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Hindley and Blackrod Branch (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)

Locations along the line

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Red Moss Junction

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Hilton House

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Hilton House (Halt) was on the Blackrod to Hindley line and closed in 1954 although trains passed through for a further fourteen years. The station ...
Mark Bartlett 20/04/2021

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Dicconson Lane and Aspull Halt

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A view south at the site of Dicconson Lane & Aspull Halt in 2013. The station, having been reduced to halt status in 1936, was closed in 1954 with the ...
John McIntyre 31/03/2013

Dicconson Lane & Aspull was one of two halts on the short line from Blackrod and Horwich down to Wigan, via Crow Nest Junction. This also provided a ...
Mark Bartlett 20/04/2021

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Hindley and Blackrod Branch Junction

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Dobbs Brow and Red Moss Improvements (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)

This crumbling red brick arch bridge (SD 634063) is on the 1868 line from Hindley to Blackrod, just to the south west of Hindley and Blackrod Branch ...
Mark Bartlett 27/04/2021

This bridge (SD 635066) is on the 1889 direct route from Hindley and Blackrod Branch Junction to Dobb Brow Junction on the Atherton line. See map ...
Mark Bartlett 27/04/2021

An unofficial footpath allowed a partial exploration of parts of the old Hilton House branch around the junction with the 1889 link to Dobbs Brow ...
Mark Bartlett 27/04/2021

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Crow Nest Junction

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Liverpool and Bury Railway (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Windsor Bridge to Hindley Line (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)

A 156/150 combination takes the Westhoughton and Bolton line at Crow Nest Junction. The tree to the left of the train marks the point where the branch ...
Mark Bartlett 02/05/2021

A pair of Sprinters, working from Kirby to Manchester Victoria, approach Crow Nest Junction soon after departing Hindley, whose platforms can be seen ...
Mark Bartlett 27/04/2021

Just to the east of Crow Nest Junction, on the line to Westhoughton and Lostock Junction, this bridge has been substantially rebuilt with a ...
Mark Bartlett 27/04/2021

158752 takes the Atherton line towards Salford, at the much simplified Crow Nest Junction, with a Wigan to Leeds service in April 2021. I have a ...
Mark Bartlett 27/04/2021

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Hindley and Blackrod Branch (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)

Locations along the line

Red Moss Junction

Hilton House

Dicconson Lane and Aspull Halt

Hindley and Blackrod Branch Junction

Crow Nest Junction

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