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Birkenhead Hamilton Square

CRS Code BKQ
Collected date 30/06/13

Birkenhead Hamilton Square sign

Hamilton Square was the first station of the Merseyside holiday, and after our plan to get the ferry was scuppered by the ferry being broken, the station's huge tower was an impressive landmark:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square

The north side of the building:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square north side

On the south side of the tower, a faded message from earlier days: "MERSEY RAILWAY FREQUENT SERVICE OF ELECTRIC TRAINS TO LIVERPOOL &c.":

Birkenhead Hamilton Square south side

The front of the building has a canopy:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square frontage

The entrance to the station, under the canopy:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square entrance

Detail of the tiles above the canopy:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square tiling

The ticket hall inside the building. Tickets are sold in the MtoGo shop on the right:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square ticket hall

Looking up at the roof:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square roof

All of Hamilton Square's platforms are underground, accessed from a subway. This is the entrance to platform 3, for stations on the northern branches of the Wirral Line:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square platform 3 entrance

Looking eastbound along the line on platform 3:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square platform 3 looking east

Looking west along the platform:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square platform 3 looking west

Detail of the moulded brown plastic seats from the 1970s when the current Merseyrail network was institutet. These will disappear when the station is refurbished in the next couple of years:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square seats

Steps from opposite platform 3 to platforms 1 and 2:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square platforms 1 and 2 steps

Looking east along platforms 1 and 2:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square platforms 1 and 2 looking east

Looking along platform 2:

Birkenhead Hamilton Square platform 2

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