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Hooton
(1840 - )
Hooton station was opened on April 23 1840 and until 1863 was just a simple station consisting of two platforms on the Chester to Birkenhead line
By 1886 express trains were running between Birkenhead Woodside Station and London Paddington and London Euston with the GWR running to Paddington and the LNWR to Euston. Many of these express services stopped at Hooton so that passengers travelling on the branch lines could make connections
By the end of the 19th century the line between Birkenhead and Chester was so busy that there was a pressing need to provide extra capacity and the solution was to provide an extra two lines between Rock Ferry and Ledsham. By so doing two fast lines were created for express services and two slow lines for goods trains and local stopping passenger services
Hooton Station had to be completely rebuilt with seven platforms, six of the platforms were through platforms, four of the platforms being on two island platforms. The stations main building and entrance was located on Platform 2. It was a single storey booking office with a two-storey station master's house adjoining. A covered footbridge at the north end of the station connected all of the platforms, each of which also had its own brick-built single storey building which provided waiting rooms and staff facilities. Canopies were also provided to give passengers protection from the elements
In the early 1970s the Wirral Country Park opened starting at Hooton station and ran along the branch to West Kirby
In the early 1980s plans were made for an extension of the electrified former Mersey Railway, which had become the Merseyrail Wirral Line from Rock Ferry to Hooton. On the September 30 1985 Electric Trains started to run from Liverpool to Hooton at a 15 minute frequency. Hooton became a terminus station for the electric trains and also for DMUs which provided onward connections to Helsby and to Chester
By 1886 express trains were running between Birkenhead Woodside Station and London Paddington and London Euston with the GWR running to Paddington and the LNWR to Euston. Many of these express services stopped at Hooton so that passengers travelling on the branch lines could make connections
By the end of the 19th century the line between Birkenhead and Chester was so busy that there was a pressing need to provide extra capacity and the solution was to provide an extra two lines between Rock Ferry and Ledsham. By so doing two fast lines were created for express services and two slow lines for goods trains and local stopping passenger services
Hooton Station had to be completely rebuilt with seven platforms, six of the platforms were through platforms, four of the platforms being on two island platforms. The stations main building and entrance was located on Platform 2. It was a single storey booking office with a two-storey station master's house adjoining. A covered footbridge at the north end of the station connected all of the platforms, each of which also had its own brick-built single storey building which provided waiting rooms and staff facilities. Canopies were also provided to give passengers protection from the elements
In the early 1970s the Wirral Country Park opened starting at Hooton station and ran along the branch to West Kirby
In the early 1980s plans were made for an extension of the electrified former Mersey Railway, which had become the Merseyrail Wirral Line from Rock Ferry to Hooton. On the September 30 1985 Electric Trains started to run from Liverpool to Hooton at a 15 minute frequency. Hooton became a terminus station for the electric trains and also for DMUs which provided onward connections to Helsby and to Chester
