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Birkenhead Central railway station

Coordinates: 53°23′20″N 3°01′08″W / 53.389°N 3.019°W / 53.389; -3.019
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Birkenhead Central
General information
LocationWirral
Managed byMerseyrail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBKC
Fare zoneB1
Key dates
1886Opened

Birkenhead Central is a railway station serving the town of Birkenhead, Wirral, England. Situated on the south side of Birkenhead town centre, it lies on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network. The station is in a deep cutting and reached by stairs down from the street level entrance.

History

Birkenhead Central station was opened in 1886 as part of the Mersey Railway's route from Liverpool, via the Mersey Railway Tunnel under the River Mersey. The station was the location of the Mersey Railway's headquarters. The disused building of Birkenhead Central depot, which closed in the 1990s, remains adjacent to the platforms. The station platforms were refurbished and finished in 2012.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[1] There are toilets, several payphones, a vending machine, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. Each platform has a waiting shelter, as well as sheltered seating. The station does not have a car park, but does have a cycle rack, with 26 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 30 spaces.[2] Access to the station is by ramp, and there is step-free access to the platforms, for wheelchairs and prams, via the lifts.[3] The station also has a snack bar, in the main booking hall.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes between Chester and Liverpool on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port all day, every day.[4] Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

  • Original Mersey Railway painted sign on Birkenhead Central station, the company's former headquarters.
    Original Mersey Railway painted sign on Birkenhead Central station, the company's former headquarters.
  • View northward, towards Birkenhead (Hamilton Square) and Liverpool in 1961.
    View northward, towards Birkenhead (Hamilton Square) and Liverpool in 1961.
  • The former Birkenhead Central carriage shed.
    The former Birkenhead Central carriage shed.
  • The station building.
    The station building.

See also

References

  1. ^ Station Facilities for Birkenhead Central Accessed 2013-12-20
  2. ^ Birkenhead Central train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-20
  3. ^ Birkenhead Central Station Plan Accessed 2013-12-20
  4. ^ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Green Lane
towards Chester or Ellesmere Port 		  Merseyrail
Wirral Line 		  Birkenhead Hamilton Square
towards Liverpool Central

53°23′20″N 3°01′08″W / 53.389°N 3.019°W / 53.389; -3.019

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