Woodside Station was opened in1878 and replaced the old Town Station which opened in 1840. Trains would leave from Woodside, bound for London Paddington. Here a Class 4-2-6-4t No 42202 is about to pull out on the 0855 to Paddington on 2nd November 1963.

Another view of Woodside taken on the 26th July 1966 with 76095 waiting for 1145 to departure for Paddington.

The End, Woodside Circa 1969, the Beaching cuts finish a direct link between Wirral and the South after 112 years.

Since 1934, vehicles have had a road link between Liverpool and Wirral via the Birkenhead Queensway Tunnel. Here vehicles leaving to the left are waiting for a Policeman to call them on and join traffic leaving Woodside along Chester-Street on national road number A41; this is the most northern point of this road which starts in London. In this 1960’s view of traffic, white smoke in the background marks the path of the Woodside to Paddington Railway. Town Station is just to the left of the road in centre view.

Two miles from the tunnel entrance on the border of New Ferry Bebington and still on the A41. During a road rebuilding scheme the old tram track from the Birkenhead Corporation Tramways Woodside to New Ferry route is exposed. This was the first section of electric tramway to be opened in 1901. The trams operated from a purpose built depot in New Ferry, as the tramcars were built lower than the rest of the fleet, to negotiate under a low bridge outside ‘Lairds’ the Shipbuilders, ‘Pioneers of the Iron Hull’ in Shipbuilding. In 1903 ‘Lairds Bros’ amalgamated with the steel manufactures Charles Cammell & Co Sheffield, and the famous name of Cammell Lairds & Co. Ltd was born.

Wallasey Corporation 54, a 1951 Leyland Titan PD2, on a visit to its old haunt of New Brighton.
This bus and others owned by Wirral Council Museum Service, operate free and paying bus services during the summer months, for the people of Wirral.

Birkenhead Corporation 242, a 1943 Guy Arab Utility vehicle, re-bodied and fitted with a replacement 6LX Gardner engine in 1952. Fifteen of this type of vehicle were so treated and operated into 1970. 242, is under restoration at the museum.

The museums very own London Transport Routemaster RM 1101 poses for a photograph with Concorde at Duxford in 2004. Both Concorde and RM 1101 started life in 1962.

Birkenhead Corporation 105, a 1946 Leyland Titan PD1 and part of the first batch of vehicles to be delivered after the end of the Second World War. The engine fitted in this type of vehicle was built by Leyland in Lancashire, to power the WW2 Matilda MK2 Tank. This vehicle is often seen around the
town giving free rides at events. One of Wirral Council Museum Services Hong Kong built trams is just visible in the background. The tall building behind the bus is one of the 1934, Queensway Tunnel ventilation shafts which dominate the Birkenhead Sky-line.