Everything about Meols Railway Station totally explained
Meols railway station is situated in
Meols,
Wirral,
Merseyside,
England. It lies on the
West Kirby branch of the
Wirral Line, part of the
Merseyrail network.
History
Meols was one of the original stations on the Hoylake Railway, opening in
1866. The Hoylake Railway became part of the
Wirral Railway in
1883, which subsequently became part of the
London Midland and Scottish Railway in
1923. Through services to
Liverpool began in
1938, when the line was electrified. The station was rebuilt to coincide with this.
The main road which crosses the railway here originally did so by a level crossing. For the electrification scheme of 1938 a road bridge was built with a new station entrance and ticket office at the top of the bridge. The line of shops to the Hoylake side of the station at track level are situated on what was the old main road.
After 1938 the signalbox at the level crossing was closed, and semaphore Intermediate Block Signals, operating automatically, were introduced, the only such signals on the Liverpool to west Kirby line. They broke the otherwise long distance between Moreton and Hoylake, the two signalboxes on either side. These semaphore signals remained until the 1990s when the line was resignalled with colour-light signals.
Services
Current services are every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to West Kirby and
Liverpool. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes.
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