4.1.1960

Notes: The station was opened as Seacombe and was renamed Seacombe & Egremont 1.7.1901. It reverted to its original name on 5.1.1953

The line on which the terminal station of Seacombe stood was the last addition to the Wirral Railway Companies network of lines that stretched from Birkenhead to West Kirby and to New Brighton. The branch to Seacombe left the New Brighton branch at Seacombe Junction from where heavy engineering was required to drive the line through a sandstone ridge and through to the banks of the Mersey at Seacombe. There was only one other station on the line called Liscard & Poulton.

The station was adjacent to the Seacombe Ferry terminal so offering good connections to Liverpool. It always had an air of the temporary about it being constructed mostly of timber. As well as Wirral Railway services to West Kirby and New Brighton the GCR operated a service to Wrexham and Chester Northgate. Receipts from the Seacombe branch were never that good for the Wirral Railway and when it became part of the LMS in 1923 the new company eventually gave up on passenger services concentrating on goods, which was always busy on the branch. Indeed the writing was on the wall when the former Wirral Railway routes were electrified in 1938 and the Seacombe Branch was left out.

The GCR became part of the LNER and the services operating to Wrexham and Chester did continue to operate. Indeed the route was very popular with Liverpudlians who enjoyed walking and camping in North Wales. However on 1.6.1960 this service was diverted to New Brighton only a few miles away from Seacombe. The branch closed to passenger services and lingered on for a few years as a goods line. Even these services ended in 1963 and some time later most of the route was used to form the Kingsway Road Tunnel that opened in 1971.

See also Liscard & Poulton