkenhead Monks Ferry railway station
• Disused Stations: Hadlow Road railway station
• Cheshire County Council: Wirral Country Park
• Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council: Wirral Country Park

Gallery

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  Detail of railway at Birkenhead
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  Detail at of Railway Warrington
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  Detail of railway at Chester
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  Details of railway West Kirby
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  Detail of railway at Frodsham & Helsby