Operation
The normal pattern of trains in steam railway days was from West Kirby to Birkenhead Park or to Seacombe, from both of which direct connections, which the bulk of the passengers used, were available to Liverpool, by the Mersey Railway electric trains from Birkenhead Park, and by Wallasey Corporation ferryboat from Seacombe. In addition trains from the New Brighton branch also ran to Birkenhead Park. The Wirral Railway locomotive depot and operating base was to the west of Birkenhead North station, on the site still used today for the Merseyrail electric service. In addition, the Great Central railway trains on the route from Wrexham to Bidston continued over the Wirral Railway route to Seacombe, as there were no effective terminal arrangements for their trains at Bidston, and also to provide a direct connection by ferryboat to Liverpool.
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