Parkgate railway station served the village of Parkgate, on the Wirral Peninsula, in Cheshire, England. It was a stop on the single tracked to branch of the Birkenhead Railway.
Opening The Birkenhead Railway, owned jointly by the Great Western Railway and London and North Western Railway, opened a branch line from Hooton to Parkgate on 1 October 1866. An extension to West Kirby was completed twenty years later. The original station at Parkgate was a temporary wooden structure, as a possible future extension to West Kirby had been taken into consideration. For this purpose, a second station was built which opened on 19 April 1886; the old buildings were retained as a goods yard.
Closure Once motor transport reached the area, passenger numbers dwindled and the station was closed to passengers on 17 September 1956. The track continued to be used to transport goods and driver training for another six years, finally closing on 7 May 1962; it was lifted two years later. The station buildings have since been demolished.
The site today The station master's house remains as a private residence.
The former trackbed became part of the Wirral Way rail trail and the Wirral Country Park in 1973, which was the first such designated site in Britain.
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