West Kirby
West Kirby, with 777032 waiting to depart at 17.06 with a Merseyrail Wirral Line service for Liverpool Central, on 28th April 2025. This station opened on 1st April 1878 with the extension from the 1866 terminus at Hoylake. A separate station opened alongside (on left) on 19th April 1886 when the Chester & Birkenhead Railway extended their Hooton to Parkgate branch. Electric services to Liverpool Central began on 13th March 1938 but the Hooton line closed to passengers on 17th September 1956 and completely on 7th May 1962. It is now the Wirral Way footpath and Hadlow Road station is preserved in 1950s style within Wirral Country Park.
Location: West Kirby
Original line: West Kirkby Branch (Birkenhead Joint Railway (Great Western Railway and London and North Western Railway Joint))
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Date: 28/04/2025
Image number: 92997
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