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    The ManchesterSouthport line is a railway line in the north-west of England, operated by Northern Trains. It was originally built as the Manchester and...
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    Southport branch of the Northern Line of the electric Merseyrail network and the diesel-operated Manchester-Southport Line. It is the fourth busiest station...
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    The Manchester–Preston line runs from the city of Manchester to Preston, Lancashire, England. It is largely used by commuters entering Manchester from...
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    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...
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    Line almost immediately, after which the Southport-bound Manchester to Southport Line diverges to the west. A series of bridges take the branch line over...
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    Crewe–Manchester line is a railway line in North West England, running between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly. It is a spur of the West Coast Main Line. The...
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    services from the Manchester–Preston line and the ManchesterSouthport line, from the north-west of Manchester (such as from Southport via Wigan Wallgate...
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  • The Manchester and Southport Railway in England was formed by an Act of 22 July 1847 to link Manchester and Southport. Before the line opened it was acquired...
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    serves the town of Burscough in Lancashire, England. It is on the Manchester-Southport Line. It is operated and managed by Northern Trains. A bus interchange...
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    towards Manchester. Manchester–Wigan via Atherton tram-train: A tram-train service utilising the Atherton section of the ManchesterSouthport line between...
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  • 2024, a mass stabbing targeting children occurred at a dance studio in Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Three children were killed, and ten others...
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    serve trains on the Southport to Wigan/Manchester line. Garston to Hunts Cross was electrified in 1983. Interchange with the Wirral line is available at Liverpool...
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    Ireland, within the United Kingdom. This followed a mass stabbing in Southport on 29 July in which three children were killed. The riots were fuelled...
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  • Thumbnail for Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
    The short section of line that contains Meols Cop is still open and has replaced a section of the original Manchester and Southport Railway. This northern...
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    withdrawn in January 1960, those to Hellifield in September 1962, and the Southport line & Blackpool Central both fell victim to the Beeching Axe in 1964. By...
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  • Atherton High School, Greater Manchester, mixed secondary free school Atherton Line, section of the Manchester-Southport Line, between Wigan and Salford...
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    been suggested that tram-trains could run from Manchester Victoria to Wigan on the Manchester-Southport Line, leaving the conventional rail tracks and onto...
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    Southport Carriage Sidings are located in Southport, Merseyside, England, at the wye of the Northern Line and the ManchesterSouthport line, near Southport...
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    Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. The station is on the Manchester-Southport Line 17¼ miles (28 km) north west of Manchester Victoria. Until November...
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    to allow trains to divert onto the Manchester to Southport line and into Southport Chapel Street Station. Southport Central was closed to passengers and...
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    centre. It opened, along with the line to passenger trains, in June 1887. Swinton is on the Manchester to Southport Line. The station is located 5 miles...
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    acquisition owned the Manchester and Southport Railway which formed the complete continuous line from Liverpool into Manchester. The route was continuous...
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  • Thumbnail for Calder Valley line
    Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well...
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    Manchester Victoria, with extra trains during the morning peak. On Saturdays (June 2024 onwards) two trains operate from Rochdale through Manchester Victoria...
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    WCML, electrified in the wake of the 1955 Modernisation Plan ManchesterSouthport line: partially electrified between Wigan Station Junction and Crow...
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  • Thumbnail for Appley Bridge railway station
    of Wigan, Greater Manchester in England. The station is 4.4 miles (7 km) north-west of Wigan Wallgate on the Manchester-Southport Line. The station is in...
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    of Salford. Swinton is served by two railway stations on the Manchester-Southport line. Swinton railway station is near the town centre on Station Road...
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  • Thumbnail for Bescar Lane railway station
    Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is...
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  • 1855 as the East Lancashire Railway's terminus for the Manchester and Southport Railway, a line that it had acquired and jointly operated with the Lancashire...
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  • suburban electric stock for lines in Liverpool and Manchester. The line between Liverpool to Southport began using electric multiple units (EMUs) on 22...
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