Index
- Liverpool to Wigan Home
- Liverpool Exchange
- Great Howard Street
- Sandhills
- Kirkdale
- Rice Lane
- Fazakerley
- Kirkby
- Kirkby Royal Ordnance
- Rainford
- Rainford Junction
- Upholland_1st
- Upholland_2nd
- Orrell
- Pemberton
- Wigan LYR 1st
- Wigan LYR 2nd
- Wigan Wallgate
Kirkby
(1848 - )
The original Kirkby station was built in 1848, as part of the Liverpool and Bury Railway. The use of the line as a through Liverpool to Manchester route declined but local commuter
traffic levels remained significant with 19 trains per day each way ran along the line in 1965
The station is an interchange between Merseyrail services from Liverpool Central and Northern services from Manchester Victoria via Wigan Wallgate
From 1970, the line through the station was singled to reduce track maintenance costs, with the Wigan-bound platform being taken out of use and the station was rebuilt in 1977, when the line from Liverpool was electrified. The modern station consists of a single platform on either side of the road overbridge, with a ticket office and waiting room at street level. The single track is broken up by a large buffer stop, which separates the electric Merseyrail trains from the diesel-run Northern services to Wigan
The ticket office is manned throughout the day and there is also a self-service ticket machine provided. There are shelters on both sides of the split platform, along with digital display screens and timetable poster boards. Step-free access to the platform is available via a ramp
The station is an interchange between Merseyrail services from Liverpool Central and Northern services from Manchester Victoria via Wigan Wallgate
From 1970, the line through the station was singled to reduce track maintenance costs, with the Wigan-bound platform being taken out of use and the station was rebuilt in 1977, when the line from Liverpool was electrified. The modern station consists of a single platform on either side of the road overbridge, with a ticket office and waiting room at street level. The single track is broken up by a large buffer stop, which separates the electric Merseyrail trains from the diesel-run Northern services to Wigan
The ticket office is manned throughout the day and there is also a self-service ticket machine provided. There are shelters on both sides of the split platform, along with digital display screens and timetable poster boards. Step-free access to the platform is available via a ramp
