Blackburn railway station serves the town of Blackburn in Lancashire,England. It is 12 miles (19 km) east of Preston and is managed and served by Northern Trains.
Bryn railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Bryn in Ashton-in-Makerfield,Greater Manchester,England. The station is situated on the electrified Liverpool–Wigan line 16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) northeast of Liverpool Lime Street and 3+3⁄4 miles (6.0 km) south of Wigan. The station,and all trains serving it,are operated by Northern Trains.
Kirkham and Wesham railway station serves the Lancashire towns of Kirkham and Wesham,in England. It is managed by Northern Trains,who operate most of the passenger services that call there.
Euxton Balshaw Lane is one of two railway stations situated in Euxton,Lancashire,England. It is a local station on the Liverpool–Wigan line on the stretch between Wigan and Preston.
Chorley railway station serves the town of Chorley in Lancashire,England. Since 2004 it has been linked with Chorley Interchange bus and coach station. It is on the Manchester–Preston line.
Croston railway station serves the small village of Croston,near Chorley in Lancashire,England;the station is on the Ormskirk Branch Line 7 miles (11 km) south west of Preston. It is unstaffed and the old station buildings are now privately occupied.
Wigan North Western railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan,Greater Manchester,England.
Wigan Wallgate railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan in Greater Manchester,England. The station serves two routes,the Manchester-Southport Line and the Manchester-Kirkby Line. It is 16 miles north-west of Manchester Victoria. The station is managed by Northern Trains,who operate all trains serving it.
Blackrod railway station serves the towns of Blackrod and Horwich,Greater Manchester,England. It is 6.5 miles north west of Bolton railway station. It is just 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) from the town centre of Horwich - closer than Horwich Parkway station.
Bolton Interchange is a transport interchange combining Bolton railway station and Bolton Bus Station in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester,England. The station is located on the Manchester to Preston line and the Ribble Valley line,and is managed by Northern Trains. The station is 11+1⁄4 miles (18.1 km) north west of Manchester Piccadilly. Ticket gates have been in operation at the station since 2016.
The Manchester–Preston line runs from the city of Manchester to Preston,Lancashire,England. It is largely used by commuters entering Manchester from surrounding suburbs and cities,but is also one of the main railway lines in the North West and is utilised by TransPennine Express regional services and to Scotland. It was announced in December 2009 that the line would be electrified,following an announcement in July 2009 that the Chat Moss line between Manchester and Liverpool was to be electrified first. The electrification work for this line commenced in May 2015 and was due for completion in May 2018,but was delayed until December 2018.
Lostock railway station serves the suburbs of Heaton and Lostock in Bolton,Greater Manchester,England. Built for the Liverpool and Bury Railway in 1852,the station was closed in 1966,then reopened on a smaller scale in 1988 to serve commuters.
Accrington railway station serves the town of Accrington in Lancashire,England. It is a station on the East Lancashire line 6+1⁄4 miles (10.1 km) east of Blackburn railway station operated by Northern.
The Liverpool–Wigan line is a railway line in the north-west of England,running between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western via St Helens Central station. The line is a part of the electrified Merseyrail Liverpool to Wigan City Line. The stations,and all trains serving it,are operated by Northern Trains,however the stations are branded Merseyrail using Merseyrail ticketing.
Westhoughton railway station is one of the two stations which serve the town of Westhoughton,in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton,Greater Manchester,north-western England. The station is 15+1⁄2 miles (24.9 km) north west of Manchester Piccadilly.
Atherton railway station serves the town of Atherton,Greater Manchester,England. It lies on the line between Wigan and Manchester on the Manchester to Southport Line;according to Office of Rail and Road figures,it is the third busiest station on the line after Manchester Victoria and Wigan Wallgate.
Garswood railway station serves the village of Garswood in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens,Merseyside,England. It is situated on the electrified Merseytravel Liverpool to Wigan City Line,15 miles (24 km) northeast of Liverpool Lime Street. The station,and all trains serving it,are operated by Northern Trains,however the station is branded Merseyrail using Merseyrail ticketing.
Chorley Interchange is a bus station in Chorley,England.
Buckshaw Parkway is a British railway station which opened on 3 October 2011 on the Manchester to Preston Line,near Euxton Junction with the West Coast Main Line. It is one of Euxton's two railway stations being in Buckshaw Village,formerly the Royal Ordnance Factory between Chorley and Leyland. It is close to the site of the four-platform Chorley ROF Halt,which was closed in 1964,remained virtually intact until the 1970s,but was finally cleared in the early 2000s.
The Bolton and Preston Railway (B&PR) connected Bolton and Preston,in Lancashire,England. Its authorising Act of Parliament forbade its early completion to protect the North Union Railway (NUR) and imposed other restrictions that limited the success of the B&PR. A change of route was authorised to bypass the delay making it dependent on the goodwill of the NUR to reach Preston. The NUR saw the B&PR as a competitor and used underhand tactics to harm the success of the B&PR.
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