Restored archive page
This is a track and signalling schedule from the original British Railways 1960 archive, compiled by Brian Robertson. It records the running lines, junctions, signal boxes, and stations along this section as worked in the nationalisation era.
| Section of Line | Opened | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dam Lane Junction to Gazebrook Moss Junction | 01.07.1900 |
| Junctions and other features | Running Lines | Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions | Distance from Signal Box above | Loops and Refuge Sidings | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Down | ||||||
| Maximum permissible speed 45 m.p.h. | |||||||
| 1 |
 |
– | ↓ | Dam Lane Junction | – | ||
| 2 |
 |
↑ | – | Glazebrook Moss Junction | 0m 844yds | ||
| 1 |
|
– | ↓ | Glazebrook West Junction | – | ||
| 2 | ↑ | ↓ | Glazebrook Moss Junction | 0m 956yds | |||
| 3 |
 |
↑ | ↓ | Newchurch Halt | 1m 1740yds | ||
| 4 | ↑ | ↓ | Culcheth Station | 0m 1675yds | |||
| Lowton St. Mary’s Station | |||||||
| 5 |
|
↑ | ↓ | Lowton St. Mary’s Junction | 2m 28yds | ||
| West Leigh and Bedford | |||||||
| 6 | ↑ | ↓ | Bickershaw Junction | 1m 1012yds | |||
| 7 | ↑ | ↓ | Bickershaw and Abram Station | 1m 1447yds | |||
| 8 |
 
|
↑ | ↓ | Hindley South Station | 1m 656yds | ||
| 9 | ↑ | ↓ | Lower Ince Station | 1m 846yds | |||
| 10 | ↑ | ↕ | Wigan Central Goods Yard | 0m 508yds | |||
| — | ↕ | Wigan Central Station | 0m 833yds | ||||
Source: the original britishrailways1960.co.uk archive (Brian Robertson, 2003 to 2013), restored from the site’s own records. Corrections welcome via the contribute page.
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