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Parkgate railway station was a station on the single track Hooton to West Kirby branch of the Birkenhead Railway, on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. The station served the village of Parkgate.

This article is about the former station in Cheshire. For the tram in Rotherham, see Rotherham Parkgate tram stop.

Parkgate
Wirral Way passing through the site of the former station (2013)
General information
LocationParkgate, Cheshire, Cheshire West and Chester
England
Grid referenceSJ283781
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingBirkenhead Railway
Post-grouping
  • Birkenhead Railway
  • London Midland Region (British Railways)
Key dates
1 October 1866First station opened
19 April 1886Second station opened
17 September 1956Closed to passengers
7 May 1962Closed to freight

History


The Birkenhead Railway, owned jointly by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and London and North Western Railway (LNWR), opened a branch line from Hooton to Parkgate on 1 October 1866. An extension to West Kirby was completed twenty years later.[1][2] The original station at Parkgate was a temporary wooden structure as a possible future extension to West Kirby had been taken into consideration.[2] For this purpose, a second station was built, which opened on 19 April 1886. The old station buildings were retained as a goods yard.[1][2]


Closure


Once motor transport reached the area passenger numbers dwindled and on 17 September 1956 the station was closed to passengers. The track continued to be used for freight transportation and driver training for another six years, closing on 7 May 1962. The tracks were lifted two years later.[1][2][3] The station buildings have been demolished, although the stationmaster's house remains as a private residence.[1]


Wirral Country Park


The route became the Wirral Way footpath and part of Wirral Country Park in 1973, which was the first such designated site in Britain.[4][5]


References


  1. Disused Stations: Parkgate, Subterranea Britannica, retrieved 21 November 2008
  2. Maund, T.B. (2000), The Birkenhead Railway, The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, pp. 33–34, 43–44, 69, ISBN 0-901115-87-8
  3. Merseyside Railway History Group (1982), Scheele, R. (ed.), The Hooton to West Kirby branch line and the Wirral Way, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, ISBN 0-904582-04-3
  4. Wirral Country Park, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, archived from the original on 30 October 2008, retrieved 21 November 2008
  5. Wirral Country Park, Visit Liverpool, retrieved 8 December 2007

Further reading




Media related to Parkgate railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Neston South railway station   Birkenhead Railway
Hooton to West Kirby branch		   Heswall



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