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Birkenhead Park
(1888 - )
Birkenhead Park railway station is situated in Birkenhead and was opened on January 1 1888
It was opened as a joint interchange station between the Seacombe, Hoylake and Deeside Railway from West Kirby, and the Mersey Railway to Liverpool
On the same day, the Wirral Railway's new line to Wallasey opened, which was extended to New Brighton later the same year
From its opening the station had 2 island platforms to facilitate across-platform transfer between the Mersey Railway and the Wirral Railway
The station building is not the original because the 1st station building was destroyed when two land mines were dropped by German aircraft on the night of March 12/13 1941, during the 2nd World War. After the bombing, through services were restored after 5 days with the station reopened to passengers after 11 days
The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. The island platform has a waiting shelter and there is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. Wheelchair and pram access to the platform is possible, and also relatively easy, via a ramp-staircase
It was opened as a joint interchange station between the Seacombe, Hoylake and Deeside Railway from West Kirby, and the Mersey Railway to Liverpool
On the same day, the Wirral Railway's new line to Wallasey opened, which was extended to New Brighton later the same year
From its opening the station had 2 island platforms to facilitate across-platform transfer between the Mersey Railway and the Wirral Railway
The station building is not the original because the 1st station building was destroyed when two land mines were dropped by German aircraft on the night of March 12/13 1941, during the 2nd World War. After the bombing, through services were restored after 5 days with the station reopened to passengers after 11 days
The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. The island platform has a waiting shelter and there is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. Wheelchair and pram access to the platform is possible, and also relatively easy, via a ramp-staircase
