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    Wigan Central railway station was a railway station near the centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Wigan Darlington Street station was some way...
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  • Wigan Darlington Street railway station, former WJR station from 1894 to 1892 when it was superseded by Wigan Central railway station. See also Wigan...
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    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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    in 30-40 minutes outside of peaks. Several railway lines cross the borough. Wigan Wallgate railway station is served by Northern trains on the Manchester...
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    and railway lines impeding road improvement.[citation needed] There are two railway stations in Wigan town centre: Wigan North Western and Wigan Wallgate...
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    The new Town Hall is a former technical college in Library Street, Wigan, England which was converted into a municipal facility in 1990. It is a Grade...
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    Haigh Hall (category Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
    Haigh Hall is a historic country house in Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1827 and 1840 for James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres...
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    low-usage railway lines and stations closing across the country, some railways and stations around Wigan fell into disuse. The Manchester and Wigan Railway closed...
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    Hindley Town Hall (category Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
    is a municipal building in Cross Street, Hindley, Greater Manchester, England. The building is currently used by Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council for...
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  • railway station Cambridge North railway station Cannon Street station Carlisle railway station Caterham railway station Castleford railway station Charing...
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    metres (820 yd) south of the stadium. Both of the Wigan railway stations, Wigan Wallgate and Wigan North Western lie 1.3–1.6 kilometres (0.8–1.0 mi) east...
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    Hall was a former municipal facility at the corner of King Street and Rodney Street in Wigan, England. The building, which was demolished in September...
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  • Thumbnail for Golborne North railway station
    Golborne North railway station served the town of Golborne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The station was on the Liverpool...
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    The experience on the Stockton and Darlington Railway was well-publicised, and a section of the Hetton colliery railway had been converted to cable haulage...
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    serve the station with an express service to Liverpool Lime Street each hour, along with a service to Newcastle via Leeds, York and Darlington. These are...
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    park dating from 1878 in Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK. The elongated 12 hectares (30 acres) park lies to the north-west of Wigan town centre with its main...
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    Dinsdale is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 3 miles 65 chains...
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    South railway station served the communities of Hindley and Platt Bridge, south-east of Wigan, England. The station was on the Wigan Junction Railways line...
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    Ince-in-Makerfield Town Hall (category Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
    "Civic Centre – Wigan Again". Modern Mooch. Retrieved 28 March 2023. "Stunning hidden mural discovered in old town hall in Wigan". Wigan Today. 14 February...
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    Abram Council Offices (category Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
    Maypole disaster" (PDF). Wigan Heritage Service. August 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2023. "Abram remembers pit disaster victims". Wigan Today. 20 August 2008...
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    to the centre of Leigh and the Bolton and Leigh Railway was sunk between 1913 and 1920 by the Wigan Coal and Iron Company and the first coal was wound...
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  • South railway station was one of two stations serving the town of Golborne, to the south of Wigan. The line was opened by the Wigan Branch Railway (WBR)...
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    Stockport railway station serves the large market and industrial town of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It is located 6 miles south-east of...
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    the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. Opened originally as Store Street in 1842...
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    a temporary terminus at Darlington Street, on the edge of Wigan. A quarter-mile extension of the line to Wigan Central station was opened on 3 October...
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    Bickershaw Colliery (category History of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
    the Wigan Junction Railways with access to Glazebrook and hence onwards via either the Cheshire Lines Committee or later the Great Central Railway, lead...
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    Dewsbury railway station serves the town of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, England. Situated 9.25 miles (15 km) south west of Leeds on the main line to Huddersfield...
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    London and North Western Railway (LNWR); it was named Wolverhampton Queen Street. The only visible remnant of the original station is the Queen's Building...
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    St John's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St Mary's. Construction...
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    the Standishgate area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1818 and is a Grade II* listed building. It is in the Wigan deanery of the Archdiocese...
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