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The Kirkby Branch Line is a branch railway line from Wigan to Headbolt Lane. The line's original route was from Liverpool to Bury and later the most northern of the Liverpool to Manchester lines. [ 3 ]
Kirkby railway station is situated in Kirkby, Merseyside, England. It is located 7.5 miles (12 km) north-east of Liverpool Central and is on the Headbolt Lane branch of Merseyrail 's Northern Line .
Orrell railway station serves the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a small two-platform commuter hub on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan . From Orrell, trains provide services to Manchester , passing through Wigan's Wallgate station.
Rice Lane railway station is a railway station in Liverpool, England, located to the north of the city centre in the Walton district. It is on the Kirkby branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station was opened on 20 November 1848, and was known as Preston Road until 14 May 1984. [1]
Headbolt Lane is a railway station in Kirkby, Merseyside, England, which opened on 5 October 2023. [2] [3] [4] The station is the interchange between Merseyrail's Northern Line and the unelectrified Headbolt Lane branch line, operated by Northern. [1]
Kirkby branch line: Kirkby to Wigan Wallgate: 1848: North West — Leeds–Morecambe line: 1846–1864: North West, Yorkshire and the Humber: OHLE, 25 kV 50 Hz AC (partial) Liverpool–Manchester lines: 1830 onwards: North West: OHLE, 25 kV 50 Hz AC (partial) Liverpool–Wigan line: 1869–1871: North West: OHLE, 25 kV 50 Hz AC: Manchester ...
The point at which the two modes meet is Headbolt Lane which functions as a terminus for the electric and diesel services. As Headbolt Lane station is on the formerly diesel end of the Kirkby branch, the Merseyrail services change power from third rail to batteries at Kirkby and continue the journey using battery power.
Kirkby Bentinck railway station served the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.It was on the Annesley branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, later the Great Central Railway on the section between Nottingham Victoria and Sheffield Victoria. [1]