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Birkenhead Park railway station is situated in Birkenhead , Wirral , England . It lies on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. HISTORY The station was opened on 2nd January 1888, as a joint station between the Wirral Railway and the Mersey Railway . It replaced the Wirral Railway's original terminus at Wallasey Bridge Road (close to the present-day Birkenhead North station), becoming an interchange between their line to West Kirby and the Mersey Railway's new line to Liverpool . On the same day, the Wirral Railway's new line to Wallasey Grove Road opened, which was extended to New Brighton later that year. In 1938 , the lines to West Kirby and New Brighton were electrified by the London, Midland And Scottish Railway , allowing through services to Liverpool, so the need to change at Birkenhead Park was removed. The station building is not the original. The first station was destroyed by a bomb during the Second World War . The name of the station comes from nearby Birkenhead Park , an early municipal Park which was the model for Central Park , New York City . SERVICES Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to New Brighton and West Kirby and every 5-10 minutes via Hamilton Square and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool . At other times, trains run every 30 minutes to New Brighton and West Kirby, and every 15 minutes to Liverpool. FACILITIES NEARBY A convenience store, post office, and several fast food restaurants are available outside the station. Bus services run along the road outside the station and along Park Road (100 m towards the park). EXTERNAL LINKS
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