[2] The station was again closed in June 1890, due to low passenger numbers,[1] but was permanently reopened on 18 May 1896 as the northern terminus of the new North Wales and Liverpool Railway.

[3] Through trains to Liverpool commenced in 1938, when the London Midland and Scottish Railway electrified the line from Birkenhead Park to West Kirby.

At the same time, the northern terminus of the line was diverted further north to terminate at New Brighton due to the closure of Seacombe station.

[5] The section of curve between Bidston West and North Junctions, on the wye to the east of the station, was severed on 28 November 1983.

[1] Bidston had four signal boxes in 1899;[6] these were situated alongside the Dee, West, East and North junctions.

[7] Bidston Dee Junction signal box was closed on 17 September 1994[8] and was demolished two months later on 20 November.

The building was somewhat south of the running lines, halfway between Bidston and Birkenhead North stations.

Examples of locomotives that could be found at the shed included the LNER Class J94 Austerity, which was used around the Birkenhead docks, and the BR Standard Class 9F, which hauled iron ore trains from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton.

[9] The engine shed closed on 11 February 1963, along with transfer of its allocation of locomotives to Birkenhead Mollington Street depot.

The adjacent Bidston East Junction gives access to the former Birkenhead Dock Branch line, but this has been disused by freight workings since the mid-1980s.