Thurstaston railway station
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| Thurstaston | |||
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| The site of Thurstaston station as it appears today, now part of a country park footpath[1]. | |||
| Location | |||
| Location | The Wirral | ||
| Area | Metropolitan Borough of Wirral | ||
| Grid reference | SJ238835 | ||
| Operations | |||
| Pre-grouping | (1866-1923)West Kirby-Hooton branch of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway[2]) |
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| Post-grouping | (1923 to 1948)LMS (1948 to 1956)London Midland Region (British Railways) [3] |
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| Platforms | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| 19 April 1886 | Opened | ||
| 1 February 1954[4] | Closed | ||
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |||
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Thurstaston railway station was a station on the single track Chester and Birkenhead Railway Hooton to West Kirby branch which opened in 1886 that served the eponymous village to the north east of the station buildings[5]. During the Second World War heavy anti-aircraft emplacements were built adjacent to the station and the line used to transport munitions[6]. After the war passenger numbers dropped and in 1956 the station was closed to passengers, although the track continued to be used for driver training for another eight years. A decade later the track bed was lifted and a footpath laid to create Britain’s first country park[7]. At present, the two platforms survive (the Hooton-bound platform being largely obscured by undergrowth). The station buildings however are gone.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Heswall | Chester and Birkenhead Railway Wirral Way |
Caldy | ||
[edit] Notes
- ^ Article On the track of a country park by Rex Christiansen in "The Countryman" Gill,C(Ed), Autumn 1977
- ^ Owned jointly by the London and North Western Railway and the Great Western Railway
- ^ Although freight services continued until the Sixties
- ^ Freight closure 7 May 1962
- ^ "The Hooton to West Kirby Branch", Merseyside Railway History Group(Scheele,R(Ed): Birkenhead, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral,1982 ISBN 0904582043
- ^ Enthusiasts web-site
- ^ Details of park
