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The Wirral Railway was a railway network in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, England. Its 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. It was incorporated in 1863 as the Hoylake Railway, running from Hoylake to Birkenhead Docks. After changes of name and of ownership, it was purchased by the Wirral Railway Company Limited in 1884. The network was extended to West Kirby, New Brighton, and Seacombe, and to Birkenhead Park station where it joined the Mersey Railway, enabling through trains through the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. In the 1923 grouping the Wirral company became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which electrified the line (except the S

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rdfs:label	Wirral Railway (en)
rdfs:comment	The Wirral Railway was a railway network in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, England. Its 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. It was incorporated in 1863 as the Hoylake Railway, running from Hoylake to Birkenhead Docks. After changes of name and of ownership, it was purchased by the Wirral Railway Company Limited in 1884. The network was extended to West Kirby, New Brighton, and Seacombe, and to Birkenhead Park station where it joined the Mersey Railway, enabling through trains through the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. In the 1923 grouping the Wirral company became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which electrified the line (except the S (en)
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dcterms:subject	London, Midland and Scottish Railway constituents Historic transport in Merseyside Transport in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Pre-grouping British railway companies
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Bidston Birkenhead Birkenhead Park London, Midland and Scottish Railway constituents Hooton, Cheshire Hoylake River Dee, Wales Current collector Upton, Merseyside Clarence Dock (Liverpool) Great Central Railway Great Western Railway Moreton, Merseyside Mostyn Liverpool Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway London, Midland and Scottish Railway London and North Eastern Railway London and North Western Railway British Rail Class 503 Wallasey Watford DC line West Kirby Wirral Peninsula Historic transport in Merseyside British Thomson-Houston Board of Trade (Privy Council) Third rail Hawarden Bridge Court of Chancery Transport in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Pre-grouping British railway companies Chester Chester and Birkenhead Railway Leasowe Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway Kingsway Tunnel Mersey Railway Merseyrail New Brighton, Merseyside Seacombe Woodchurch, Merseyside Woodside, Merseyside World War I Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Wirral Line Railways Act 1921 Fourth rail
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=aWEHx6CpNEI
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has abstract	The Wirral Railway was a railway network in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, England. Its 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. It was incorporated in 1863 as the Hoylake Railway, running from Hoylake to Birkenhead Docks. After changes of name and of ownership, it was purchased by the Wirral Railway Company Limited in 1884. The network was extended to West Kirby, New Brighton, and Seacombe, and to Birkenhead Park station where it joined the Mersey Railway, enabling through trains through the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. In the 1923 grouping the Wirral company became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which electrified the line (except the Seacombe branch) in 1938, allowing passenger services to be integrated with the Liverpool urban system. Most of the Wirral Railway network is still in use today as part of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail commuter rail network. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Poulton, Merseyside List of closed railway stations in Britain: K-L List of closed railway stations in Britain: S List of closed railway stations in Britain: W-Z List of constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Bidston railway station Birkenhead Dock Branch Birkenhead Dock railway station Birkenhead North TMD

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