Heswall railway station (Birkenhead Railway)

Heswall
Location	Heswall, Wirral England
Coordinates	53°19′10″N 3°06′15″W / 53.3195°N 3.1041°W / 53.3195; -3.1041Coordinates: 53°19′10″N 3°06′15″W / 53.3195°N 3.1041°W / 53.3195; -3.1041
Grid reference	SJ265808
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birkenhead Railway
Pre-grouping	Birkenhead Railway
Post-grouping	Birkenhead Railway London Midland Region (British Railways)
Key dates
19 April 1886 (1886-04-19)	Station opened
17 September 1956 (1956-09-17)	Station closed

Heswall railway station was on the Birkenhead Railway route between Hooton and West Kirby. It served the town of Heswall between 1886 and 1956.

History[]

This station opened on 19 April 1886,^[1] on the Birkenhead Railway's branch line from Hooton to West Kirby. This line passed through the western side of Heswall, alongside the River Dee. The station closed to passengers on 17 September 1956^[1] and closed completely in 1962.

Present day[]

While being on the line currently occupied by the Wirral Way any walker following the former track bed will not pass close to the station's site; the original station house was sold into private ownership and then subsequently sold on for development (during the early 1970s). The site was razed and built over in the 1960s and all walkers, cyclists, etc. must take a detour to regain the track bed.

It is approximately 2.4 km south west of the station in current operation on the Bidston to Wrexham line.

References[]

Further reading[]

• Merseyside Railway History Group (1982). The Hooton to West Kirby Branch Line. Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. ISBN 9780904582048. OCLC 60074290.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Birkenhead to West Kirby. Middleton Press. figs. 82-87. ISBN 9781908174611. OCLC 885451764.

External links[]

Media related to Heswall railway station (Birkenhead Railway) at Wikimedia Commons

• Heswall Station on navigable 1952 O.S. map