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    The Wirral line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern line. The Wirral...
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    stations, 67 of which it manages, across two lines – the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. The network uses 750 V DC third rail electrified lines having...
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    The Wirral Peninsula (/ˈwɪrəl/), known locally as the Wirral, is a peninsula in North West England. The roughly rectangular peninsula is about 15 miles...
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    referred to in England as the Mid Wirral line, as part of the line runs in the middle of the Wirral peninsula. The line is operated by the Class 230 and...
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  • Look up Wirral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wirral may refer to: Wirral Peninsula, a peninsula in the northwest of England, between the rivers Dee...
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  • Thumbnail for Liverpool Central railway station
    central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. The station is located underground on two levels, below the site...
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    Northern line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Wirral line. The cross-city...
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    route was from Birkenhead Park in the east of the Wirral to West Kirby in the west. A branch off this line at Bidston went north to Secombe and New Brighton...
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    Merseyside (section Wirral)
    River Mersey). The two parts are linked by the two Mersey Tunnels, the Wirral line of Merseyrail, and the Mersey Ferry. Merseyside contains green belt interspersed...
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    Street; the Wirral Line platform opened on 30 October 1977. There are three platforms (two for the Northern Line and one for the Wirral Line) in two levels...
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    The canal starts from Ellesmere Port on the River Mersey traversing the Wirral peninsula to Chester. This stretch, which was completed in 1797, was originally...
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    railway station is situated in the south of the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. It lies on the Wirral Line 8 miles (13 km) north of Chester and 9+1⁄2...
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    The Chester–Birkenhead line runs from Chester to Birkenhead via Hooton. Today, it forms part of the Wirral Line network, a commuter rail system operated...
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    station located in the centre of Liverpool, England; it is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. James Street is an underground station, with...
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  • connect with the Wirral Railway. This led to the expansion of the network to Rock Ferry railway station and the connection to the Chester Line in 1891. In...
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  • Thumbnail for British Rail Class 507
    507 units were used interchangeably between both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line, working a further four routes regularly. The remaining 32 units...
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    Hooton–Helsby line. Now all passenger services terminate at the station from both directions. It is both a terminus of the Wirral Line, a commuter rail...
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    Bebington (redirect from Woodhey (Wirral))
    west-southwest. Bebington railway station opened in 1838 and is on the Wirral line of the Merseyrail network. The electoral ward, which includes the original...
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    West Kirby railway station (category Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
    station is the terminus of the West Kirby branch line, which is one of the two branches of the Wirral Line on the Merseyrail network. There is a central...
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    Bidston railway station (category Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
    Kirby branch of the Wirral line, which is part of the Merseyrail network; it also serves as the northern terminus for the Borderlands line from Wrexham Central...
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    the route are as follows: Crewe Chester Wirral line diverges to serve Birkenhead and Liverpool (Merseyrail) Line diverges to serve Wrexham, Shrewsbury and...
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    New Brighton railway station (category Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
    the Wirral Line 8.25 miles (13.28 km) west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network. The station was built as the terminus of the Wirral Railway's...
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    the Wirral; routes which latterly became known as the Wirral Line of Merseyrail. In 1977, three six-car trains were transferred to the Northern Line. They...
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    Liverpool Lime Street railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
    building has also provided direct access to the underground Lime Street Wirral Line station on the Merseyrail network. Beginning in the 1960s, the Concourse...
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    on James Street near the corner of The Strand; it is served by the Wirral Line only. James Street is also the closest station to the Waterfront area...
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    Ellesmere Port. On the former GWR main line from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside it is now on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, 5+1⁄4 miles...
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    part of the Wirral Line network with trains running every 30 minutes. From Hooton services continue to Liverpool via the Chester–Birkenhead line. Northern...
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    Birkenhead (category Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
    in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; It was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank...
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    Caldy (category Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
    Caldy (historically spelled Calday) is a small, affluent village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, south-east of West Kirby. It is part of...
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    currently a part of the Merseyrail network. It was extended further into the Wirral Peninsula, which lies on the opposite bank of the River Mersey to Liverpool...
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