Green Lane

CRS Code	GNL
Collected date	05/07/13

Green Lane station is in Birkenhead, with station buildings at ground level and platforms in a tunnel. The front of the station building on the west side of the line:

The northernmost window of the station frontage is nicely tiled:

The south end of the station building:

The side of the southern end of the station building:

The north end of the station frontage:

The big building is very wedge shaped:

An entrance has been bricked up here:

Looking under the bridge at the northern end of the station:

Inside the station building is a cavernous ticket hall, with ticket counters on the right and steps leading down to the platforms on the left:

Looking down the steps from the ticket hall:

The steps lead down to a footbridge which spans the tracks:

Immediately to the left as we walk onto the footbridge is this blocked archway, perhaps leading to the bricked up entrance at ground level?

Steps lead down from the footbridge to platform 1. Looking back up to the footbridge from platform level:

On platform 1, looking north towards the footbridge:

Looking south along platform 1:

The retaining wall at the northern end of platform 1 is covered in moss:

On the wall are traces of fixings, perhaps for an old canopy or lamp?

The rear of the station building and steps up to the footbridge from platform 1:

Back on the footbridge looking south:

Looking south towards platform 2 from the footbridge:

The footbridge from platform level:

The ironwork is quite old and has a plaque dating from 1886:

On platform 2 looking south:

Looking north into the tunnel at the end of platform 1:

Looking south down the line from the other end:

The station is in a tunnel, with half of it open to the sky, and half covered by arches. The arched half is underneath a disused goods line to the Birkenhead docks:

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