Liverpool and Bury Railway (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)

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Introduction

This line was independent but was bought before opening - being combined with Manchester and Leeds Railway to form the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Liverpool to Wigan




Walton Junction [Liverpool]

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Liverpool and Walton Joint Railway (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and East Lancashire Railway)





Rice Lane

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507007 departs from Rice Lane with a service to Kirkby on 8 June 2021. Rice Lane is (just) on the Kirkby line immediately after the point where it ...
John McIntyre 08/06/2021
Stadler 777s are not yet in passenger service, but are out on driver training runs on the Merseyrail network. 777003 made a quick run to Kirkby and ...
Mark Bartlett 07/12/2022
A Kirkby to Liverpool Central service, with 507015, leaves Rice Lane, which was called Preston Road until 1984. Immediately round the corner is Walton ...
Mark Bartlett 13/08/2008
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Fazakerley

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North Mersey Branch (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
507015 calls at Fazakerley on 8 June 2021, whilst on a Liverpool Central to Kirkby service. The ticket office is on the right behind the camera on ...
John McIntyre 08/06/2021
507029 leaves Fazakerley heading for Kirkby on 7th December 2022. The colour light and lineside boxes in the distance mark the site of Fazakerley ...
Mark Bartlett 07/12/2022
507029 pauses at Fazakerley, with a service for Liverpool Central from Kirkby, on 7th December 2022. The total journey time, with five intermediate ...
Mark Bartlett 07/12/2022
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Fazakerley [1st]

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Kirkby Watertroughs

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Kirkby

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777142 calls at Kirkby with a Merseyrail service from Headbolt Lane to Liverpool Central, 7.5 miles away, on 18th October 2023. The train has run on ...
Mark Bartlett 18/10/2023
The new Merseyrail station is officially known as Headbolt Lane, but as the extension to the new terminus beds in trains are displaying 'Kirkby H'bolt ...
Mark Bartlett 18/10/2023
508136 is seen at Kirkby with the 17.28 departure to Liverpool Central on 24th September 2022. Visually there is no difference between Class 507 and ...
Don Chattwood 24/09/2022
Having arrived a short time earlier, 142031 now waits at Kirkby on 11 March 2013 to form the 1332 hrs service back to Manchester Victoria. The line ...
John McIntyre 11/03/2013
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Rainford Junction

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Northern Trains Sprinter 150127 is rear unit on the 10.20 ex Blackburn, 12.12 ex Wigan Wallgate, service seen as it runs forward passing Rainford ...
David Pesterfield 14/07/2023
I didn't expect to be photographing Pacers in 2020, but several have been put back into service with Northern to increase train capacity during the ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
142057 for Kirkby entering the single line section west of Rainford Junction station on 10 February 2010. For the scene as it was thirty years earlier ...
John McIntyre 10/02/2010
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Rainford

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Rainford Branch (St Helens Canal and Railway)
A Manchester to Kirkby service slows for the penultimate stop at Rainford (formerly Rainford Junction) on 14th August 2020. The train comprises ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
Notice re the works being carried out, to create the new Headbolt Lane interchange station, that are preventing Northern Trains services running ...
David Pesterfield 14/07/2023
A Manchester to Kirkby service arrives at Rainford on 10 February 2010 with Pacer 142057. ...
John McIntyre 10/02/2010
A Kirkby to Manchester Victoria service in the hands of 156460 sets off from Rainford, east towards Wigan on 10 February 2010.
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John McIntyre 10/02/2010
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Upholland

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A pair of Sprinters, working from Kirkby to Manchester Victoria, call at Upholland on 14th August 2020. Upholland station serves the West Lancashire ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
156455, on the rear of a 4-car train, pulls away from Upholland heading for Kirkby on 12th October 2022. This diagram has the unit(s) shuttling ...
Mark Bartlett 12/10/2022
Northern Rail 142057 seen leaving Upholland station heading towards Wigan on 10 Februry 2010.
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John McIntyre 10/02/2010
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Upholland [1st]

