Station Name: WEST KIRBY 1st[Source:
Paul Wright]
Looking south at the railway facilities of West Kirby at the beginning of the 20th century. The first West Kirby station was to the left of the view where a water tank can be seen. The tank was at the north end of the platform, the remains of which can be seen to its south. To the right is the 1896 Wirral Railway station. At the bottom of the picture are the lines of the Birkenhead Joint Railway.
Photo from the John Mann collection West Kirby's first station shown on a 1:2,500 scale OS map from 1895 when it was part of the Wirral Railway. As well as its single passenger platform the station has three sidings, a goods shed and a weighing machine. To the east is the station of the Birkenhead Joint Railway. There were discussions about creating a single station for both companies but in the end the idea never came to fruition and in 1896 the Wirral Railway built a new station on the land that is seen to the west of the first station.
Looking south along the platform of the 1896 West Kirby station in the first decade of the 20th century. The first West Kirby station was to the far left of the photograph where a small hut can be seen.
Copyright photo from the John Alsop collection A view looking south along the platform of the 1896 West Kirby station in 1952. The degraded remains of the first station platform is seen to the left of the sidings. Beyond it is the goods yard. Photo from the John Mann collection Looking south at the railway facilities at West Kirby as they were on 24 July 1966. The first West Kirby station was located to the left of the 1896 facility from which the train can be seen departing. A row of vans standing on a siding in the distance mark the site of the first station. At the far left of the photo can be seen the platform of the BJR station.
Photo by Keith Holt from the KDH Flickr photostream The site of the first West Kirby station looking north from Grange Road in May 1988. Photo by John Mann The site of the first West Kirby station looking north from Grange Road in August 2014. Part of the 1896 station can be seen to the left. Photo by Terry Callaghan Looking south at the site of the first West Kirby station in August 2014 from a point that would have been towards the north end of the platform.
Photo by Terry Callaghan
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