Incorporated as the Birkenhead, Lancashire & Cheshire Junction Railway (BL&CJR) in 1846. It took over the Chester & Birkenhead Railway in 1847, keeping its own name for the combined company until shortened to the Birkenhead Railway in 1859. It was taken over jointly, on 1 January 1860, by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR), and remained a joint railway until nationalisation of the railways in 1948.
Chester & Warrington Line (CHW); Chester & Rock Ferry Line (CRR); Rock Ferry to Birkenhead Woodside (CCS1);
Hooton & Helsby Junction Line (HHJ); Hooton & West Kirby Line (JCH)
Chester & Warrington Line (CHW); Chester & Rock Ferry Line (CRR); Rock Ferry to Birkenhead Woodside (CCS1);
Hooton & Helsby Junction Line (HHJ); Hooton & West Kirby Line (JCH)
Chester and Birkenhead Railway Carriage c.1840 - Drawing
Elevation and plan of 3 compartment coach.Chester and Birkenhead Railway Carriage c.1840 - Drawing
Helsby station (CHW1 @ 7m 34ch) looking north. 05 August 1963
Opened 1852Helsby station (CHW1 @ 7m 34ch) looking north. 05 August 1963
Helsby (CHW1 @ 7m 34ch). 06 August 1966
Helsby Hill in the backgroundHelsby (CHW1 @ 7m 34ch). 06 August 1966
Hooton (CRR2 @ 8m 08ch). 06 August 1966
LMSR Hughes “Crab” 2-6-0 No 42902 (“LMS” lettering on tender) & 9 brake vans. BLS/LCGB 'Hundred of Wirral' railtourHooton (CRR2 @ 8m 08ch). 06 August 1966
Port Sunlight station (CRR2 @ 11m 61ch). 11 July 1987
Port Sunlight station (CRR2 @ 11m 61ch). 11 July 1987
Hadlow Road (JCH @ 1m 36ch). 11 July 1987
Opened 01 October 1866, closed 17 September 1956. Now a small free museum created to have the look and feel of the day it closed,Hadlow Road (JCH @ 1m 36ch). 11 July 1987
