Spital railway station, on the former main line from Birkenhead Woodside to London Paddington, is situated in the small suburb of Spital. The station is located on the Wirral line operated by Merseyrail and there are frequent third rail electric train services to Liverpool, Chester and Ellesmere Port.
The Birkenhead Railway was formed on 1 August 1859 as a result of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Railway merging with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. The new company was originally called the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, but in 1859 shortened its name to The Birkenhead Railway. It was taken over, on 1 January 1860, by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR), becoming a joint railway. It remained a Joint Railway until Nationalisation of the railways in 1948.
Part of it is now known as the Wirral Line, On which Spital station is to be found.
The path to the cache can be very muddy at times of the year and also back onto houses on one side and the staion car park on the other, please beware of muggles.