England
North West England
Wirral

Birkenhead North railway station

Birkenhead North railway station serves the town of , in , . The station is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, close to the junction of the and branches. , situated just to the west of the station, is the main traction maintenance depot for the Merseyrail fleet.
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Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Birkenhead North Railway Station”, “Birkenhead North Station”, and “BKN”
  • Address: Station Road, Birkenhead, CH41 7AZ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St James’ Church, Birkenhead and Birkenhead North TMD.

Church
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St James' Church stands on an island site in , , , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Birkenhead, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. is situated 1,100 feet south of Birkenhead North railway station.

Building
is a traction maintenance depot, which is owned by Network Rail and operated by Stadler. Located opposite Birkenhead North railway station, it is currently responsible for servicing and stabling Merseyrail's fleet of class 777 electric multiple units and also services and stables Transport for Wales' fleet of 5 Class 230 diesel-battery electric multiple units. is situated 560 feet northwest of Birkenhead North railway station.

Disaster remains
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is a former Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, named HMS Humber between 1954 and 1958. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper was one of the last of the wooden-hulled naval vessels. is situated 2,600 feet east of Birkenhead North railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bidston Hill and Poulton.

Village
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is 100 acres of heathland and woodland containing historic buildings and ancient rock carvings, on the , near the suburb of , in , England.

Suburb
is an area of the town of , in the , , England. It is located on the and bordered by to the north, to the north east and to the east.

Suburb
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is a village and suburb of , on the , , England. It is situated approximately 3 km to the west of Birkenhead town centre, adjacent to .

Birkenhead North railway station

Latitude
53.40471° or 53° 24′ 17″ north
Longitude
-3.05793° or 3° 3′ 29″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Operator
Merseyrail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“BKN”
Open location code
9C5RCW3R+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10055803287
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6952063
Wiki­data ID
Q2583306
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Birkenhead North railway station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “伯肯黑德北站”
  • Dutch: “station Birkenhead North”
  • Dutch: “Station Birkenhead North”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بيركينهياد نورث”
  • French: “Birkenhead North”
  • French: “gare de Birkenhead North”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Gogledd Penbedw”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Birkenhead North railway station”. Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.