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    The LiverpoolWigan line is a railway line in the north-west of England, running between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western via St Helens Central...
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  • cxxi) and the St. Helens and Wigan Junction Railway Act 1886 (50 Vict. c. xxxiii) to enable the construction of a line from St Helens to Lowton (eight...
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    and evening services towards Wigan call at the station. A parliamentary service operates between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool via the western section of...
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    Liverpool–Manchester lines and the LiverpoolWigan line, with services continuing to Warrington, Chester via Runcorn and Blackpool and Preston via Wigan. It is mainly operated...
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    Bryn railway station (category Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
    the electrified LiverpoolWigan 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...
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    Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous...
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    St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is on the Liverpool to Wigan Line from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western. The station and all trains calling...
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    the West Coast Main Line. It is operated by Avanti West Coast, and is also served by Northern Trains. Wigan's other station is Wigan Wallgate, which is...
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  • between Wigan and Liverpool; however, this is the express route which continues to Preston while the other route terminates at Wigan. See LiverpoolWigan line...
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    station is an interchange between the Liverpool-Wigan Line and the northern route of the Liverpool-Manchester Line which diverge soon after the station...
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    The Kirkby Branch Line is a branch railway line from Wigan to Headbolt Lane. The line's original route was from Liverpool to Bury and later the most northern...
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    coping stones at Wigan Wallgate station. Southport – terminus, interchange for Merseyrail Northern line services to south Sefton and Liverpool Meols Cop –...
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    The Liverpool and Bury Railway was formed by an act of Parliament in 1845 to link Liverpool and Bury via Kirkby, Wigan and Bolton, the line opening on...
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    main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks...
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    destinations. Wigan North Western railway station is on the West Coast Main Line served by Northern and Avanti West Coast. There are services to Liverpool Lime...
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    the south-east, and Liverpool, 17 miles (27 km) to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative...
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    through Wigan over the years. The original L&YR station at Wigan was opened on 20 November 1848 when the L&YR opened the line between Liverpool and Lostock...
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    stations in Liverpool City Centre and Birkenhead centre. Borderlands line connects Wirral to Wales. City Line (Merseytravel) LiverpoolWigan line (and onward...
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    City Line covers the Liverpool City Region sections of the Crewe–Liverpool line, the two Liverpool–Manchester lines, and the LiverpoolWigan line. Two...
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    at Sutton near St Helens. The Liverpool and Manchester line was crossed by an iron bridge south of St Helens. The line was originally intended for freight...
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    Completion of electrification of the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway's route, and the line to Wigan via St Helens Central, during May 2015 led...
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  • and Worsley. After Roe Green the line split, with one branch continuing to Bolton; and the Manchester to Wigan line continuing westward to stations at...
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    link the coalfields around Wigan with the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) line at Glazebrook, on the line between Liverpool Central and Manchester Central...
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  • Thumbnail for Wigan Central railway station
    Wigan Central railway station was a railway station near the centre of Wigan, Lancashire, England. Wigan Central station was on Station Road, some way...
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    on the London-Liverpool line. It replaced an earlier station named Ditton Mill which was inconveniently located off the then new main line some 230 yards...
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    Merseytravel's electrified City Line to Manchester and Wigan North Western. Roby station was opened in 1830 as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and...
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  • planned network of franchised bus services within the boundaries of the Liverpool City Region combined authority area, created under the bus franchising...
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    Manchester, and to work services on the newly electrified Birmingham Cross-City Line. In June 1990, the contract was awarded to Hunslet Transportation Projects...
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    South London Railway, now part of the London Underground Northern line. The Liverpool Overhead Railway followed in 1893, being designed from the outset...
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    Port of Liverpool and the cotton mills and factories of Manchester and surrounding towns. Designed and built by George Stephenson, the line was financially...
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