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Wigan North Western
All photographs of this location in date order.
![An Edinburgh bound TransPennine service awaiting departure from a rain swept Wigan on 12 April 2015.<br><br>[John Steven //]](/images/50000/50985.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Photostop at Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967. The train is the MRTS <i>Mancunian</i>, which started and terminated at Leeds City and was hauled by A4 Pacific no 60019 <I>Bittern</I> throughout.<br><br>[K A Gray /11/1967]](/images/30000/30774.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![The MRTS <i>Mancunian</i> (aka the <i>Lancs & Yorks Rambler</i>) from Leeds City on a short photostop at Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967. The railtour was hauled throughout by A4 no 60019 <I>Bittern</I>.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 25/11/1967]](/images/29000/29113.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Photostop at Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967 for the MRTS <i>Mancunian</i> (aka the <i>Lancs & Yorks Rambler</i>) from Leeds City. Locomotive in charge is A4 Pacific no 60019 <I>Bittern</I>.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 25/11/1967]](/images/37000/37514.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![A northbound freight hauled by 8F 2-8-0 no 48631 approaching Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967 (thought to be the Winnington - Whitehaven ICI train). The primary reason for the gathering of photographers in the background is the MRTS <I>Mancunian</I> special hauled by 60019 'Bittern' which called that day with a railtour from Leeds City. [See image 30774] <br><br>[K A Gray 25/11/1967]](/images/38000/38136.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Photostop at an overcast Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967 featuring the MRTS <i>Mancunian</i> (aka the <i>Lancs & Yorks Rambler</i>). The special ran from Leeds City behind A4 Pacific no 60019 <I>Bittern</I>. <br><br>[K A Gray 25/11/1967]](/images/42000/42934.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Britannia 70013 <I>Oliver Cromwell</I> takes on water at Wigan North Western on 13 April 1968. The Pacific was on its way from Stockport to Carnforth with a return leg of the BR (Scottish Region) <I>Easter Grand Tour</I> from Edinburgh. <br><br>[G W Robin 13/04/1968]](/images/47000/47793.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Electric locomotives 86045 and 84006 on a Chrysler Linwood to Coventry container train through Wigan North Western on 27 March 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 27/03/1974]](/images/13000/13346.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![A London to Carlisle service pulls into Wigan North Western on 27 March 1974 behind class 86 E3108. Note the hairstyles and...no, never mind... [see image 15672]<br><br>[John McIntyre 27/03/1974]](/images/16000/16274.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![A Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central calls at Wigan North Western on the afternoon of 15 October 2009. The view looks northwards.<br><br>[John McIntyre 15/10/2009]](/images/25000/25819.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![DBS 66069 runs south through Wigan North Western with an infrastucture train on 15 October 2009. The station boasts 6 platforms, 1 the up passenger loop on the far right, 2 & 3 are south facing bays, 4 is the Up Main and 5 the Down Main with 6 as the Down Passenger Loop. Platforms 1 to 3 have access to the lines to Manchester via Bolton or Swinton.<br><br>[John McIntyre 15/10/2009]](/images/26000/26055.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Late afternoon Glasgow bound Pendolino calls at Wigan North Western on 15 October 2009. The Super Sprinter on the right will later set off southwards before swinging west towards Liverpool.<br><br>[John McIntyre 15/10/2009]](/images/26000/26115.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Looking south at Wigan North Western on 15 October 2009 as a Carlisle to Chirk logs train heads up the WCML which curves to the right. To the left (in front of the loco) a Class 156 unit passes on a Manchester to Southport via Wigan Wallgate service.<br><br>[John McIntyre 15/10/2009]](/images/26000/26854.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Platform 5 at Wigan North Western, a loop on the west side of the station, sees 142012 newly arrived on an all stations service from Liverpool via St. Helens Central and about to return to Lime Street by the same route. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 21/10/2010]](/images/31000/31518.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![A Birmingham - Edinburgh Virgin Voyager calls at Wigan North Western on 21 March 2012. Like several other Virgin stations in the North-West, there are extensions to accommodate 11 car Pendolinos with extensive resurfacing work being carried out.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/03/2012]](/images/38000/38093.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Station maintenance, Wigan North Western, 12 June 2012.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 12/06/2012]](/images/39000/39376.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Making every effort to regain time following a delayed start from Blackpool, the driver of 46233 storms south through Wigan North Western on 16 June 2012 with the return <I>Fylde Coast Express</I> to Crewe and Sheffield. Shortly before the Duchess arrived a northbound Virgin Voyager had been blocking the view. There were a lot of relieved enthusiasts as it set off with seconds to spare and the rear of the unit can still be seen to the left of the photo.