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opened in April 2016. Its 4.5-mile guided busway section from Leigh via
Tyldesley to Ellenbrook operates along the old rail alignment. Of Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) £122m overall spending on the bus route to Manchester Central Hospitals via the
1339:, and the many collieries that were being developed in the area, was the chief motivation for building a railway in the area and the railway's supporters included many local colliery owners and industrialists. These included the
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opened in 1877 to serve new housing. In 1876 Bedford Leigh was renamed Leigh & Bedford and in 1914 was again renamed to Leigh. Chowbent was renamed Howe Bridge in 1901.
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on 5 May 1969 and Leigh, Tyldesley, Monton Green and
Worsley stations were closed. The former trackbed which passes through the
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used the railway trackbed outside the Wigan boundary for recreational purposes turning it into a rail trail. The
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cutting at Parr Brow, Tyldesley and a 22-arch viaduct which took the railway through Leigh and over the
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Unitary Development Plan in case the rail route could be reinstated. A
1253:. The work was expected to have been completed by May 1863 but lasted until the summer of 1864.
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Worsley. The railway was just over 16 miles long with 88 bridges, a
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had a connection at Green's
Sidings to the east of Tyldesley station and Ramsden's
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in Leigh was connected at
Speakman's sidings on the Pennington branch and the
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opened on the same day. A branch line leaving the
Tyldesley to Eccles line at
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before joining the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway at Kenyon Junction.
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was authorised in 1865 and opened in 1870. The line was extended to
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1777:History of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
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1683:
1423:The Tyldesley Loopline closed following the
1355:. Collieries linked to the railway include
1435:route running along the former trackbed to
1371:which were connected at Jackson's sidings,
1772:Closed railway lines in North West England
1445:Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit
1241:in the September. During construction, a
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1322:London Midland Region of British Railways
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1316:Stations on the line became part of the
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1721:, Bus & Coach Buyer, 5 April 2016
1225:The London and North Western Railway
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1318:London Midland and Scottish Railway
1185:and its continuance south west via
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1171:London and North Western Railway
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1745:A Lancashire Triangle Part One
1664:Gomm, Brian (19 August 2009),
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114:London & North Western Rly
1:
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1429:Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
1349:Fletcher, Burrows and Company
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1602:, brtuk.org, archived from
1403:and mines connected to the
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1281:Junction with stations at
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1666:"Busway 'off the rails'"
1528:, Subterranea Britannica
1505:, Subterranea Britannica
1411:joined the line between
1385:Cleworth Hall Collieries
1181:to the junction west of
1747:, Triangle Publishing,
1743:Sweeney, D. J. (1996),
1672:, Newsquest Media Group
1787:Rail trails in England
1405:Bridgewater Collieries
1397:Mosley Common Colliery
1389:Tyldesley Coal Company
1345:Bridgewater Collieries
1395:had its own sidings.
1233:in July 1861 and the
122:Liverpool Lime Street
1502:Monton Green Station
1441:Salford City Council
1393:Shakerley Collieries
1303:Monton Green station
341:West Coast Main Line
154:Warrington Bank Quay
146:West Coast Main Line
1347:, the Fletchers of
1132:Manchester Victoria
1034:Clifton Hall Tunnel
1646:on 2 November 2012
1369:Gin Pit Collieries
1237:at Worsley by the
1167:Tyldesley Loopline
48:Tyldesley Loopline
1409:Sandhole Colliery
1407:system including
1399:was connected at
1387:belonging to the
1341:Earl of Ellesmere
1320:in 1923, and the
1295:Great Moor Street
1251:Bridgewater Canal
1239:Earl of Ellesmere
1235:first sod was cut
1183:Tyldesley station
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1311:Worsley station
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1191:Kenyon Junction
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1047:Eccles Junction
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1609:on 20 May 2013
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1584:, p. 114.
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1351:and millowner
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1718:Busway begins
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1670:Leigh Journal
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1343:owner of the
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1271:Hindley Green
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1187:Bedford Leigh
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1744:
1736:Bibliography
1723:, retrieved
1717:
1711:
1700:, retrieved
1692:Monton Trail
1691:
1685:
1674:, retrieved
1669:
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1648:, retrieved
1641:the original
1628:
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1611:, retrieved
1604:the original
1595:
1589:
1582:Sweeney 1996
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1570:Sweeney 1996
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1558:Sweeney 1996
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1546:Sweeney 1996
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1530:, retrieved
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1507:, retrieved
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1488:Sweeney 1996
1483:
1476:Sweeney 1996
1422:
1353:Caleb Wright
1335:
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1291:Plodder Lane
1275:Platt Bridge
1260:
1231:royal assent
1224:
1221:Construction
1166:
1164:
956:Monton Green
15:
1702:28 February
1676:28 February
1613:28 February
1532:28 February
1509:28 February
1450:city centre
1361:St George's
1257:Development
837:Barton Moss
620:Chequerbent
1766:Categories
1456:References
1437:Ellenbrook
1433:guided bus
1401:Ellenbrook
1332:Collieries
1243:Roman road
1215:Pennington
1203:Ellenbrook
1177:line from
931:Patricroft
830:Ellenbrook
544:Plank Lane
466:Pennington
1782:Tyldesley
1461:Citations
1413:Roe Green
1377:Shakerley
1328:in 1948.
1301:in 1874.
1279:Roe Green
1247:sandstone
1229:received
1207:Tyldesley
801:Tyldesley
557:Flow Moss
414:Bury Lane
1725:27 April
1650:7 August
1381:Yew Tree
1305:between
1267:Chowbent
294:Parkside
1419:Closure
1283:Walkden
1199:Worsley
1193:on the
924:Worsley
1751:
1299:Bolton
1179:Eccles
1076:Eccles
881:Bolton
678:Astley
612:Bolton
420:
287:Lowton
57:Legend
1696:(PDF)
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1211:Leigh
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1749:ISBN
1727:2016
1704:2010
1678:2010
1652:2013
1615:2010
1534:2010
1511:2010
1383:and
1367:and
1365:Nook
1337:Coal
1309:and
1289:and
1273:and
1227:Bill
1213:and
1165:The
1032:via
1026:Bury
887:via
761:via
618:via
542:via
1324:on
1297:in
1265:at
1189:to
1173:'s
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1024:to
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610:to
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