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Orrell

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Like neighbouring Upholland, Orrell station lies in a deep cutting on the Wigan to Kirkby line. This view looks towards Wigan, during a quiet period ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2022
A view westwards from the road bridge on Church Street, Orrell over the station on the Wigan Wallgate to Kirkby line. ...
John McIntyre 14/12/2021
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Pemberton

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The pairing of 150136 and 150137, seen earlier in the day departing Blackburn heading to Kirkby, are now seen on the reverse journey departing ...
John McIntyre 14/12/2021
DBC 66069 rolls a loaded binliner from Kirkby down the gradient through Pemberton station on the first stage of its long journey to Wilton on ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2022
Looking down the 1:92 gradient towards Wigan through Pemberton station in February 2022. The station buildings on the left hand platform are long gone ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2022
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Wigan Wallgate [2nd]

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Wigan Wallgate

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Flex unit 769431 calls at Wigan Wallgate on 12th October 2022. The former 'Bed-Pan', later Thameslink, 319 EMU was on a Northern service from ...
Mark Bartlett 12/10/2022
With a changeover at Bolton, there is almost a 50/50 split of the fifty-mile journey from Alderley Edge to Southport between on board diesel engines ...
Mark Bartlett 12/10/2022
150125 crosses the Leeds and Liverpool Canal as it approaches Wigan Wallgate with an Alderley Edge to Southport service on 12th October 2022. ...
Mark Bartlett 12/10/2022
DB Cargo's 66172, one of a reducing number of their Class 66s still with EWS livery, passes through Wigan Wallgate whilst working service 6E26 the ...
David Pesterfield 14/07/2023
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Wigan to Lostock




Wigan Wallgate

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Flex unit 769431 calls at Wigan Wallgate on 12th October 2022. The former 'Bed-Pan', later Thameslink, 319 EMU was on a Northern service from ...
Mark Bartlett 12/10/2022
With a changeover at Bolton, there is almost a 50/50 split of the fifty-mile journey from Alderley Edge to Southport between on board diesel engines ...
Mark Bartlett 12/10/2022
150125 crosses the Leeds and Liverpool Canal as it approaches Wigan Wallgate with an Alderley Edge to Southport service on 12th October 2022. ...
Mark Bartlett 12/10/2022
DB Cargo's 66172, one of a reducing number of their Class 66s still with EWS livery, passes through Wigan Wallgate whilst working service 6E26 the ...
David Pesterfield 14/07/2023
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Wigan Wallgate [1st]

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Ince

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Two passengers emerge from the waiting shelter onto a rain soaked platform at Ince as 150127, on a Blackburn to Kirkby (via Todmorden) service, slows ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2022
One could be forgiven for thinking this bridge, alongside Ince railway station, carried Green Lane over sidings or a branch line but in fact it was a ...
Mark Bartlett 12/10/2022
The island platforms of many later L&YR stations around Lancashire were quite distinctive. Sadly, most have lost their buildings and are very basic ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2022
150140 passes through Ince with a Southport to Stalybridge service on a rainy 23rd February 2022. The sole access to the island platform is the angled ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2022
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Hindley No 2 Junction

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150136, on a Headbolt Lane to Blackburn service, crosses the old Whelley Loop as it runs between Ince and Hindley on 10th January 2024. Immediately ...
Mark Bartlett 10/01/2024
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Hindley

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Northern Pacer 142063 approaches Hindley, while on a Manchester Victoria to Kirkby service in March 2013. Under the road bridge in the background is ...
John McIntyre 09/02/2022
This is Deep Pit footbridge, just to the west of Hindley station, and in September 2023 it became a Grade II listed building. It was built for the ...
Mark Bartlett 10/01/2024
Northern Class 142s pass at Hindley on 11 March 2013. Nearest the camera is a service to Wigan Wallgate while the train departing is heading to ...
John McIntyre 11/03/2013
Deep Pit footbridge at Hindley became a Grade II listed building in September 2023. The single span bridge is unusually long, hence the listing, but ...
Mark Bartlett 10/01/2024
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Crow Nest Junction

