Whelley
This is the site of Whelley station, on the loop line of the same name, looking towards Standish in January 2024. The line opened in 1869 as a means of freight trains avoiding Wigan station. On 1st January 1872 two passenger stations opened on the loop, at Amberswood and here at Whelley, with three trains a day to Liverpool. Perhaps most people only wanted to go to Wigan because both stations closed to passengers after just two months. Whelley remained in use as a house, sited on the mound on the right hand side, but was demolished after the loop closed in 1973.
Location: Whelley (former)
Original line: Lancashire Union Railway
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 10/01/2024
Image number: 88789
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