Eccles to Springs Line and Tyldesley to Pennington Line (London and North Western Railway)






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Eccles to Tyldesley



Black 5 no 45156 Ayrshire Yeomanry simmering in the shed yard at Patricroft in 1968. ...
Jim Peebles //1968
Stanier 2-6-4T no 42561 stands outside Patricroft shed in April 1962. The locomotive was withdrawn from here in November the following year. ...
K A Gray 14/04/1962
Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45558 Manitoba stands on Patricroft shed in April 1962. Eventually withdrawn by BR in August 1964 the locomotive was cut up at ...
K A Gray 16/04/1962
View over the site of Patricroft MPD (latterly 9H) in 1968, the year of official closure with a few steam and diesel locomotives on shed. This was a ...
Jim Peebles //1968
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As with several other stations on the Tyldesley Loop, Monton Green was elevated on an embankment and, like those others, after the 1969 closure not ...
Mark Bartlett 25/08/2023
A very pleasant surprise to see this working canal boat while walking on the Bridgwater Canal towpath on 30th August 2023. 'Ariel' dates from 1935 ...
Mark Bartlett 30/08/2023
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Worsley station closed in 1969, along with the loop line through Tyldesley and Leigh to Kenyon Junction. This view on 6th April 2021 looks north along ...
Mark Bartlett 07/04/2021
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Roe Green Junction was the point where the Tyldesley Loop line joined the Bolton Great Moor Street branch. The line to Tyldesley diverged left in this ...
Mark Bartlett 19/04/2021
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A Manchester bound bus has just travelled the 4.5 miles along the guided busway from Leigh, following the route of the old Tyldesley Loop railway. ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2023
Looking towards Tyldesley and Leigh at the site of Ellenbrook station on 6th April 2021. The railway embankment was removed when the guided busway was ...
Mark Bartlett 06/04/2021
The 4.5 mile guided busway to Leigh starts at the site of Ellenbrook station, although the bus stop here is now known as Newearth Road. The station ...
Mark Bartlett 06/04/2021
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From September 2023 buses in Manchester begin to come under public control in a process that will be complete by 2025. However, one of the first ...
Mark Bartlett 30/08/2023
Immediately to the west of Tyldesley station was a junction of the same name, where the line to Wigan branched right from the loop that ran through ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2023
The Leigh Guided Busway follows the route of the 'Tyldesley Loop' line, from Ellenbrook to Leigh. It is clear however that the relatively level nature ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2023
Although it closed in 1969, and was lifted soon afterwards, it wasn't until 2016 that five miles of guided busway was constructed on the Leigh and ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2021
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Tyldesley to Pennington

From September 2023 buses in Manchester begin to come under public control in a process that will be complete by 2025. However, one of the first ...
Mark Bartlett 30/08/2023
Immediately to the west of Tyldesley station was a junction of the same name, where the line to Wigan branched right from the loop that ran through ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2023
The Leigh Guided Busway follows the route of the 'Tyldesley Loop' line, from Ellenbrook to Leigh. It is clear however that the relatively level nature ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2023
Although it closed in 1969, and was lifted soon afterwards, it wasn't until 2016 that five miles of guided busway was constructed on the Leigh and ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2021
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Much of the network of lines and stations around Leigh has vanished without trace since closure. This is the location of Leigh station itself, which ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2023
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Tyldesley to Wigan

From September 2023 buses in Manchester begin to come under public control in a process that will be complete by 2025. However, one of the first ...
Mark Bartlett 30/08/2023
Immediately to the west of Tyldesley station was a junction of the same name, where the line to Wigan branched right from the loop that ran through ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2023
The Leigh Guided Busway follows the route of the 'Tyldesley Loop' line, from Ellenbrook to Leigh. It is clear however that the relatively level nature ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2023
Although it closed in 1969, and was lifted soon afterwards, it wasn't until 2016 that five miles of guided busway was constructed on the Leigh and ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2021
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TPE 397007 crosses from the fast lines to join the St, Helens line at Springs Branch on 23rd February 2022. This was an empty stock working from ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2022
DRS 88010 'Aurora' passes Springs Branch on 29th July 2020 while working the 4S44 Daventry to Mossend intermodal service. ...
John McIntyre 29/07/2020
769448 moves around the servicing facility at Springs Branch on 29 July 2020. If you look very closely you will see that the pantograph is down so it ...
John McIntyre 29/07/2020
An MPV negotiates the new track work that has been laid at Springs Branch Junction, on the former trackbed of the L&NWR Eccles, Tyldesley and Wigan ...
John McIntyre 08/03/2019
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