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can anyone tell me were is or was Limekiln Lane and Pitt St Tranmere?

are they still there? are there any pics of them?

thanks for any help,

Chris.

Taken from

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/319511/Re_The_railways_of_Wirral_1830.html

Chriskay

"A station which has totally disappeared was between Rock Ferry & Birkenhead Town. It was called, first, Lime Kiln Lane (later St.Paul’s Rd.) & in about 1855 the name changed to Tranmere. It closed a few years later; it was probably too close to Rock Ferry. Incidentally, it’s worth noting that there was never a main line station at Green Lane."

ok...thanks for such speedy replys! so St Pauls Rd was once Limekiln Lane?

but does anyone know were Pitt St was/is?

are there an photos of Limekiln Lane and the station??never knew there was a station there at one time!

Yes, St.Paul's Rd. was previously Lime Kiln Lane. Pitt St. was the next street South of St. Paul's Rd. See map from about 1912. It would have been roughly where Fairhaven Close is now.
No pictures are known of the station, which pre-dated Rock Ferry station, but there seems to be some evidence of a possible station entrance in the Southern bridge abutment in the form of a patch of glazed white brick.
By the time of this map, the station was long closed & the new one opened at Rock Ferry.

thanks for that,i've printed it out.

I have taken this from a rare road map from the early 1930s and enlarged the area that you speak of

This is an area & subject I know little about, but this 1840 OS map may add to the discussion.

thanks Paul that's great, now i can see were one of my rellies lived!
chris.

i love all these old maps!!!!
chris.

Really interesting that map, i live in the square thats got the number 13 in by beb station.Is derby house that cream building thats still there on the corner of bedford road, but were exactlly was oak cottage on the map, it looks like its on the way towards new ferry baths.

think it is on the way to the baths, i had a picture of a cottage once and it was near to the great eastern,i got it from Beb librarie
a few years ago, scanned it onto my pc, and did'nt the pc go and crash!!! and i lost everything! picture too!
now i back up everything on memory sticks.
don't know what year the cottage was but it was before anything was built in new ferry......i live in New Ferry.
chris.

Is the station on that 1840 map not Rock Lane?

The area on this 'modern' map (presumably 2007) matches the area on the 1840 map. I'd say that the station is now south of that shown on the old map.

The station shown on the 1840 map is St.Paul's Rd./Limekiln Lane. The short-lived(1846-62)Rock Lane station was where Rock Lane West crosses the railway, near the D of Derby House on the map.