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Liscard & Poulton
(1895 - 1960)
The Seacombe branch, on which Liscard & Poulton station stood, was the last addition to the Wirral Railway Company's network of lines that stretched from Birkenhead to West Kirby and New Brighton and it had opened on June 1 1895 but the station was not completed until October 1895
There was a single island platform, with two faces, and the waiting facilities were in a timber building, the roof of which also provided a canopy. On the island platform a single-storey brick building contained booking facilities, waiting rooms and staff accommodation
The station had a short coal siding, which served a quarry and another private siding served the Wallasey Gas and Water Works
At its opening Liscard & Poulton station was served by nineteen weekday trains in each direction that ran between Seacombe and West Kirkby. There was also a sparse service to New Brighton. On May 1 1898 services provided by the Wrexham Mold & Connahs Quay Railway (WM&CQR) also began to call at Liscard & Poulton
In summer 1932 the LMS operated 16 trains to West Kirby and 18 trains to Seacombe & Egremont from Liscard & Poulton on weekdays
The summer Sunday service was almost as intense as that on weekdays, with thirteen trains in each direction, reflecting West Kirkby's popularity as a day trip destination. In addition Liscard & Poulton also had a service both to Chester Northgate and Wrexham Central
In the early 1930s the railway company drew up plans for the electrification of the WR lines between Birkenhead Park, West Kirby and New Brighton but excluded the Seacombe Branch and this had an affect on services to West Kirby which were withdrawn on March 12 1938
In the late 1950s thirtee trains ran from Seacombe to either Wrexham or Chester on weekdays with 3 trains on a Sunday running to Wrexham only. On January 3 1960 Seacombe and Liscard & Poulton stations were closed and services to Wrexham and Chester were diverted to New Brighton but the goods services survived and closed in June 1963
The line was lifted shortly afterwards, and the station was demolished and a few years later work began on the construction of the Kingsway Road Tunnel, which used the route of the Seacombe Branch for the approach road and obliterated the site of Liscard & Poulton Station
There was a single island platform, with two faces, and the waiting facilities were in a timber building, the roof of which also provided a canopy. On the island platform a single-storey brick building contained booking facilities, waiting rooms and staff accommodation
The station had a short coal siding, which served a quarry and another private siding served the Wallasey Gas and Water Works
At its opening Liscard & Poulton station was served by nineteen weekday trains in each direction that ran between Seacombe and West Kirkby. There was also a sparse service to New Brighton. On May 1 1898 services provided by the Wrexham Mold & Connahs Quay Railway (WM&CQR) also began to call at Liscard & Poulton
In summer 1932 the LMS operated 16 trains to West Kirby and 18 trains to Seacombe & Egremont from Liscard & Poulton on weekdays
The summer Sunday service was almost as intense as that on weekdays, with thirteen trains in each direction, reflecting West Kirkby's popularity as a day trip destination. In addition Liscard & Poulton also had a service both to Chester Northgate and Wrexham Central
In the early 1930s the railway company drew up plans for the electrification of the WR lines between Birkenhead Park, West Kirby and New Brighton but excluded the Seacombe Branch and this had an affect on services to West Kirby which were withdrawn on March 12 1938
In the late 1950s thirtee trains ran from Seacombe to either Wrexham or Chester on weekdays with 3 trains on a Sunday running to Wrexham only. On January 3 1960 Seacombe and Liscard & Poulton stations were closed and services to Wrexham and Chester were diverted to New Brighton but the goods services survived and closed in June 1963
The line was lifted shortly afterwards, and the station was demolished and a few years later work began on the construction of the Kingsway Road Tunnel, which used the route of the Seacombe Branch for the approach road and obliterated the site of Liscard & Poulton Station
