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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eccles Junction to Scowcroft’s Sdgs. [Springs Branch No.1] | 01.09.1864 | ||
| Tyldesley No. 2 to Scowcroft’s Sdgs. [Springs Branch No.1] | 01.01.1968 (P) | ||
| Eccles Jn to Tyldesley No. 2 [Kenyon Junction] | 03.05.1969 (A) |
| 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 75 m.p.h. | |||||||
| 1 |
 |
– | ↓ | Eccles Junction | – | ||
| 2 |
  |
↑ | ↓ | Patricroft Sidings (Signals goods lines only) | 0m 186yds | ||
| 3 | ↑ | ↓ | Monton Green Station (Map) | 0m 913yds | c. 5.5.1969 | ||
| Worsley Station (Map) | c. 5.5.1969 | ||||||
| 4 | ↑ | ↓ | Sanderson’s Sidings | 1m 437yds | |||
| 5 |
 |
↑ | ↓ | Roe Green Junction | 0m 756yds | DRS 44 | |
| 6 | ↑ | ↓ | Ellenbrook Station (Map) | 1m 952yds | c. 2.1.1961 | ||
| 7 | ↑ | ↓ | Hough Lane | 1m 763yds | |||
| 8 | ↑ | ↓ | Tyldesley No. 1 (Map) | 0m 917yds | c. 5.5.1969 | ||
| 9 |
|
↑ | ↓ | Tyldesley No.2 | 0m 513yds | ||
| 10 | ↑ | ↓ | Chanter’s Siding | 0m 1597yds | |||
| Howe Bridge (Map) | c. 20.7.1959 | ||||||
| 11 |
|
↑ | ↓ | Howe Bridge East Junction | 0m 1000yds | ||
| 12 |
 |
↑ | ↓ | Howe Bridge West Junction | 0m 730yds | ||
| Hindley Green Station (Western lines) (Map) | c. 1.5.1961 | ||||||
| 13 |
 |
↑ | – | Scowcroft’s Sidings | 1m 1647yds | ||
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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