The Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up Birkenhead)
The Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up Birkenhead) runs for 7.8 miles between Capenhurst and Chester, serving 3 stations, with a top line speed of 70 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 7.8 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 8 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 3 |
| Top line speed | 70 mph |
| Passengers a year | 6.0 million entries and exits across its stations |
| Engineer's Line Reference | CRR1 |
Stations on this line
- Capenhurst206,002 a year
- Bache495,366 a year
- Chester5.3 million a year
The busiest station on the line is Chester, 5.3 million entries and exits a year and 99th busiest in Britain.
Freight on this line, hour by hour
No freight is booked over the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up Birkenhead) in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a line with none booked is one that freight does not use.
Lines it meets
Merseyrail Wirral Line (Down Birkenhead), North Wales Coast Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.
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