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Blackburn To Chorley Line
The Lancashire Union Railway ran between Blackburn and St Helens in Lancashire, England. It was built primarily to carry goods between Blackburn and Garston Dock on the River Mersey, and also to serve collieries in the Wigan area. Most of the line has now been closed, except for the St Helens-to-Wigan section that forms part of the main line between Liverpool and the North. History The Lancashire Union Railway (LUR) was authorised by the ( 27 & 28 Vict. c. cclxxiii) of 25 July 1864, to build a line from the Blackbrook branch of the St Helens Railway to Adlington on the Bolton-to-Preston line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) near Chorley. This connected with the existing lines between and St Helens. A further act of Parliament, the ( 31 & 32 Vict. c. cxv) of 13 July 1868, authorised an extension from to , and the ( 28 & 29 Vict. c. xxi) vested the section between (on the North Union Railway (NUR) north of Wigan) and (on the near Blackburn) joint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Helens Central Railway Station
St Helens Central railway station (previously known as St. Helens Shaw Street) is a railway station serving the town of St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is on the Liverpool to Wigan Line from Liverpool Lime Street railway station, Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western railway station, Wigan North Western. The station is managed by Northern Trains, and is served by TransPennine Express and Northern Trains. The station is on the Merseytravel City Line (Merseytravel), City Line. The City Line is the name given to local rail routes out of Liverpool Lime Street operated by companies other than Merseyrail. The City Line appears on Merseytravel network maps as red, and covers the Liverpool to Wigan Line, Liverpool-Wigan Line. History The station was originally opened by the St Helens Canal and Railway as St Helens on 1 February 1858 to replace two earlier (1833 and 1849) nearby stations. The original 1833 route from Widnes Dock through the town (along with the branch from ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelton
Wheelton is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census it has a population of 1,001, reducing to 956 at the 2011 Census. The village is located on the A674 Chorley–Blackburn road. There are two communities: Wheelton, which is close to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and borders Whittle-le-Woods; and Higher Wheelton which is located on the road from Chorley to Blackburn. It is one of the more affluent parts of Lancashire owing to easy motorway access and a semi rural setting. Wheelton Clock Tower is set in a garden at the centre of the village commemorating the men of Heapey and Wheelton who fell in the Great War in 1914–1918. The Grade II Listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ... mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinscall Railway Station
Brinscall railway station was a railway station that served the village of Brinscall, Lancashire, England. History The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was on the Blackburn to Chorley Line The Lancashire Union Railway ran between Blackburn and St Helens in Lancashire, England. It was built primarily to carry goods between Blackburn and Garston Dock on the River Mersey, and also to serve collieries in the Wigan area. Most of th .... On 4 January 1960 the station closed to passengers, although goods traffic survived until 1966. No trace of the station now exists due to redevelopment which lowered the land level and subsequent property (bungalow) construction. However, a very small section of stone wall at the one time goods yard entrance is still visible. Services References Disused railway stations in Chorley Former Lancashire Union Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 Railway stations in Great Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M65 Motorway
The M65 is a motorway between Preston, Lancashire, Preston and Colne in Lancashire, England. It runs from Bamber Bridge just south of Preston, through major junctions with the M6 motorway, M6 and M61 motorways, east past Darwen, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Brierfield, Lancashire, Brierfield, Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson and ends at Colne. History The M65 was opened in the following sections: *Junctions 10 to 12 (Burnley to Brierfield, Lancashire, Brierfield) in 1981 *Junctions 7 to 10 (Hyndburn to Burnley) in 1983 *Junctions 12 to 13 (Brierfield to Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson) in 1983 *Junctions 6 to 7 (Whitebirk to Accrington/Hyndburn) in 1984 *Junctions 13 to 14 (Nelson to Colne) in 1988 *Junctions 1a to 6 M6 motorway, M6 to Whitebirk in 1997 The first section of the motorway was opened in 1981, connecting Burnley to Brierfield. Over the years, several extensions were made, the largest being the link from Whitebirk to the M6 and M61 motorways in 1997. This extension was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feniscowles Railway Station
