before World War I. Bickershaw Collieries andAbram Collieries amalgamated in 1933 and never were owned by Moss Hall or by the Pearson and Knowles Coal Company...
Amberswood Station (1 January 1872 – unknown) Closed to passengers 1 March 1872 Bamfurlong Station (1 April 1878 – 27 November 1950) BickershawandAbram Station...
Massey Partington West Timperley Astley Atherleigh Atherton Bag Lane BickershawandAbram Boar's Head Hindley Green Hindley South Howe Bridge Leigh Lower Ince...
Lane Halt railwaystation was an unadvertised halt which served the communities of BickershawandAbram southeast of Wigan, England. The station was on the...
Large sidings accommodated goods and coal traffic from Bag Lane, Westleigh, BickershawandAbram Collieries and Jacksons and Speakmans Sidings in Bedford...
Central line to BickershawandAbramand Manchester Central or to veer east onto the Manchester and Wigan Railway (MWR) line to Tyldesley and Manchester Exchange...
Golborne Bank Field, Westleigh Bickershaw Colliery No 1, Leigh - Closed 1992 Bickershaw had multiple shafts: Nos 2, 3 and 4, No 5, Also known as Plank Lane...
station opened on 1 April 1884 along with six other stations on the Wigan Junction Railways (WJR), which was backed by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire...
Wigan Central railwaystation was a railwaystation near the centre of Wigan, Lancashire, England. Wigan Central station was on Station Road, some way...
Abram Council Offices is a municipal building in Warrington Road, Abram, Greater Manchester, England. The building is currently used as private apartments...
Golborne, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh and Tyldesley. The borough also covers the villages and suburbs of Abram, Aspull, Astley, Bryn, Hindley Green, Lowton...
Beeching Axe. Worsley Station opened on 1 September 1864 at the same time as other stations on the Manchester and Wigan Railway line. Local colliery owners...
valleys andrailway lines impeding road improvement.[citation needed] There are two railwaystations in Wigan town centre: Wigan North Western and Wigan...
(part of Continental AG) makes industrial belts off the A587 in Bickershaw, between Wigan and Leigh. Bulldog Tools make spades on the A577 in the east of...
South railwaystation 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)...
Sidings between Tyldesley Stationand Bedford Leigh Station were provided after 1882. Speakman's built a private mineral railway line about a half mile in...
Howe Bridge railwaystation, originally Chowbent station, is a former railwaystation in Atherton, Greater Manchester. It was situated within the historic...
stone and blue and yellow brick dressings. Its tower has round-headed windows and an opening for a clock face. The Haigh Hall Miniature Railway, a 95-inch...
Leigh and Bedford railwaystation served the hamlet of Crankwood, the village of Abram, and the Plank Lane area of Leigh, England. Like many railways, the...
used by Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council for the delivery of local health and social care services. After significant industrial growth in the mid-19th...
Park railwaystation was a railwaystation adjacent to Haydock Park Racecourse, formerly in Lancashire and now in Merseyside, England. The station's sole...
Hindley Green railwaystation is a closed railwaystation in the Hindley Green area of Wigan, England, where Leigh Road (the A578) bridged the line. Hindley...