Index
- Chester General to Birkenhead Home
- Brook Street
- Chester General
- Upton-by-Chester
- Bache
- Mollington
- Capenhurst
- Ledsham
- Hooton
- Bromborough
- Spital
- Port Sunlight
- Bebington & New Ferry
- Rock Lane
- Rock Ferry
- Tranmere
- Cathcart Street
- Green Lane
- Birkenhead Grange Lane
- Birkenhead Town
- Woodside
- Monks Ferry
Rock Lane
(1846 - 1862)
Rock Lane station opened in June 1846. The station was situated on the Birkenhead to Chester line which had opened on September 23 1840
At the time when Rock Lane station opened the line was a single track line so it is likely that it was provided with only one platform
In July 1847 track was doubled and Rock Lane would have gained an extra platform
On the October 31 1862, Rock Lane station closed to be replaced by a new station, situated a short distance to the north, called Rock Ferry
Between 1900 and 1905 the line through the site of Rock Lane station was quadrupled destroying all traces of the station
In 1969 the line at this point reverted back to double track and in 1985 it was electrified as part of an extension of the Merseyrail line from Rock Ferry to Hooton. This electrification was further extended to Chester in 1993
The site of Rock Lane Station looking south in July 2009
At the time when Rock Lane station opened the line was a single track line so it is likely that it was provided with only one platform
In July 1847 track was doubled and Rock Lane would have gained an extra platform
On the October 31 1862, Rock Lane station closed to be replaced by a new station, situated a short distance to the north, called Rock Ferry
Between 1900 and 1905 the line through the site of Rock Lane station was quadrupled destroying all traces of the station
In 1969 the line at this point reverted back to double track and in 1985 it was electrified as part of an extension of the Merseyrail line from Rock Ferry to Hooton. This electrification was further extended to Chester in 1993
The site of Rock Lane Station looking south in July 2009
