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Buckingham Group announced on 17 August that it is no longer able to continue trading due to 'rapidly escalating contract losses and a sharp reduction in liquidity'.
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Rail passengers are being advised of a six-day railway closure between Wigan and Bolton from this Saturday while work continues on the electrification of the line.
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Transport for the North has welcomed news that what it describes as a 'key section of the North Wests rail network' will be electrified. [Announced on 1st. -RS]
(Permalink) Bolton Electrification Liverpool and Bury Railway (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) Lostock Junction Transport for the North Wigan North Western  Westhoughton: Looking towards Crow Nest Junction at Westhoughton as 156480 calls on a Manchester Victoria to Wigan service. At Crow Nest this line joins the direct line from Manchester via Atherton and Walkden.  Lostock Junction: View west at Lostock Junction sees 156466 dropping down from Westhoughton to join the line from Preston and Chorley and run to Bolton. When the station reopened in 1988 (as plain Lostock) the platform ...  Westhoughton: 1959 one-inch OS map extract showing the railway junctions around Westhoughton. Top right is Lostock Junction on the Bolton and Preston. Bottom left, just outside Hindley, is Crow Nest Junction. Today ... |
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The line between Bolton and Wigan is to be upgraded in a move described as a 'game changer'.
(Permalink) Bolton Electrification Liverpool and Bury Railway (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) Lostock Junction Wigan North Western Westhoughton: Looking towards Crow Nest Junction at Westhoughton as 156480 calls on a Manchester Victoria to Wigan service. At Crow Nest this line joins the direct line from Manchester via Atherton and Walkden. Lostock Junction: View west at Lostock Junction sees 156466 dropping down from Westhoughton to join the line from Preston and Chorley and run to Bolton. When the station reopened in 1988 (as plain Lostock) the platform ... Westhoughton: 1959 one-inch OS map extract showing the railway junctions around Westhoughton. Top right is Lostock Junction on the Bolton and Preston. Bottom left, just outside Hindley, is Crow Nest Junction. Today ... |
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One of Virgins Class 390 Pendolinos has become the first electric train to run between Manchester and Preston via Bolton. On the night of 13 December 2018, the train was used to test the new infrastructure along the 25-mile route via Salford, Bolton and Chorley, closely monitored by Network Rail engineers checking the new overhead []
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