Liverpool and Bury Railway

Liverpool and Bury Railway
LO&PR and L&BR diverge.
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Lancashire North West England
Service
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Northern Trains
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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Legend
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1848 – 1922
L&YR to Heywood Bury Interchange Modern day Manchester Metrolink Bury (Knowsley Street) ELR to Bury Bolton Street MBRR to Manchester Victoria station Black Lane L&YR to Manchester Victoria station Bradley Fold Darcy Lever MBBR to Manchester Victoria station Bolton Trinity Street BBCWYR to Blackburn Lostock Junction B&PR to Preston Chew Moor Westhoughton L&YR to Horwich and Blackrod M&SR to Manchester Victoria station Crow Nest Junction Hindley LUR to Blackburn LUR to St Helens Shaw Street L&YR Pemberton loop NUR Springs branch NUR Springs branch Ince WJR to Wigan Central WJR to Strangeways and Hindley NUR to Warrington Wigan L&YR (1st station...1848-1860) Wigan L&NWR Wigan L&YR (since 1896) Wigan L&YR (2nd station...1860-1896) NUR to Preston M&SR to Southport L&YR Pemberton loop LUR to St Helens Shaw Street Pemberton Orrell Upholland (1st station...1848-1852) Pimbo Lane (renamed Upholland) Rainford Junction (from 1858) (renamed Rainford after 1st closed) ELR to Skelmersdale SHCRC to St Helens Shaw Street Rainford (1st station...1848-1858) Kirkby L&BR North Mersey and Alexandra Docks Simonswood (renamed Aintree then Fazakerley) CLC to Aintree Central CLC to Liverpool Central MR to Langton Docks Goods station Preston Road (renamed Rice Lane) ELR to Preston Walton Junction L&NWR to Alexandra Dock Goods station L&NWR to Canada Dock Goods station Bootle Lane (renamed Kirkdale) LC&SR to Southport Chapel Street L&NWR to Edge Hill Redfern Street mineral depot MR Huskisson Dock Goods station CLC to Liverpool Central Liverpool North Docks (from 1854) (renamed Sandhills) MR Sandon Dock Goods station CLC Huskisson Goods station L&BR North Docks Goods station Great Howard Street/ Liverpool Borough Gaol (later first Great Howard Street Goods station) L&NWR Waterloo Goods station L&NWR to Edge Hill Second Great Howard Street Goods station Tithebarn Street/ Liverpool Exchange Modern day line to Liverpool Central
Abbreviations
BBCWYR Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway CLC Cheshire Lines Committee ELR East Lancashire Railway L&YR Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway LUR Lancashire Union Railway L&BR Liverpool and Bury Railway LC&SR Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway L&NWR London and North Western Railway MBBR Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway MBRR Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway M&SR Manchester and Southport Railway MR Midland Railway NUR North Union Railway SHCRC St Helens Canal and Railway Company WJR Wigan Junction Railways

The Liverpool and Bury Railway was formed by an act of Parliament in 1845 to link Liverpool and Bury via Kirkby, Wigan and Bolton, the line opening on 20 November 1848. The line became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's main line between Liverpool, Manchester and Yorkshire. Most of it is still open.