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Mersey Railway

Dates

30/04/1906	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Taff Vale Railway stops operating trains from Pontypridd to Alexandra Docks when Alexandra Docks company takes over with engines bought from the Mersey Railway.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Liverpool to Green Lane

Liverpool Central

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Liverpool ^Link^ and ^Loop^ Lines (Mersey Rail)

777049 getting ready for departure from Liverpool Central with a Kirkby service on 1st February 2023. The light around the door was green until they ...
Mark Bartlett 01/02/2023

Merseyrail seat covers thoughtfully provide games to pass the time 1. Count all the dots, 2. Count the light grey squares,etc. If they are all a blur ...
Don Chattwood 24/09/2022

Looking north along the Northern Lines island platform at Liverpool Central on 28 December 2019. Both units are starting their journeys with on the ...
John McIntyre 28/12/2019

The Northern Line platforms at Liverpool Central photographed on 29/06/2016. ...
David Panton 29/06/2016

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James Street

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Liverpool ^Link^ and ^Loop^ Lines (Mersey Rail)

Personally I think the views of Platform 2 at James Street, (which is not normally
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Veronica Clibbery 25/09/2019

Perhaps not one of the most interesting station buildings I have photographed, but busy and well maintained after its recent reurbishment at platform ...
Colin McDonald 21/06/2017

At first glance this 1910 OS map extract of Liverpool appears to show three railway stations. Lime Street, nearby Central (today entirely underground) ...
Mark Bartlett //1910

A close up of the old Platform 2 at James Street in Liverpool on 19th March 2019. This is the old terminus of the Mersey Railway before the Loop Line ...
Mark Bartlett 19/03/2019

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Mersey Tunnel

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Railway engineers are using 21st century technology to fix an underground tunnel in Liverpool city centre while causing zero disruption to passengers. ...
Network Rail /10/2022

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Hamilton Square

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Birkenhead Central

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507013, now around forty five years old, disappears into the tunnel at Birkenhead Central, heading for Liverpool, on 1st November 2023. It will be in ...
Mark Bartlett 01/11/2023

Birkenhead Central station was also the company offices of the Mersey Railway. The station building still proclaims that fact, pictured here on 1st ...
Mark Bartlett 01/11/2023

A Chester service calls at Birkenhead Central on 29/06/2016. ...
David Panton 29/06/2016

As the headquarters of the Mersey Railway Birkenhead Central was a key point on the line and some charming early buildings survive to the present day, ...
Mark Bartlett 16/11/2015

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Green Lane

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Chester and Birkenhead Railway

If Green Lane station is ever renamed it could perhaps become 'The Hanging Gardens of Birkenhead'. This is the Liverpool platform, directly below the ...
Mark Bartlett 01/11/2023

Heading for Chester, 777004 emerges from the short tunnel from Birkenhead Central and calls at subterranean Green Lane on 1st November 2023. The ...
Mark Bartlett 01/11/2023

On 25th October 1978, HM The Queen formally inaugrated 'Merseyrail' and rode from Liverpool out to Kirkby in EMU 507001. This was coupled to 507002 to ...
Mark Bartlett 01/11/2023

Green Lane, oozing with atmosphere, sees 507011 go into the tunnel heading for Liverpool with a service from the Chester line in November 2015. The ...
Mark Bartlett 16/11/2015

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Birkenhead Park Line

Hamilton Square

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Conway Park

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508111 briefly sees daylight as it calls at Conway Park, in the centre of Birkenhead, heading for Liverpool on 1st February 2023. The station opened ...
Mark Bartlett 01/02/2023

A New Brighton service calls at the very urban Conway Park, one of Birkenhead's many stations. It's in a gap between tunnels. Photographed on ...
David Panton 30/06/2016

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Mersey Tunnel (Park Branch)

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Birkenhead Park

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Birkenhead Park Extension (Seacombe, Hoylake and Deeside Railway)

777012 calls at Birkenhead Park heading towards Liverpool on 4th October 2023. The sculptures on the platform are a nice feature at an otherwise ...
Mark Bartlett 04/10/2023

A New Brighton service calls at Birkenhead Park on 30/06/2016. Let the sign tell you the claim to fame. This station was joint Seacombe, Hoylake and ...
David Panton 30/06/2016

On platform artwork at Birkenhead Park. ...
John Yellowlees 21/06/2017

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Mersey Railway

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Portions of line and locations

Liverpool to Green Lane

Liverpool Central

James Street

Mersey Tunnel

Hamilton Square

Birkenhead Central

Green Lane

Birkenhead Park Line

Hamilton Square

Conway Park

Mersey Tunnel (Park Branch)

Birkenhead Park

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