Manchester and Wigan Railway

Manchester and Wigan Railway
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North Union Railway Manchester and Southport Railway Liverpool and Bury Railway Wigan (LYR) Wigan (LNWR) Liverpool and Bury Railway Former Wigan avoiding line Wigan Springs Branch Lancashire Union Railway North Union Railway Platt Bridge Wigan Junction Railways Deansgate Goods to Pennington Bolton and Preston Railway Hindley Green Crook St Goods Bolton Great Moor Street Bolton and Leigh Railway Plodder Lane Chowbent Little Hulton Goods Little Hulton West Leigh Manchester and Southport Railway Walkden Low Level Tyldesley Ellenbrook Leigh Worsley Tyldesley Loopline to Hindley Green Monton Green Pennington Kenyon Junction To Bury Patricroft Eccles Liverpool and Manchester Railway

The Manchester and Wigan Railway refers to a railway in North West England, opened in 1864 and closed to passengers on 3 May 1969, which was part of the London and North Western Railway before the Grouping of 1923. This route was an alternative to the surviving route through Swinton, Walkden and Atherton (which was part of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway before 1923).