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Wigan Wallgate railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The station serves two routes, the Manchester-Southport Line and the Manchester-Kirkby Line. It is 16 miles north-west of Manchester Victoria (distance via Atherton). The station is managed by Northern Trains, who operate all trains serving it.

Wigan Wallgate
The station frontage in 2013
General information
LocationWigan, Wigan
England
Coordinates53°32′42″N 2°38′02″W
Grid referenceSD581055
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityGreater Manchester
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeWGW
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Original companyLancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
1848First station opened
1855Second station opened
2 February 1896 (1896-02-02)Opened as Wigan
2 June 1924Renamed Wigan Wallgate
Passengers
2016/17 1.493 million
 Interchange  0.136 million
2017/18 1.460 million
 Interchange  0.171 million
2018/19 1.551 million
 Interchange  95,552
2019/20 1.478 million
 Interchange  0.228 million
2020/21 0.356 million
 Interchange  57,777
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wigan's other main station is Wigan North Western, which is about 110 yards (100 m) away, on the opposite side of the street named Wallgate.[1]


Description


There are three platforms, two through platforms and one bay platform for trains departing towards Southport or Kirkby. Platforms are below street level and reached via a flight of stairs from the street level concourse which contains a ticket office and a newsagent. However, a goods lift has been modified for passenger use to ensure step-free access to the platform.

The ticket office is manned all week, from 06:00 to 21:00 Monday to Saturday and from 08:00 to 20:00 on Sundays. Automated ticket barriers are in operation. Train running information is provided via digital display screens, timetable posters and automated announcements. Toilets and a waiting room are available at platform level.[2]


History


The Victorian platform buildings in 1976 before their demolition
The newly constructed platform buildings in 1979
Lines around Wigan in 1907
Lines around Wigan in 1907

During Summer 2012, the ticket office was rebuilt and refurbished.


Services



Passenger


Platforms 1 and 2 in the Manchester direction
All three platforms in the Southport direction
A 1993 loco-hauled Regional Railways service with a British Rail Class 37 and coaches
A 1993 loco-hauled Regional Railways service with a British Rail Class 37 and coaches

All passenger train services are provided by Northern Trains and operated by Class 150 and Class 156 DMUs, and Class 769 BMUs. Class 153 DMUs are unable to use this station because the body-side steps under the doors foul the platform coping stones here.[4] During Monday to Saturday daytimes, this is the regular service pattern, however due to the Preston to Manchester electrification works[5] during the 2015 summer timetable, there was an amended timetable throughout this period.[6] There were no train services between Bolton and any Manchester station on Saturdays and Sundays between 2 May to 13 December, trains were routed via Walkden.

Monday to Saturday:

Sunday:

There is no Kirkby service on Sundays.

From 14 December 2015, the weekday & Saturday timetable reverted to that used prior to the Farnworth Tunnel blockade. There are 3 tph via Bolton toward Manchester (2 to Victoria and 1 to Manchester Airport via Piccadilly) and 2tph via Walkden (both to Victoria). One of the former continues to Stalybridge and Huddersfield and one of the latter to Todmorden and Blackburn. Two per hour run westwards to Southport and one to Kirkby, whilst two others terminate here. In the evenings there are hourly services to the Airport via Bolton, to Southport and to Victoria via Atherton. The Sunday service pattern is broadly similar, but trains to Piccadilly run onward to Stockport, then either to Hazel Grove or Chester via Altrincham (alternate hours).[7]

Previously there was no Sunday service on the Atherton line, this changed in May 2010 when a 12-month trial of an hourly Sunday service began between Wallgate and Manchester Victoria via Atherton (after Greater Manchester PTA agreed a funding package with train operator Northern Rail in December 2009[8]). Transport for Greater Manchester made the Sunday service a requirement of the Northern refranchising from April 2016.

The timetable underwent a further major change with the summer 2018 version introduced on 20 May.[9] Trains via Bolton from here have been withdrawn (save for a very limited morning weekday peak service to Manchester Piccadilly and Alderley Edge) - these now run to/from neighbouring Wigan North Western (though connections are available at Hindley). There are now 3tph to Manchester Victoria, all of which run via Atherton. These then continue to either Stalybridge, Blackburn or Leeds (the latter pair via Rochdale). The westbound service continues to Southport and Kirkby as before. On Sundays, there are two trains to Manchester per hour and one to Southport.

The loss of Bolton service proved unpopular with many regular users of the line and so Northern (Arriva Rail North) agreed to modify the timetable so that the current service to Wigan N.W. from both Manchester stations will be diverted to run to Wallgate and onward to Southport from the December 2019 timetable update. Services from Leeds and Blackburn via Atherton will henceforth terminate/start here (except on Sundays, when the service runs via Atherton to Blackburn).[10]

Changes instituted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic since the spring of 2020 have seen the timetable altered once again, with the Calder Valley service from Leeds via Dewsbury and Walkden routed back to nearby North Western through the day. Just a small number of peak period services on this route serve Wallgate in the weekday peaks. There is still an hourly service to/from Blackburn via Todmorden (continuing through to Kirkby in the daytime) from here during the day and in the evening.


Freight


There was a limited freight service through Wigan Wallgate during the early 2000s, operated by EWS running to Knowsley Freight Terminal on the Kirkby line - these were suspended from 2006 onwards. Most freight services through Wigan run through nearby Wigan North Western on the West Coast Main Line. As of June 2016, freight service to Knowsley Freight Terminal has been reinstated which uses Wallgate instead of Wigan North Western, where most freight operates. The new service runs to/from Teesside 6 days per week.[11]


References


  1. "Train Companies & Maps". National Rail Enquirires. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007.
  2. "Wigan Wallgate (WGW)". National Rail Enquiries. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  4. "Lines Pacers are barred from". Northern Railways. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013.
  5. "Manchester to Preston electrification". Network Rail. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. "Northern Rail Timetable 14 Manchester Airport and Manchester to Kirkby & Southport" (PDF). Northern Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  7. Great Britain eNRT, December 2016 Edition, Table 82
  8. "New Sunday services for rail line". BBC News. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  9. Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2018
  10. "Ormskirk, Preston and Southport Travellers' Association news article". OPSTA. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.[failed verification]
  11. "Knowsley Rail Freight Terminal Reopens". Potter Logistics (Press release). 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.


Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Southport - Alderley Edge
(Monday - Saturday)
Northern Trains
Southport - Stalybridge
(Monday - Saturday)
Northern Trains
Kirkby - Blackburn
(Monday - Saturday)
Northern Trains
Southport - Blackburn
(Sundays)



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