Bidston railway station
Bidston 
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Bidston station in 2007, seen from the footbridge, facing west towards Leasowe
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| Location | |
| Place | Bidston |
| Local authority | Wirral |
| Grid reference | SJ283908 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BID |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.275 million |
| – Interchange |
0.102 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.265 million |
| – Interchange |
0.105 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.293 million |
| – Interchange |
96,850 |
| 2014/15 |
0.321 million |
| – Interchange |
92,814 |
| 2015/16 |
0.319 million |
| – Interchange |
95,157 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | B1 |
| History | |
| 2 July 1866 | Opened |
| 4 July 1870 | Closed |
| 1 August 1872 | Reopened |
| June 1890 | Closed |
| 18 May 1896 | Reopened as a junction |
| 1938 | Electrified |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bidston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bidston railway station is a railway station in Bidston, Birkenhead, on the Wirral, England. The station is situated at the junction of the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, which is part of the Merseyrail network, and with the Borderlands Line from Wrexham Central, operated by Arriva Trains Wales. Bidston is the northern terminal of the Borderlands Line.
Bidston station has for most of its existence been primarily an interchange point between trains. The station is relatively isolated except for nearby Bidston Village, and was accessed only by foot. Until 1970, the approach road to the station was an unpaved track. Because of its isolation when a through station, the station closed twice due to poor passenger usage. Today there is an adjacent car park at the station. The station's prime function as an interchange still remains today.
The station was originally built by the Hoylake Railway, opening on 2 July 1866 as an intermediate through station on their line from Birkenhead Dock to the east to Hoylake to the west. The Birkenhead Dock terminus was a tramway railway interchange station, with onward journeys to Birkenhead Woodside ferry by horse drawn street trams of the Wirral Tramway. The station first closed on 4 July 1870, reopening on 1 August 1872. In 1878 the Hoylake Railway line was extended to West Kirby on the River Dee coast to the west. In 1888 the line was extended to Birkenhead Park station. Birkenhead Park was an interchange station to Liverpool via the Mersey Railway. The old tramway interchange terminus at Birkenhead Dock station was converted to a goods station.
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