Construction to nationalisation in 1948. The
Birkenhead Railway was formed on 1 August 1859 as a result of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Railway merging with the
Chester and Birkenhead Railway. The new company was originally called the
Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, but in 1859 shortened its name to
The Birkenhead Railway. Taken over on 1 January 1860, it became a
joint railway owned and operated by the
London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the
Great Western Railway (GWR), becoming a
joint railway. •
LNWR: to the north, an eight-road pitched-roof shed.
Coaling stage to the west,
turntable at the shed throat •
GWR: to the south and closest to the running lines, an eight-road
north light pattern roofed shed. and
Stanier 'Crab's, with six of the latter usually at the shed at any one time. Allocated
shunters included
Dock Tanks 47160, 47164 and 47166. The depot code was
8H, between September 1963 and May 1973 During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included
Class 03,
Class 25,
Class 40 and Class 47 traction. Class 03s were also allocated to the depot. In the early 1980s, circa. 1984, during the
Merseyrail changeover from
Class 503 to
Class 508 electric multiple units, those units were also stored at the depot. The depot was closed on 25 November 1985, and demolished in July 1987. ==Notes==