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Dist:0.3km<br/>Sign on the railway bridge
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Crow Nest Junction is the point where the railway route from Wigan to Manchester via Atherton diverges from the line to Manchester via Bolton. The railway line veering right in the photo is towards Atherton, the one to the left is heading for Bolton. The British Rail-era signal box here opened in 1972 and replaced a much larger signal box opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in the late 19th Century. Until 1968 a third line diverged here, heading northwards to join the Bolton to Chorley line near Blackrod.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>A pedestrian entrance to Hindley Cemetery is visible on the far side of the junction with Hindley Mill Lane.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>The train is a Northern Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter operating a limited-stop Southport to Manchester Airport service, via Bolton and Manchester Piccadilly. The train is taking the line towards Bolton. In the middle distance, just behind the clump of trees where the railway turns left, is Crow Nest Farm, hence the name of this railway location - Crow Nest Junction.
©Ian Threlfall
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