Index
- Hooton - West Kirby Home
- Hooton Platform 6&7
- Hadlow Road
- Neston South
- Parkgate 1st
- Parkgate 2nd
- Heswall
- Thurstaston
- Caldy
- Kirby Park
- West Kirby
Hooton to West Kirby Railway
(1866 - 1956)
The Birkenhead Railway was formed on August 1 1859 as a result of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Railway merging with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway
The new company was originally called the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, but in 1859 shortened its name to The Birkenhead Railway
It was taken over, on January 1 1860, by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR), becoming a joint railway. It remained a Joint Railway until Nationalisation of the railways in 1948. The line was built initially from Hooton to Parkgate in October 1866, 20 years later in October 1886 the line was extended to West Kirby
Part of the railway is now known as the Wirral Line, one of the two urban electric commuter lines operated by Merseyrail on Merseyside
The new company was originally called the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, but in 1859 shortened its name to The Birkenhead Railway
It was taken over, on January 1 1860, by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR), becoming a joint railway. It remained a Joint Railway until Nationalisation of the railways in 1948. The line was built initially from Hooton to Parkgate in October 1866, 20 years later in October 1886 the line was extended to West Kirby
Part of the railway is now known as the Wirral Line, one of the two urban electric commuter lines operated by Merseyrail on Merseyside
| Station name | Opened | Closed to passengers |
Goods closed |
| Hooton | April 1840 | ||
| Hadlow Road | Oct 1866 | Sept 1956 | May 1962 |
| Neston South | Oct 1866 | Sept 1956 | May 1962 |
| Parkgate 1 | Oct 1866 | April 1886 | May 1962 |
| Parkgate 2 | April 1886 | Sept 1956 | May 1962 |
| Heswall | April 1886 | Sept 1956 | May 1962 |
| Thurstaston | April 1886 | July 1954 | May 1962 |
| Caldy | May 1909 | July 1954 | |
| Kirby Park | April 1886 | July 1954 | May 1962 |
| West Kirby (BJR) | April 1886 | Sept 1956 | May 1962 |