Hadlow Road

CRS Code	***
Collected date	03/07/13

The signal at Hadlow Road is forever at danger, because the track is just for show. The rest of the line was torn up decades ago, but the route survived as the Wirral Way and the station has been restored to its 1950s condition.

The level crossing to the west of the station, where the gates are still useful to stop motorists wandering down the bridleway:

From the eastern end of the station, looking at the station complex:

The down platform, once for trains towards Hooton, is now just home to an old trolley:

The front of the station building faces the down platform:

Detail of the lamp on the corner:

Next to the doorway, a plaque describing the wonders of rail travel in the 1950s:

The inside of the station building has also been refurbished, so there is this ticket window:

And a set of scales:

The eastern side of the station building:

In case you're wondering, Cattle Cake was cattle feed produced as a by-product of the Lever Brothers oil and cake mill at Port Sunlight.

The rear of the station building:

The doorway bears the date 1866:

At the eastern end of the down platform, the signalbox:

Looking west along the down platform:

The up platform is mostly bare or covered in shrubbery, but there is this red brick shelter:

Looking east along the "line" towards Hooton:

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