<br><br>[John McIntyre 16/06/2012]](/images/39000/39256.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![142001 stands at the platform at Wigan North Western station on a wet 22 June 2012.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 22/06/2012]](/images/39000/39338.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Although it was a sunny afternoon, the temperature at Wigan North Western on 11 March was around freezing when the windchill factor was taken into account. Here DBS 60011 heads south through the station with the 6G42 Carlisle to Warrington gypsum boxes. <br><br>[John McIntyre 11/03/2013]](/images/42000/42365.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Freightliner 66506 heads north through Wigan North Western on 2 December 2014 with a rake of coal empties from Fiddlers Ferry. Over on Platform 5 a Northern Sprinter waits to return to Liverpool Lime St via St. Helens, a route that went over to EMU operation during 2015. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 02/12/2014]](/images/49000/49830.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![EMUs calling at Wigan North Western on 04 June 2016. The Class 319 is on a Preston to Liverpool service and the Class 350 is heading to Glasgow Central with a service from Manchester Airport.<br><br>[John McIntyre 04/06/2015]](/images/55000/55426.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![319380, in new <I>Northern Electrics</I> livery, makes a connection with two Pendolinos at Wigan North Western on 25 June, prior to returning to Liverpool Lime Street via St Helens. Although these 4-car former <I>Thameslink</I> EMUs have been around for some time they have been refurbished and are a great improvement on the 2-car Pacers they have replaced on these services. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 25/06/2015]](/images/51000/51787.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![A TransPennine service from Scotland calls at Wigan North Western on 15 July 2015 en route to Manchester Airport. On the right a Northern Electrics stopping service to Liverpool Lime Street awaits its scheduled departure time.<br><br>[John McIntyre 15/07/2015]](/images/53000/53190.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![No, not a new station, but a rail arch bar in Queen Street on the south side of Wigan North Western. The bar comes complete with real ale, craft cider, a beer library and real-time information about train running at both North Western and Wallgate stations.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 05/08/2015]](/images/52000/52175.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![The Wallgate entrance to Wigan North Western viewed from the north.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 17/09/2015]](/images/52000/52753.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![A recently introduced Class 319 is seen at Wigan North Western. It will have worked in from Lime St via St Helens.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 17/09/2015]](/images/52000/52781.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Northern 319365 waits in Platform 5 at Wigan North Western. These 4-car EMUs have replaced Sprinters and Pacers on the newly electrified line to Lime St via St. Helens. <br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 17/09/2015]](/images/52000/52791.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Bringing back memories of 40 years ago as 87002 some Mk2 and 3 coaches head south on the WCML at Wigan North Western on 9 October 2015. Some of the passengers waiting for a late running Pendolino may have thought that their luck was in but this was a sleeper ecs move from Polmadie to Wembley. A problem with one of the previous nights services resulted in this train making its way south in a hurry, quite late in the day considering it was returning north later the same evening.<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/10/2015]](/images/53000/53232.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![A Northern Electrics service for Preston rolls into Wigan North Western<br>
on 28/06/2016.<br><br>[David Panton 28/06/2016]](/images/56000/56007.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Exterior of Wigan North Western seen on 30/06/2016. The building is of 1972 vintage and shows all the architectural flair of that era. It is so close to Wigan Wallgate they could almost be the same station. The lay passenger may wonder why they are not, or why this station is called 'North Western' despite not being in the north west of Wigan. Tragically people like us know why.<br><br>[David Panton 14/07/2016]](/images/55000/55839.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![Cascaded and newly refurbished, but Northern vinyls not yet applied, 319450 slows to call at Wigan North Western with a Preston to Lime Street service on 6th April 2017.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 06/04/2017]](/images/58000/58763.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![88002 <I>Prometheus</I> hauls 68205 <I>Superb</I> and the loaded test train north through Wigan North Western on 6th April 2017. This was the return leg of a test run from Carlisle to Crewe.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 06/04/2017]](/images/59000/59417.jpg "Wigan North Western")
![319374 seen at Preston on the 6th of Sept.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 06/09/2017]](/images/61000/61461.jpg "Wigan North Western")
