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Liverpool and Manchester Railway - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 History Toggle History subsection 1.1 Background 1.2 Formation 1.3 Survey and authorisation 1.4 Construction 1.4.1 Cable or locomotive haulage 1.4.2 Double track 1.5 Opening 1.6 Operation 2 Signalling 3 Significance 4 Incidents 5 Modern line Toggle Modern line subsection 5.1 Electrification 5.2 Ordsall Chord 6 Stations 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links Toggle
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 History Toggle History subsection 1.1 Background 1.2 Formation 1.3 Survey and authorisation 1.4 Construction 1.4.1 Cable or locomotive haulage 1.4.2 Double track 1.5 Opening 1.6 Operation 2 Signalling 3 Significance 4 Incidents 5 Modern line Toggle Modern line subsection 5.1 Electrification 5.2 Ordsall Chord 6 Stations 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links Toggle the table of contents Liverpool and Manchester Railway 23 languages Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Esperanto EspaΓ±ol Euskara FranΓ§ais Frysk Χ’Χ‘Χ¨Χ™Χͺ Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Italiano ζ—₯本θͺž αƒ₯αƒαƒ αƒ—αƒ£αƒšαƒ˜ ν•œκ΅­μ–΄ Nederlands Norsk bokmΓ₯l PortuguΓͺs Русский Simple English TΓΌrkΓ§e Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΡΡŒΠΊΠ° δΈ­ζ–‡ Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Railway in England (1830–1845) This article is about the historical railway. For the current line from Liverpool to Manchester, see Liverpool–Manchester lines . Liverpool and Manchester Railway A lithograph of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway crossing the Bridgewater Canal at Patricroft, by A. B. Clayton. Overview Headquarters Liverpool Locale Lancashire Dates of operation 1830–1845 Successor Grand Junction Railway Technical Track gauge 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge Length 31 miles (50 km) v t e Liverpool and Manchester Railway Legend 1830–1845 Liverpool Crown Street Crown Street Tunnel & incline   Wapping goods later Park Lane goods   Wapping Tunnel & incline Lime Street Lime Street Tunnel & incline Edge Hill (original) Edge Hill (new) Edge Hill railway works Wavertree Lane Olive Mount cutting Broad Green Roby Huyton Colliery line Huyton Quarry Rainhill Skew Bridge Rainhill Lea Green St Helens & Runcorn Gap Rly St Helens Junction Collins Green   Sankey Viaduct over Sankey Brook & Sankey Canal   Earlestown Warrington & Newton Rly Newton Bridge Parkside (original) Wigan Branch Railway Parkside (new) Kenyon cutting Kenyon Junction Kenyon & Leigh Junction Rly Bury Lane Flow Moss Chat Moss embankment Astley Lamb's Cottage Barton Moss Bridgewater Canal Patricroft Eccles Gortons Buildings Cross Lane Ordsall Lane River Irwell Liverpool Road Victoria Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly Manchester Line & stations shown as of 1845 The Liverpool and Man
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