Wigan Darlington Street railway station

Wigan Darlington Street
Wigan Darlington Street
General information
Location	Wigan, Wigan; England
Coordinates	53°32′36″N 2°37′41″W / 53.5432°N 2.6281°W
Grid reference	SJ585045
Platforms	12
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wigan Junction Railways
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Key dates
1 April 1884	Station opened
3 October 1892	Station closed to passengers on opening of Wigan Central

Wigan Central railway station was a railway station near the centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

GCR lines to
St Helens and Wigan

Legend

Wigan Central

Wigan Darlington Street

Springs Branch

Manchester–Southport line

Ince

Lower Ince

Wigan avoiding line

to Pemberton

Hindley

to Springs Branch Junction

Manchester–Southport line

Lancashire Union Railway

Lancashire Union Railway

"The Whelley Loop"

Strangeways West Junction

Hindley South

Strangeways East Junction

Platt Bridge

Manchester and Wigan Railway

St Helens Central (GCR)

St Helens Central

Liverpool–Wigan line

Haydock

Haydock Colliery Tunnel

West Coast Main Line

Golborne North

West Leigh and Bedford

Liverpool, St Helens and

South Lancashire Railway

Wigan Junction Railways

Lowton St Mary's Junction

Chat Moss line

Liverpool–Manchester lines

Glazebrook

Location and history

Wigan Darlington Street station was some way east of the two main stations (North Western and Wallgate) which are on the western edge of the town centre.

The station opened on 1 April 1884 as the temporary terminus of the Wigan Junction Railways (WJR) line from Glazebrook West Junction.^[1] The WJR was part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (later to become the Great Central). The permanent terminus – Wigan Central – was completed in 1892 a third of a mile nearer the town centre. When that station opened Darlington Street closed to passengers and became a goods depot.^[2]

Services

In April 1884 the service pattern was straightforward. Seven "Down" trains arrived from Manchester Central, one "express" called at Glazebrook only and three called at All Stations. The remaining three missed some stations between Manchester and Glazebrook. With the exception of the "express" all trains called at all stations between Glazebrook and Wigan. The "Up" service was similar.^[3]