Hindley South railway station
| Hindley South | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Hindley |
| Area | Wigan |
| Coordinates | 53°31′36″N 2°35′10″W / 53.5266°N 2.5860°WCoordinates: 53°31′36″N 2°35′10″W / 53.5266°N 2.5860°W |
| Grid reference | SD613036 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Wigan Junction Railways |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 April 1884 | Opened as "Strangeways and Hindley" |
| 1 January 1892 | Renamed "Hindley and Platt Bridge" |
| 1 July 1950 | Renamed "Hindley South" |
| 2 November 1964 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Hindley South railway station served the communities of Hindley and Platt Bridge on the southeastern fringe of Wigan, England.
The station was on the Wigan Junction Railways line, known locally as the "Wigan Central line", which ran from Wigan Central to Glazebrook. It was situated immediately southeast of the A58 bridge over the tracks.
Until the 1960s Wigan had an unusually large number of intersecting railway lines, nowhere more so than in the south east of the town. Hindley South had a three-way junction immediately to the north, with arms west and north in both directions onto and from the "Whelley Loop" and northwest to Lower Ince and Wigan Central. It also had a two-way junction immediately to the south, which enabled trains to continue southeast along the Central line to Bickershaw and Abram and Manchester Central or to veer east onto the Manchester and Wigan Railway (MWR) line to Tyldesley and Manchester Exchange. By 2015 all these lines had long been lifted and in places obliterated.
There were other stations serving Hindley at Platt Bridge and Hindley Green on the MWR line.
Hindley station (formerly Hindley North) on the line from Wigan Wallgate to Manchester remained open in 2015.
To add to the mix, Hindley and Platt Bridge goods station was situated immediately north of the passenger station, being located on a short branch line. A goods station named "Hindley and Amberswood" also served Hindley on the Whelley Loop.
The service patterns in 1895, 1947 and 1962 are fully documented in the authoritative Disused Stations website.
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