Early British railway that became part of the North Union railway
Preston and Wigan Railway
Overview
Locale
Lancashire
Dates of operation
22 April 1831–22 May 1834
Successor
North Union Railway
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
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t
e
North Union Railway
Legend
1834 – 1889
Lancaster & Preston Jn Rly
to Lancaster
Maxwell House
(
closed
1844
)
Preston
Preston
Butler Street
(ELR)
Victoria Quay goods
Preston
Fishergate Hill
(WLR)
River Ribble
West Lancashire Railway
to Southport
East Lancashire Railway
to Liverpool
Farrington
(renamed Farington)
Blackburn & Preston Rly
to Blackburn
Golden Hill
(renamed Leyland)
Euxton junction
Lancashire Union Railway
to Blackburn
Euxton (NUR)
Euxton (B&PR)
Coppull
Chorley
Rawlinson Bridge
Standish Lane
(renamed Standish)
Adlington
White Bear
Blackrod
Red Rock
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly
to Horwich and Horwich Works
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly
to Hindley
Boar's Head
Liverpool and Bury Railway
to Hindley
Lancashire Union Railway
to Hindley
Lostock Junction
Bolton Trinity Street
Manchester, Bolton & Bury Rly
to Salford
Wigan
Wigan Goods
Springs branch
Liverpool and Bury Railway
to Liverpool
Lancashire Union Railway
to Hindley
Ince Moss Junction
London & North Western Rly
to Manchester
Lancashire Union Railway
to St Helens
Bamfurlong
Liverpool, St Helens
& South Lancs Rly
to St Helens
Central
Liverpool, St Helens
& South Lancs Rly
to Lowton
St Mary's
Golborne
LNWR Winwick cut-off
(opened 1864)
Preston Junction
(renamed Lowton)
Liverpool & Manchester Rly
to Manchester
Parkside
(second)
Liverpool & Manchester Rly
to Liverpool
Parkside
(original)
London & North Western Rly
to Warrington
North Union Railway
and predecessor:
Bolton and Preston Railway
Other lines
(not all shown):
Great Central Railway
predecessors:
Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
and predecessors:
Blackburn and Preston Railway
East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859)
West Lancashire Railway
Manchester and Leeds Railway
predecessors:
Liverpool and Bury Railway
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway
London and North Western Railway
and predecessors:
Lancashire Union Railway
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The Preston and Wigan Railway would have been an early British railway company operating in Lancashire.
The Preston and Wigan Railway obtained an Act of Parliament on 22 April 1831 to build a 15 miles 30 chains (24.7 km) line between Wigan and Preston.[a][act 1][4][5][6]
On 8 August 1833 the Board decided that it would be to their advantage to amalgamate with the Wigan Branch Railway, the directors of the Wigan Branch Railway met shortly thereafter and agreed with them. An Act of Parliament was approved and gained royal assent on 22 May 1834 incorporating the two railways as the North Union Railway. It was the first-ever amalgamation of railway companies.[act 2][8]
The line was formally opened by the North Union Railway on 21 October 1838 and to the public on 31 October.[4]
^Jacobs 2009, p. 11.
^"Weights and Measures Act 1985". Legislation.gov.uk. Sch 1, Part VI. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
^"Local and Personal Act, 1 William IV, c. lvi". UK Parliamentary Archives. UK parliament. 1831. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ abAwdry 1990, p. 99.
^Grant 2017, p. 461.
^Marshall 1969, p. 66.
^"Local and Personal Act, 4 & 5 William IV, c. xxv:" (PDF). UK Parliament Parliamentary Archives. UK parliament. 1834. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^Sweeney 2008, p. 13.
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