Chester and Birkenhead Railway
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The Chester and Birkenhead Railway ran from Birkenhead to Chester, opened on 23 September 1840.[1] On 22 July 1847 the railway merged with the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway to become the Birkenhead Railway.
Currently Working
The lines between Birkenhead and Chester, together with the line from Hooton to Ellesmere Port (on the Helsby branch of the Birkenhead Railway), now form part of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.
Gallery
Detail of railway at Birkenhead
Detail of railway at Frodsham & Helsby
See also
References
- "Station Name: Birkenhead Grange Lane". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- Maund, T. B. (2001). The Birkenhead Railway: LMS & GW Joint. Railway Correspondence & Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-87-8.
- Merseyside Railway History Group (1982). The Hooton to West Kirby Branch Line and the Wirral Way. Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. ISBN 0-904582-04-3.
- Vinter, Jeff (1990). Railway Walks: LMS. Stroud: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-734-8.
Further reading
- Whishaw, Francis (1842). The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated (2nd ed.). London: John Weale. pp. 51–55. OCLC 833076248.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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