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| Merseyrail 777 010 on display at Birkenhead North |
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| Type: | National Rail (Merseyrail Wirral Line) |
| Station code: | BKN |
| Opened: | 1888 |
| Platforms: | 3 |
The station was opened by the Wirral Railway in 1888 as Birkenhead Docks replacing the nearby Wallasey Bridge Road which had been the line's terminus up until then. The station was renamed Birkenhead North in 1926 by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). In 1938 the Wirral Railway, including at Birkenhead North, was electrified with the LMS third rail system [1].
Birkenhead North has retained three platforms since opening, though one platform sees little use nowadays apart from trains in transit to and from the adjacent depot. In the 1970s services from Wrexham did come as far as Birkenhead North however since 1978 these services have terminated at Bidston.
Birkenhead North has retained three platforms since opening, though one platform sees little use nowadays apart from trains in transit to and from the adjacent depot. In the 1970s services from Wrexham did come as far as Birkenhead North however since 1978 these services have terminated at Bidston.
The station is operated by Merseyrail and had a ticket office and over six hundred parking spaces as part of a Park & Ride service.
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| Merseyrail 508 127 arrives at Birkenhead North |
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| View from the footbridge |
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| Merseyrail 507 005 and 508 138 cross at Birkenhead North |
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| Looking down towards Birkenhead |
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| Another view of 508 138 |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Birkenhead to West Kirby (Middleton Press, 2014) Fig. 15
