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Dist:0.1km<br/>The London & North Western Railway (LNWR) opened its Wigan to Manchester line via Atherton and Tyldesley in 1864. The line closed as a through route in 1969. A short section of the branch around Leigh (1885-1969) was retained to allow rail access to Bickershaw Colliery with this branch eventually closing in 1993.
©David Ashcroft
Dist:0.3km<br/>The London & North Western Railway (LNWR) opened its Wigan to Manchester line via Atherton and Tyldesley in 1864. The line closed in sections between 1969 and 1975. A short section of the branch around Leigh (1885-1969)was retained to allow rail access to Bickershaw Colliery with this branch eventually closing in 1993. This view shows a bridge over the spur from "Hindley Field Junction" connecting the Leigh branch to the Manchester route. This spur closed in 1944.
©David Ashcroft
Dist:0.4km<br/>The London & North Western Railway (LNWR) opened its Wigan to Manchester line via Atherton and Tyldesley in 1864. The line closed as a through route in 1969. A short section of the branch around Leigh (1885-1969)was retained to allow rail access to Bickershaw Colliery with this branch eventually closing in 1993. In this view the route retained to serve Bickershaw colliery can be seen on the right, the route to Eccles is on the left. Follow this link to see how it used to be : http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?id=5209
©David Ashcroft
Dist:0.4km<br/>The London & North Western Railway (LNWR) opened its Wigan to Manchester (Eccles)line via Atherton and Tyldesley in 1864. The line closed as a through route in 1969, however, the trackbed in this view was kept open as far as Howe Bridge West Junction (formally known as Chowbent West Junction)until 1975 to allow coal from Parsonage Colliery to be taken out by rail. The last train of coal ran in August 1974. After this coal was brought up to the surface via an underground connection to the Bickershaw Colliery. A connection was made with the Great Central line (1884-1967) to Wigan Central station at Bickershaw East / Strangeways East Junction which is situated behind the photographer.
©David Ashcroft
Dist:0.4km<br/>A bridge over what was the London & North Western Railway's (LNWR) Wigan to Manchester line via Atherton and Tyldesley, opened in 1864 and closed in 1969.
©David Ashcroft
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©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>Tucked away off the main road, down an unmade track.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>Former railway line from Wigan to Pennington.
©S Parish
Dist:0.4km<br/>The small sign on the gable end reads 'Chapel Street 1899'.
©David Long
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©Ian Greig
Dist:0.5km<br/>The London & North Western Railway (LNWR) opened its Wigan to Manchester line via Atherton and Tyldesley in 1864. The line closed as a through route in 1969. A short section of the branch around Leigh (1885-1969)was retained to allow rail access to Bickershaw Colliery with this branch eventually closing in 1993. A connection was made with the Great Central line (1884-1967) to Wigan Central station at Bickershaw East / Strangeways East Junction. This is Bickershaw Junction looking east towards Atherton.
©David Ashcroft
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©David Long
Dist:0.6km<br/>Bickershaw lane bridge.
©David Ashcroft
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©David Long
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©David Long

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