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.
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.
A new loop tunnel was built in Liverpool city centre for Wirral Line trains, linking James Street with Moorfields, Lime Street, Liverpool Central and returning to James Street.
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On 26 October 2005 a Wirral Line train derailed on the approach to Liverpool Central en route from Liverpool Lime Street.
The station is served by an hourly service southbound to Wrexham General and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines.
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.
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