Birkenhead Dock railway station was situated in Birkenhead , Wirral , England . The station opened as the eastern terminus of the Hoylake Railway in 1866. With the opening of the horse drawn Woodside and Birkenhead Dock Street Tramway in 1873, ^[2] the station probably became the world's first tram to train interchange station . ^{[1] [3]} The station was closed to passengers in 1888 being superseded by Birkenhead Docks railway station which was later named Birkenhead North . ^[1] The former passenger station was renamed Birkenhead Dock Goods , with the platforms still in existence in 1937, ^[2] with the goods station closing the following year. ^[1] The site was used as railway sidings until the 1990s. ^[1]

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• Maund, T.B. (2009). The Wirral Railway and its Predecessors . Lightmoor Press. ISBN   978-1-899889-38-9 .

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