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See also
Windsor Bridge to Hindley Line (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Hindley and Blackrod Branch (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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Westhoughton

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This was the point where, until 1968, the line from Dobbs Brow Junction to Blackrod passed underneath the Wigan to Bolton line. (Map Ref SD 640059) ...
Mark Bartlett 27/04/2021
Unit 142031 arriving at Westhoughton, between Bolton and Wigan, on 11 March 2013 with a service to Wigan. ...
John McIntyre 11/03/2013
Looking towards Crow Nest Junction at Westhoughton as 156480 calls on a Manchester Victoria to Wigan service. At Crow Nest this line joins the direct ...
Mark Bartlett 17/04/2009
Westhoughton is now an unstaffed halt on the short link line between Crow Nest Junction near Wigan, and Lostock Junction near Bolton, although there ...
Mark Bartlett 17/04/2009
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Chew Moor

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Lostock Junction [Station]

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When Lostock Jcn was originally open the station building sat in the 'V' of the junction with four platforms. These were swept away after closure and ...
Mark Bartlett 26/06/2010
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Lostock Junction

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Bolton and Preston Railway
Northern 142055 comes off the line from Crow Nest Junction at Lostock Junction and heads towards Bolton while working a service to Manchester Victoria ...
John McIntyre 22/10/2011
A 156/142 combination, forming a Northern service to Southport, are signalled for the Westhoughton and Wigan line at Lostock Junction. The large steel ...
Mark Bartlett 02/12/2014
View west at Lostock Junction sees 156466 dropping down from Westhoughton to join the line from Preston and Chorley and run to Bolton. When the ...
Mark Bartlett 26/06/2010
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Bolton to Bury




Bolton East Junction

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Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway





Rose Hill Junction

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Darcy Lever

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The site of Darcy Lever station, on the Bolton to Rochdale line, looking west on 4th January 2023. The station closed in 1951, nineteen years before ...
Mark Bartlett 04/01/2023
The huge girder viaduct at Darcy Lever is an impressive structure and it is difficult to find a vantage point to do it justice. It carried its last ...
Mark Bartlett 04/01/2023
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Bradley Fold

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Fifty years earlier this view towards Bolton at Bradley Fold would have been from the tracks between the platforms with a level crossing in the ...
Mark Bartlett 04/01/2023
Looking towards Bury at the site of Bradley Fold station in January 2023. Prior to the 1970 closure a level crossing and footbridge would have been in ...
Mark Bartlett 04/01/2023
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Bradley Fold Junction

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Radcliffe and Bradley Fold Line (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Bradley Fold Junction, immediately beyond this overbridge, was the point where the line to Radcliffe diverged from the Bolton, Bury and Rochdale route ...
Mark Bartlett 04/01/2023
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Radcliffe (Black Lane)

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The slight rise in the road, and the 'Railway' pub, are the only clues that this is the site of the overbridge at Radcliffe Black Lane station, which ...
Mark Bartlett 04/01/2023
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Bury Knowsley Street

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Bury to Heywood Line (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
1907 map extract showing Bury town centre and the complex of lines that served the town. Knowsley St and Bolton St stations can be clearly seen along ...
National Library of Scotland //1907
Having paused while Manchester Bury electric trains passed See image 21454 the six car DMU forming the Rossendale Farewell railtour draws ...
Mark Bartlett 14/02/1981
The Rossendale Farewell railtour negotiates the link between Knowsley St and Bolton St stations in Bury on its way to Rawtenstall. The area in ...
Mark Bartlett 14/02/1981
Bury and Manchester line EMU (Class 504) leaving Bury Interchange in 1981 and about to cross at right angles the surviving track of the Castleton to ...
Mark Bartlett 14/02/1981
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