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Heswall railway station
Heswall railway station serves the town of Heswall, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is a stop on the Borderlands Line between Bidston and Wrexham Central. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Transport for Wales. It was previously known as Heswall Hills, when there was another station serving the town; this was a stop on the Birkenhead Railway's branch line from West Kirby to Hooton and now forms part of the Wirral Way.
The railway line between Bidston and Hawarden Bridge was authorised on 31 July 1885. It was originally a line that was owned jointly by the Wirral Railway (WR) and the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway (WMCQ); however, in 1889, the WR share was transferred to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR). Construction began in 1892; the line went through several changes of name and, by the time of its opening (goods 16 March 1896, passengers 18 May), was known as the North Wales and Liverpool Joint Railway.
A station known as Heswall Hills was opened two years later on 1 May 1898. In due course, the MS&LR became the Great Central Railway (GCR), which absorbed the WMCQ on 1 January 1905. By the time of the 1923 Grouping, the line was wholly owned by the GCR and so became part of the London and North Eastern Railway on 1 January 1923.
Heswall Hills station was renamed Heswall on 7 May 1973.
The station had an extensive goods yard with sidings to the south-west of the station; daily shunting operations were carried out until the advent of diesel railcar operations in 1960, at which time light freight operations ceased. The yard continued to be used until 30 October 1965. The goods yard and sidings were sold off for a housing development in about 1967.
The line continued to be used for heavy freight, as iron ore freight trains also passed through the station. These freight trains operated from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton. The steam locomotives could be heard at night for at least five miles climbing Storeton Bank, from Upton station to Heswall.[citation needed] The Class 9F locomotive 92203, later named as Black Prince, worked the final steam-hauled iron ore train in November 1967. The freight service itself ended around 1980.
The station facilities are somewhat rudimentary and is unstaffed at nearly all times. Each of the two platforms has a waiting shelter with seating. There is a payphone, with live departure and arrival screens for passenger information, but no booking office. There is a small station car park, with space for 16 cars. Wheelchair and pram access to the platforms is possible, via the access ramps.
From Monday to Saturday, there is a service every 45 minutes between Bidston and Wrexham Central; thus reduces to two-hourly in the evening and on public holidays. There is a service every 90 minutes each way on Sundays.
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Heswall railway station
Heswall railway station serves the town of Heswall, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is a stop on the Borderlands Line between Bidston and Wrexham Central. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Transport for Wales. It was previously known as Heswall Hills, when there was another station serving the town; this was a stop on the Birkenhead Railway's branch line from West Kirby to Hooton and now forms part of the Wirral Way.
The railway line between Bidston and Hawarden Bridge was authorised on 31 July 1885. It was originally a line that was owned jointly by the Wirral Railway (WR) and the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway (WMCQ); however, in 1889, the WR share was transferred to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR). Construction began in 1892; the line went through several changes of name and, by the time of its opening (goods 16 March 1896, passengers 18 May), was known as the North Wales and Liverpool Joint Railway.
A station known as Heswall Hills was opened two years later on 1 May 1898. In due course, the MS&LR became the Great Central Railway (GCR), which absorbed the WMCQ on 1 January 1905. By the time of the 1923 Grouping, the line was wholly owned by the GCR and so became part of the London and North Eastern Railway on 1 January 1923.
Heswall Hills station was renamed Heswall on 7 May 1973.
The station had an extensive goods yard with sidings to the south-west of the station; daily shunting operations were carried out until the advent of diesel railcar operations in 1960, at which time light freight operations ceased. The yard continued to be used until 30 October 1965. The goods yard and sidings were sold off for a housing development in about 1967.
The line continued to be used for heavy freight, as iron ore freight trains also passed through the station. These freight trains operated from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton. The steam locomotives could be heard at night for at least five miles climbing Storeton Bank, from Upton station to Heswall.[citation needed] The Class 9F locomotive 92203, later named as Black Prince, worked the final steam-hauled iron ore train in November 1967. The freight service itself ended around 1980.
The station facilities are somewhat rudimentary and is unstaffed at nearly all times. Each of the two platforms has a waiting shelter with seating. There is a payphone, with live departure and arrival screens for passenger information, but no booking office. There is a small station car park, with space for 16 cars. Wheelchair and pram access to the platforms is possible, via the access ramps.
From Monday to Saturday, there is a service every 45 minutes between Bidston and Wrexham Central; thus reduces to two-hourly in the evening and on public holidays. There is a service every 90 minutes each way on Sundays.
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