However, two tracks of the line are still extant as part of the Merseyrail network, with stations at Hooton and Capenhurst.
Merseyrail has named one of their trains in Red Rum's honour as part of a Merseyside Legends programme.
Situated on the south side of Birkenhead town centre, it lies on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.
They were powered by large batteries, and were based at Birkenhead North TMD and were employed around Birkenhead on the Merseyrail system (97701-702) or around North London (rest).
On the former main line from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside it is now on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, 5¼ miles (8 km) north of Chester.
It is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network 8½ miles (13 km) south west of Liverpool Lime Street.
It lies on the Wirral Line 8 miles north of Chester and 9½ miles (15 km) south west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network, and is near the junction of the branch from the Chester line to Ellesmere Port.
It is situated on the Ellesmere Port branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.
For local passenger transport, the route is branded as a significant section of one of Merseytravel's City Line routes.
Plans to open this section as part of Merseyrail's Northern Line have been put forward in Sefton's transport plan, with the first details to emerge about its possible reopening being published by the media on 28 February 2008.
Merseyrail's James Street station is a short walk away.
The station is located on the Wirral Line operated by Merseyrail and there are frequent third rail electric train services to Liverpool, Chester and Ellesmere Port.