The Irlams o' th' Height railway station was opened by a railway company incorporated in what year?
Irlams o' th' Height railway station Irlams o' th' Height railway station was located on the Atherton Line between Manchester Victoria and Wigan Wallgate. The railway station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 1 July 1901, some 14 years after the Atherton Line had opened in 1888. The station closed on 5 March 1956. The preceding station was Pendleton, the following station was Pendlebury, also both since demolished.
Wirral Railway The Wirral Railway was a suburban railway in Birkenhead, England. It was incorporated in 1863 as the Hoylake Railway, becoming the Wirral Railway in 1882. It ran from a terminus at Birkenhead Park to West Kirby, New Brighton, and Seacombe. In the 1923 grouping it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It electrified its routes in 1938, allowing services to be run through the Mersey Railway tunnel to Liverpool. The Railway was nationalised, along with most other British rail services, in 1948. The railway is still in use today as part of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail commuter rail network.