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Preston and Wigan Railway

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Preston and Wigan Railway
Overview
LocaleLancashire
Dates of operation22 April 1831–22 May 1834
SuccessorNorth Union Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
North Union Railway
1834 – 1889
Maxwell House
(
closed
1844
)
Preston
Preston
Butler Street
(ELR)
Victoria Quay goods
Preston
Fishergate Hill
(WLR)
Farrington
(renamed Farington)
Golden Hill
(renamed Leyland)
Euxton junction
Euxton (NUR)
Euxton (B&PR)
Coppull
Chorley
Rawlinson Bridge
Standish Lane
(renamed Standish)
Adlington
White Bear
Blackrod
Red Rock
Boar's Head
Lostock Junction
Bolton Trinity Street
Wigan
Wigan Goods
Springs branch
Ince Moss Junction
Bamfurlong
Golborne
LNWR Winwick cut-off
(opened 1864)
Preston Junction
(renamed Lowton)
Parkside
(second)
Parkside
(original)
North Union Railway
and predecessor:
Other lines
(not all shown):
Great Central Railway
predecessors:
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
and predecessors:
Manchester and Leeds Railway
predecessors:
London and North Western Railway
and predecessors:

The Preston and Wigan Railway would have been an early British railway company operating in Lancashire.

Preston and Wigan Railway Act 1831
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for making and maintaining a Railway from the Borough of Wigan to the Borough of Preston, both in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and collateral Branches to communicate therewith.
Citation1 Will. 4. c. lvi
Other legislation
Repealed byPreston and Wigan Railway Act 1834
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Preston and Wigan Railway obtained an act of Parliament, the Preston and Wigan Railway Act 1831 (1 Will. 4. c. lvi) on 22 April 1831 to build a 15 miles 30 chains (24.7 km) line between Wigan and Preston.[a][act 1][4][5][6]

Preston and Wigan Railway Act 1834
Act of Parliament
Citation4 & 5 Will. 4. c. xxv

On 8 August 1833 the board decided that it would be to their advantage to amalgamate with the Wigan Branch Railway, the directors of the Wigan Branch Railway met shortly thereafter and agreed with them. The Preston and Wigan Railway Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. xxv) was approved and gained royal assent on 22 May 1834 incorporating the two railways as the North Union Railway. It was the first-ever amalgamation of railway companies.[act 2][8]

The line was formally opened by the North Union Railway on 21 October 1838 and to the public on 31 October.[4]

Acts of Parliament

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  1. ^ An Act for making and maintaining a Railway from the Borough of Wigan to the Borough of Preston, both in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and collateral Branches to communicate therewith.[3]
  2. ^ An Act for uniting the Wigan Branch Railway Company and the Preston and Wigan Railway Company; for authorizing an Alteration to be made in the Line of the last-mentioned Railway; and for repealing, altering, and amending the Acts relating to the said Railways [7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains.[1] A chain is 22 yards (20 m) long, there are 80 chains to the mile.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ Jacobs 2009, p. 11.
  2. ^ "Weights and Measures Act 1985". Legislation.gov.uk. Sch 1, Part VI. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Local and Personal Act, 1 William IV, c. lvi". UK Parliamentary Archives. UK parliament. 1831. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b Awdry 1990, p. 99.
  5. ^ Grant 2017, p. 461.
  6. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 66.
  7. ^ "Local and Personal Act, 4 & 5 William IV, c. xxv:" (PDF). UK Parliament Parliamentary Archives. UK parliament. 1834. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ Sweeney 2008, p. 13.

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