Although never directly connected by rail, the depot was situated less than 200 m (660 ft) from Birkenhead Central railway station.

The depot serviced steam and subsequently diesel locomotives until 1985, when it was closed and demolished.

[4] Common sights in the 1950s were WD Austerity 2-8-0s[7] and Stanier 'Crab's, with six of the latter usually at the shed at any one time.

[1] In 1963 as the Beeching cuts were felt, the entire ex-GWR allocation of locos was removed and sent south to Swindon Works for reallocation or scrapping.

[5] About half of these would be BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0s, which worked the heavy iron ore trains from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton.