Tyldesley Loopline

Tyldesley Loopline
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Up arrow
London & North Western Rly
to Liverpool Lime Street
UpperLeft arrow
West Coast Main Line
to Warrington Bank Quay
Newton-le-Willows
Lowton
Parkside
LowerRight arrow
West Coast Main Line
to Wigan
 Kenyon Junction
Glazebury and
Bury Lane
Pennington
Right arrow
to Wigan
via Plank Lane
Flow Moss
LowerRight arrow
to Bolton
via Chequerbent
Bridgewater Canal
Astley
Leigh
UpperRight arrow
to Wigan
via Hindley Green
Lamb's Cottage
Tyldesley
Ellenbrook
Barton Moss
Right arrow
to Bolton
via Walkden Low Level
 Worsley
Patricroft
Monton Green
Right arrow
to Bury
via Clifton Hall Tunnel
Eccles Junction
Eccles
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London & North Western Rly
to Manchester Victoria

The Tyldesley Loopline was part of the London and North Western Railway's Manchester and Wigan Railway line from Eccles to the junction west of Tyldesley station and its continuance south west via Bedford Leigh to Kenyon Junction on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The line opened on 1 September 1864 with stations at Worsley, Ellenbrook, Tyldesley, Leigh and Pennington before joining the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at Kenyon Junction.