Heswall railway station (Birkenhead Railway)

Not to be confused with Heswall railway station.

Heswall
The site of the station in 2013
General information
Location	Heswall, Wirral England
Coordinates	53°19′10″N3°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
Location

Heswall railway station was a stop on the Birkenhead Railway route between Hooton and West Kirby. It served the town of Heswall, in Merseyside, England, 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 and closed completely in 1962. ^[1]

The site was razed and built over in the 1960s. The original station house was sold into private ownership in the early 1970s and then subsequently sold on for development. ^{[2] [3]}

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Parkgate Line and station closed		Birkenhead Railway Hooton to West Kirby Branch		Thurstaston Line and station closed

The site today

The station site and the nearby trackbed continue to be occupied by housing. The length of the West Kirby-Hooton trackbed has been converted into the Wirral Way, a shared-use path; a short detour, marked by signage, is required to circumvent the site. ^[4]

Part of the retaining wall that supported the booking office is extant, forming a property's garden wall. ^[2]

The site is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of the existing Heswall railway station, which is a stop on the Borderlands line linking Bidston with Wrexham Central.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 119. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Wright, Paul (24 December 2017). "Station name: Heswall". Disused Stations. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
3. Koncienczy, Rebecca (29 May 2021). "Wirral's lost and forgotten railway stations and what they look like now". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
4. "Wirral Way". Visit Cheshire. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

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