Conway Park

CRS Code	CNP
Collected date	05/07/13

On a hot day, Conway Park station was very pleasant to visit because it's almost entirely underground. It's the newest station on the Wirral Line and was constructed by cutting into the existing tunnel between Birkenhead Park and Hamilton Square. The station building is all new, with an exciting suspended canopy:

The entrance to the station building, which faces onto Europa Boulevard towards Birkenhead town centre:

The side of the station building is rather less exciting, with just the head of the lift shaft a notable feature:

Inside the concourse, with the entrance on the left. Lifts lead down to the platforms to our right and in the background:

This plaque marks the station's 1998 opening by Neil Kinnock:

The lifts (and stairs) lead down to a pair of platforms in the opened-out tunnel, which has lateral concrete beams for a roof. The lift exit onto platform 2:

On platform 1, for trains towards Liverpool, looking west:

The eastern end of both platforms is under a small canopy beneath the concrete beams. Platform 1, under the canopy:

Looking east at both platforms, with the concrete beams above and the canopies in the centre:

Looking west along the line:

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