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Just stumbled over this topic again, and remembered that I had a photo of one of the old 'Hawkseye' totems for the station. The owner told me he dug it out of the undergrowth many years after the station had been closed and demolished.

Must have just been thrown there by the demolition men...

Billy: You have a PM.

Bet that sign is soon tarted up & on someone's wall!

Parkgate station ??. One of my late fathers pictures.

I found these bit's of paperwork !.



And a copy of the reply.



And a bit of transition between railway and Wirral Way !.

I remember it well, I was just a kid when the track was being removed. I remember they used a steam engine to pull the track up in front of the engine as it reversed toward Willaston, bit by bit. The station/line is now Station Road Neston and the houses are actually built on the old track. If you look to the top right of the picture you can make out the turret of St Mary and St Helens church in Neston centre. The bridge at the end of the line behind the train is still there and carries the Bidston to Wrexham?, line. Just to the right of the bridge, on the other side, was the Coach and Horses public house, that must have been beside the old siding yard many years ago, I vaguely recall seeing tracks there circa 1960'ish and it was "Benbows" yard for a long time, a local builder, before Servite House was builkt on the site.
Great picture, wish I'd had a camera when I was young.

Hi all

Does anyone have any idea what year the station and/or bridge was demolished? What happened to the subway? Was it filled in?

I can't see that Parkgate Hawkeye as I am not a paid up member...its probably worth about £600-£1,000 now.

It has its own Wikipedia Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkgate_railway_station

A few more photos/details of Parkgate Station I've found over the years:

Nice pics Billy, thanks.
Your picture of the crowds is very similar to the one on the disused station website. Possibly taken on the same day.
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/parkgate/index.shtml