Birkenhead North

CRS Code	BKN
Collected date	04/07/13

Birkenhead North was the last station of the day and we explored as the light started to dim. It's near the point where the branch towards New Brighton diverges from the line to West Kirby.

The front of the station building, which sits just south of the line:

An entrance leads from the front of the station building to platform 3:

The rear of the station building, seen from platform 2 opposite:

In the brickwork on the rear of the station building are several tiles of the arms of the Wirral Railway:

At the western end of platform 3 is a second building, out of use:

As well as platform 3 which backs on to the station building, there are two island platform faces, 1 and 2, reached via a footbridge. Looking east from the footbridge along the line:

Looking west at the station buildings and island platforms canopy from the footbridge:

On platform 2, looking east:

Although the roof of the canopy on the island platform is modern, the supports are ornate iron:

Platform 1 was largely not used when we visited. Here looking east towards the end of the footbridge:

From the western end of the island platform looking east at the station:

Looking west along the line from the end of the island platform:

A road bridge crosses the line to the east of the station. Looking west from the road bridge:

All photographs are © Alexandra Lanes You may reproduce them anywhere for any purpose. Coastline maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001