Hamilton Square railway station
Birkenhead Hamilton Square 
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Platforms 1 and 2, before refurbishment.
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| Location | |
| Place | Birkenhead |
| Local authority | Wirral |
| Coordinates | 53°23′41″N 3°00′50″W / 53.3947°N 3.0139°WCoordinates: 53°23′41″N 3°00′50″W / 53.3947°N 3.0139°W |
| Grid reference | SJ326891 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BKQ |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 2.524 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.313 million |
| 2012/13 |
2.363 million |
| – Interchange |
0.320 million |
| 2013/14 |
2.238 million |
| – Interchange |
0.227 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.723 million |
| – Interchange |
0.245 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.017 million |
| – Interchange |
0.224 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | B1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Mersey Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Mersey Railway |
| Post-grouping | Mersey Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| 1886 | Opened |
| 1903 | Electrified |
| 1977 | Extended |
| 29 September 2014 |
Closed (Refurbishment) |
| 27 March 2015 | Reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birkenhead Hamilton Square from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station (commonly shortened to Hamilton Square station) is situated near Hamilton Square in Birkenhead, Wirral, England, on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. It is an underground station, the platforms being reached by lifts from the surface.
Hamilton Square station was built by the Mersey Railway and opened on 1 February 1886. The station building was designed by G. E. Grayson in Italianate style, and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. It stood on that railway's original route from James Street station in Liverpool to Green Lane, later extended to Rock Ferry and Birkenhead Park. Just south of the station, the lines towards Rock Ferry and Birkenhead Park diverge; this junction was originally built as a flat crossing.
With the platforms being at a deep level, three hydraulic lifts were provided to transport passengers from ground level to the platforms and back, as well as flights of steps. Each lift was able to accommodate up to 100 passengers at a time and took 45 seconds to travel in each direction. The lifts were installed by Easton and Anderson.
The first electric train passenger service ran through the station on 3 May 1903, with a 650v DC fourth rail system and Mersey Railway electric units built by Westinghouse. Despite the journey being far quicker than travel aboard the Mersey Ferry service, passengers were not keen on travelling underground due to the smoke from the previous coal-powered steam locomotives. A Frequent electric trains sign was erected on the outside of the station's large hydraulic lift tower (slightly below the position of the present sign) to publicise these cleaner trains. The booking hall had a central ticket office, as was popular on the London Underground.
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