Talk:Birkenhead Woodside railway station

" However, as with many other stations and rail routes in the UK, the then Chairman of the British Railways Board, Dr Richard Beeching, found the need for the terminus superfluous, as most of the routes served could also be taken from Liverpool Lime Street station, on the other side of the River Mersey"

No real evidence for this statement. Woodside was used for services to Chester, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Birmingham and London Paddington. The services to stations south of Chester were withdrawn altogether and it can't really be said that this was because they were also served from Liverpool (only Birmingham was served directly from Liverpool). The Chester services were truncated, starting from Rock Ferry instead. It's probably more accurate to say that the former Great Western route from London to the Midlands and the North was downgraded (and partly closed) and Woodside was closed because of this. However in the absence of EVIDENCE it might be better not to speculate either way.

Exile (talk) 19:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)