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Bidston
(1866 - 1870 1872 - 1890 1896)




The station was originally built by the Hoylake Railway, opening on July 2 1866 as an intermediate through station on their line from Birkenhead Dock to Hoylake

The station first closed on July 4 1870, reopening on August 1 1872. The station was again closed in June 1890 due to low passenger numbers but then permanently reopened on May 18 1896. In 1898 Bidston ceased to be a terminus station becoming a passenger interchange station

Through trains to Liverpool commenced in 1938 when the LMS railway electrified the line from Birkenhead Park to West Kirby

Currently, services run every 15 minutes to West Kirby and Liverpool and every hour to Wrexham















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