"Chester Station, 1986." View westward on the main Down platform No. 3, towards North wales, Birkenhead, also the ex-GWR line to Shrewsbury via Wrexham. In the 1980s, the major station at Chester ('General' until 5/70), like most of BR, had reached a nadir of decrepitude, then the line to Birkenhead was electrified. Recently the station has been much radically refurbished.