Birkenhead Dock Branch

Birkenhead Dock Branch
Former footbridge at Canning Street North (Rendel Street) level crossing, demolished in 2019.
Overview
Status	Disused
Owner	Network Rail Peel Holdings
Locale	Wirral, Merseyside
Termini	Rock Ferry Bidston Dock
Stations	Rock Ferry Birkenhead Town
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Network Rail
Depot(s)	Mollington Street
Rolling stock	Freight
History
Opened	1847[1]
Closed	1993[2]
Technical
Line length	4.5 mi (7.2 km)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map Legend Bidston Dock sidings Bidston Moss Nature Reserve footbridge to Wallasey Village Bidston North Junction to Birkenhead North to Bidston Bidston East Junction to Birkenhead North Wallasey Bridge Road sidings formerly Birkenhead Dock station Wallasey Bridge Road level crossing Network Rail Peel Holdings boundary Anglo-American Oil Company depot Cavendish sidings Duke Street level crossing to Vittoria Wharf and Duke Street bridge to Vittoria Wharf Peel Holdings Network Rail boundary Cathcart Street Goods station Rendel Street footbridge Rendel Street level crossing Canning Street North signal box to Morpeth Dock Goods station and Seacombe Shore Road Goods station to Wirral Tramway Cleveland Street Brook Street Price Street Adelphi Street Argyle Street Haymarket Tunnel to Birkenhead Woodside and Birkenhead Monks Ferry Birkenhead Town Queensway Road Tunnel flyover Waterloo Place bridge Mollington Street Depot Mollington Link bridge to Cammell Laird sidings Green Lane bridge Chamberlain Street bridge Union Street bridge St. Pauls Road bridge to Green Lane Rock Ferry to Bebington This diagram: view talk edit

Birkenhead Dock Branch is a disused railway line running from the South junction of Rock Ferry, to the site of the former Bidston Dock on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The branch is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) in length. Although called a branch, the line was accessible from both ends, from Bidston East junction and from Rock Ferry railway station. The former Mollington Street Rail Depot was branched into the line. A section of the line runs through Haymarket Tunnel and a low-level cutting through the centre of Birkenhead; visible from the road flyovers. The former Canning Street North signal box has now been demolished following fire damage, and the rails across the level crossing there have been removed due to the provision of cycle lanes on the roadway. The non-standard gates remain on the east side, but a fence has been erected on the other side despite the railway being officially out of use, rather than closed. Level crossings are also located at Duke Street and Wallasey Bridge Road. The railway lines are still partially intact.