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Heswall railway station (Birkenhead Railway)

Heswall railway station was a stop on the Birkenhead Railway route between and . It served the town of Heswall, in Merseyside, England, between 1886 and 1956.

History

This station opened on 19 April 1886, 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.

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.

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.

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

The site is approximately south-west of the existing Heswall railway station, which is a stop on the Borderlands line linking with .

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