Feniscowles railway station was a railway station that served the village of Feniscowles, in Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. History The station was on the Blackburn to Chorley Line The Lancashire Union Railway ran between Blackburn and St Helens in Lancashire, England. It was built primarily to carry goods between Blackburn and Garston Dock on the River Mersey, and also to serve collieries in the Wigan area. Most of th ..., and was closed in 1960 when passenger services were withdrawn from the route. Freight services on the line continued until 1966, when the line was closed between Chorley and Feniscowles. Two years later the line between Feniscowles and Cherry Tree junction was closed. The station has now been demolished. References Services Disused railway stations in Blackburn with Darwen Former Lancashire Union Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869 {{N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Tree Railway Station
Cherry Tree railway station serves Cherry Tree in the Blackburn with Darwen borough of Lancashire, England. The station is southwest of Blackburn railway station. It is managed by Northern, who also provide all the passenger services calling there. The station is a two-platform stop situated on the A674 road for Blackburn and was opened soon after the Blackburn to Preston line, in 1847. The former Lancashire Union Railway branch line to Chorley, Wigan and (opened in 1869) diverged a short distance to the west of the station, but this closed to passengers on 4 January 1960 and completely in 1966. The station is unstaffed, and all of its permanent buildings except shelters on both platforms were demolished. Only the western end of each platform is now used, with the sections east of the bridge on both sides now derelict. A Community Rail Lancashire and local authority-sponsored cleanup and repair project was carried out by local schoolchildren, college students, volunteers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackburn Railway Station
Blackburn railway station serves the town of Blackburn, in Lancashire, England. It is east of Preston; it is managed and served by Northern Trains. History There has been a station on the current site since 1846, when the Blackburn and Preston Railway (a constituent company of the East Lancashire Railway) was opened; the contract to build the station having been awarded in November 1845. This route was extended eastwards to in March 1848 and subsequently through to Burnley and by February 1849. Meanwhile, the ''Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe & West Yorkshire Railway'' had built a line through to from the town by 1848, but were refused permission to use the ELR station and had to open their own station at Bolton Road, a short distance south of the junction between the two. The Blackburn company subsequently extended their line northwards along the Ribble Valley to in 1851, but it was not until both railways had amalgamated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool To Wigan Line
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population of (in ), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority, combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade. The port also imported cotton for the Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Lancashire textile mills, and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and was home to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest mixed-traffic railway routes in Europe, carrying a mixture of intercity rail, regional rail, commuter rail and rail freight traffic. The core route of the WCML runs from London to Glasgow for approx. and was opened from 1837 to 1881. With additional lines deviating to Northampton, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh, this totals a route mileage of . The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line connects the WCML to Edinburgh. However, the main London–Edinburgh route is the East Coast Main Line. Several sections of the WCML form part of the Urban rail in the United Kingdom, suburban railway systems in London, Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow, with many more smaller commuter stations, as well as providing li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amberswood Railway Station
Amberswood (Hindley) railway station was in Hindley, Wigan (now in Greater Manchester, England) on the Whelley Loop section of the Lancashire Union Railway The Lancashire Union Railway ran between Blackburn and St Helens in Lancashire, England. It was built primarily to carry goods between Blackburn and Garston Dock on the River Mersey, and also to serve collieries in the Wigan area. Most of th .... The station was situated where the A577 passed under the line. History The two stations on the Whelley Loop - Amberswood and Whelley - are believed to be among the shortest lived passenger stations in the country, opening at the beginning of 1872 and closing in March of the same year. Their goods yards remained open until the Whelley loop closed in the 1970s. Services The key purpose of the Whelley Loop was to enable trains to avoid Wigan. It is therefore surprising that passenger stations were even constructed on the loop. All lines to or through Wigan were radial, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
