Wallasey Grove Road (WLG)

Wallasey Grove Road is a stop on the Merseyrail Wirral Line between Wallasey Village and New Brighton
Merseyrail 507 009 departs for New Brighton



Information
Type: National Rail (Merseyrail Wirral Line)
Station code: WLG
Opened: 1888
Platforms: 2

The station was opened by the Wirral Railway in 1888 on it's line from Birkenhead Park to New Brighton. The station served as the line's terminus for a couple of months before the line was completed to New Brighton. The line was electrified by the London Midland Scottish Railway in 1938, through services to Liverpool also began then.

The station is a standard Merseyrail one with a staffed ticket office. The original station building has survived along with the canopy though most of the platforms are uncovered. Access between the two platforms is via a footbridge. The station has a service of up to every thirty minutes to Liverpool.
Station building

Platform view, St Nicholas' church in the background

Preparing to depart

Footbridge

Merseyrail 507 009 arrives with a Liverpool bound service