Beechwood
National Rail
General information
LocationMerseyside, Wirral
England
Grid referenceSJ279895

Beechwood is a proposed railway station situated between Bidston and Upton on the Borderlands Line, to serve the Beechwood area of Birkenhead.

According to the Core Strategy for Wirral report, compiled by the local council, Beechwood railway station is one of the council's long-term objectives.[1] This was mentioned in Merseytravel's 30-year plan of 2014.[2] The October 2017 Liverpool City Region Combined Authority update to the Long Term Rail Strategy mentions the station as being built between Network Rail Control Periods CP5 and CP7.[3]

The land for the station has been reserved by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral's local planning authority, which considers the station to be justified by the size of the catchment population.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Wirral Borough Council: Local Development Framework for Wirral". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ^ Shennan, Paddy (28 August 2014). "Merseytravel plan to open or reopen host of new stations". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  3. ^ Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. "Long Term Rail Strategy" (PDF). p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017.
  4. ^ "TR1 New Railway Stations Proposal". Wirral Council. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

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53°23′52″N 3°05′08″W / 53.3977°N 3.0855°W / 53.3977; -3.0855


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