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Birkenhead Dock Branch

Birkenhead Dock Branch
Railway Footbridge, Rendel Street, Birkenhead - geograph.org.uk - 1433400.jpg
Footbridge at Canning Street North
(Rendel Street) level crossing.
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status Disused
Locale Wirral, Merseyside
Termini Rock Ferry
Bidston Dock
Stations Rock Ferry
Birkenhead Town
Operation
Opened 1847
Closed 1993
Owner Network Rail
Peel Holdings
Operator(s) Network Rail
Depot(s) Mollington Street
Rolling stock Freight
Technical
Line length 4.5 mi (7.2 km)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Bidston Dock sidings
Bidston Moss Nature Reserve
footbridge
to Wallasey Village
Bidston North Junction
to Birkenhead North
to Bidston
Bidston East Junction
to Birkenhead North
Wallasey Bridge Road sidings
formerly Birkenhead Dock station
Wallasey Bridge Road
level crossing
Network Rail
Peel Holdings
boundary
Anglo-American Oil Company depot
Cavendish sidings
Duke Street level crossing
to Vittoria Wharf
and Duke Street bridge
to Vittoria Wharf
Peel Holdings
Network Rail
boundary
Cathcart Street Goods station
Rendel Street footbridge
Rendel Street level crossing
Canning Street North
signal box
to Morpeth Dock Goods station
and Seacombe
Shore Road Goods station
to Wirral Tramway
Cleveland Street
Brook Street
Price Street
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