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At the rock what used to be the other side of the bridge

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I think it might be there incase of future development.

beyond it is just fields.

Dont know what was there tho

as i recall it was a re-instated bridge that was already there in the hope that the rail service to the docks would or could remain.
The river also runs under there i think.
It was a goods yard next to the rail line if you look at old arial photos or maps

http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/TwinMaps.aspx

so in those fields used to be goods yard

was there any buildings there

all it is that its very hilly and might possible have tunnel there

Thanks for Wheels and our day out
From sept 2007

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Robbo, see this topic:

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums...lington_St_sheds_Train_S.html#Post240320

Under that bridge used to be Mollington St. motive power dept. That's why the road leading to the bridge is named Mollington Link. Here's a map of what it used to be like.

is no one allowed on this land,because i can see this area out of my back window and i dont think i have ever seen anyone on there?...just curious as i would like to take a stroll one day.

DEFFO 4 TUNNELS

There was a planning app a couple of years back for a huge development on this land - houses, some shops, a car dealership etc but nothing ever started.

And yes there are tunnells on there, the old (almost) blocked up tunnel for the trains to the long gone Woodside station starts on there.

No, the tunnels to Woodside & Monks' Ferry do not start here. They start from the old Town station, near Jackson St. a couple of hundred yards away; they are well documented on here.

all the land the rock retail park sits on was railway sidings as far as i know.lines did go over to mollington street plus the main line went through to woodside.

Maybe it belongs to Railtrack

Dave g is correct - the area that is now Rock Retail Park was a huge junction for rail lines going in and out of Birkenhead. One set of lines went to the big Mollington Street sidings, which in its heyday was a popular place for trainspotters. The main Birkenhead-Chester line went through the tunnel at Town Station to Woodside, while another line went through a second tunnel across the town to the docks. There was also a branch line which went across a bridge at the junction of Chester Street and Waterloo Place into the Cammell Laird shipyards.