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Seacombe formerly Seacombe & Egremont formerly Seacombe
(1895 - 1960)
The line on which the terminal station of Seacombe stood was the last addition to the Wirral Railway Company's (WR) network of lines that stretched from Birkenhead to West Kirby and to New Brighton but there was only one other station on the line at Liscard & Poulton
At the time of opening on June 1 1895 the station was provided with two timber-built platforms that provided three platform faces
The station was served by trains that ran to West Kirby. nineteen trains per day ran in each direction on weekdays at half-hourly intervals with nine on Sundays
From 1897 the WR introduced a train service to New Brighton which was known locally as the 'Seacombe Dodger' but was not very successful
By 1899 it ran only during the afternoons and evenings and competition from the Wallasey Borough tramways from 1902 did not help and the service only survived until 1910
On May 1 1898 train services of the Wrexham, Mold & Connahs Quay Railway (WM&CQR) that linked Wrexham to Bidston were with the agreement of the WR extended to run through to Seacombe
Seacombe goods yard was half a mile west of the passenger station and it comprised five sidings, one serving a cattle dock and pens
On July 1 1901 the station was renamed a Seacombe & Egremont but from 5 January 1953 the station reverted to being simply Seacombe
In the early 1930s the LMS drew up plans for the electrification of the WR lines between Birkenhead Park, West Kirby and New Brighton and this had an affect on the Seacombe services to West Kirby and they were withdrawn on March 12 1938
In the late 1950s thirteen trains ran from Seacombe to either Wrexham or Chester on weekdays with three 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
At the time of opening on June 1 1895 the station was provided with two timber-built platforms that provided three platform faces
The station was served by trains that ran to West Kirby. nineteen trains per day ran in each direction on weekdays at half-hourly intervals with nine on Sundays
From 1897 the WR introduced a train service to New Brighton which was known locally as the 'Seacombe Dodger' but was not very successful
By 1899 it ran only during the afternoons and evenings and competition from the Wallasey Borough tramways from 1902 did not help and the service only survived until 1910
On May 1 1898 train services of the Wrexham, Mold & Connahs Quay Railway (WM&CQR) that linked Wrexham to Bidston were with the agreement of the WR extended to run through to Seacombe
Seacombe goods yard was half a mile west of the passenger station and it comprised five sidings, one serving a cattle dock and pens
On July 1 1901 the station was renamed a Seacombe & Egremont but from 5 January 1953 the station reverted to being simply Seacombe
In the early 1930s the LMS drew up plans for the electrification of the WR lines between Birkenhead Park, West Kirby and New Brighton and this had an affect on the Seacombe services to West Kirby and they were withdrawn on March 12 1938
In the late 1950s thirteen trains ran from Seacombe to either Wrexham or Chester on weekdays with three 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
