Our second station of the day takes us one station up the Wirral Line from Bidston and brings us to what looks like a town under overhaul in Leasowe
Leasowe station was originally opened on the Hoylake Railway in 1870, as Leasowe Crossing and having no proper platform, closing less than two years later. Situated on Reeds Lane, the station was then opened again on 5th May 1894, when the line from Bidston to Moreton was doubled. It was built by the Wirral Railway on their line from Birkenhead Park to West Kirby. Through electric services to Liverpool Central commenced on 13th March 1938, when the LMS electrified the lines from Birkenhead Park to West Kirby. The service was provided by the then-new LMS electric multiple units. However, on Sunday mornings, the service was provided by the older Mersey Railway electric units which, up until that point, had only ever run from Liverpool to Birkenhead Park. The platform buildings were replaced in 1938, rebuilt in a similar style to those along the line towards West Kirby, and a footbridge was added. The signal box, used to operate the level crossing and replacing a cabin on the westbound platform, was moved to the opposite side of Reeds Lane and was also improved upon at the time. The station did not have a goods yard being just two lines straight through. Nonetheless, freight did pass through the station from the Cadbury factory in Moreton. The 8-lever signal box was in use until 24th July 1994, and demolished afterwards
Nowadays, in this video, we see a variety of Merseyrail heading for either West Kirby and Liverpool Central
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