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There is no station in Birkenhead capable of receiving long trains.
Hmmmmm
>> (W&S Railway website) "Wrexham & Shropshire expects to operate trainsets formed of a single class 67 diesel-electric locomotive, three air-conditioned MkIII carriages, and a driving van trailer (DVT) at the rear. ..."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_3) "The (Mark 3) bodyshell is 75 feet (22.86m) long, ... "
That would make the rake a hair under 400 ft. long. Or thereabouts. Now since the locomotive does not necessarily have to be accommodated at the platform, it does not sound like train length is the issue.
Of course there may very well be other issues, such as weight, loading gauge, paths and most of all company politics and who-knows-what? Still, it should be possible to work-around the commercial politics (with Arriva Wales Trains).
The big thing is whether the demand exists and whether people would support it. I would think it does, at the very least for a once-a-week early Saturday morning train to test the waters.
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