| Route | West Coast Main Line (WCML) |
| Section | Golborne Jn to Preston |
| Remarks | CGJ: Crewe Grand Junction |
| Maps | CGJ5 Interactive • Local: Newton-le-Willows , Haydock Branch Jn , Wigan , Euxton Jn , Lostock Hall , Preston |
| ELR Extent | 0M 1129y to 21M 1364y • 21.134 miles • 34.011 km |
| Measured 34.026 km (+15 m, relative to reported extent) | |
| Track ID Extents | ☐ 0M 1129y to 0M 1153y • 0.014 miles • 0.022 km |
| ☒ 0M 1153y to 21M 1252y • 21.056 miles • 33.887 km | |
| ☐ 21M 1252y to 21M 1364y • 0.064 miles • 0.102 km | |
| Grouping | LEC1 , LEC2 , LEC3 , LEC4 , LEC5 , LEC6 , CGJ1 , CGJ2 , CGJ3 , CGJ4 , CGJ5 , CGJ6 , CGJ7 , WCM1 , WCM2 |
| Neighbours | CGJ4 , CGJ6 , ETW , FCO , FHR1 , FHR2 , HOB2 , IMG , LHL , MVE2 , NGJ , PSR1 , PSR2 , SBH3 , WBS2 , WBS3 , WKL1 |
| NR Region | 🟥 North West & Central |
| LOR | 🔴 NW1001 Armitage Jn (inclusive) to Preston (Fylde Jn) 🔴 NW4001 Preston Ribble Jn to Cove LC (including Goods Lines at Upperby) |
| TRACKmaps | 🔴 Midlands & North West |
| Urban Areas | Wigan, Preston |
| Milepost | Feature | Connections |
|---|---|---|
| 0 ●● | Golborne Jn | CGJ4 , NGJ |
| 2 ● | Haydock Branch Jn | HOB2 |
| 4 ● | Bamfurlong Jn | |
| 4 ●● | Bamfurlong Sidings Jn | IMG |
| 5 ● | Springs Branch Jn | SBH3 |
| 6 ●● | WIGAN NORTH WESTERN | |
| 14 ●●● | EUXTON BALSHAW LANE | |
| 16 ● | Euxton Jn | MVE2 |
| 17 ●● | LEYLAND | |
| 18 ●●● | Farington Jn | LHL |
| 20 | Farington Curve Jn | FCO , FHR1 |
| 20 ●● | Skew Bridge Jn | |
| 21 | Preston Ribble Jn | |
| 21 ●● | Preston South Jn | PSR1 |
| 21 ●● | PRESTON | |
| 21 ●●● | CGJ5 / CGJ6 interface | CGJ6 |
| From | To | Nearest Place | District / County | Proximity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ●● | 0 ●●● | Town of Lowton | Wigan | Near → Distant |
| 0 ●●● | 1 | Lowton Heath | Wigan | Distant |
| 1 | 1 | Bank Heath | Wigan | Distant |
| 1 | 2 | Golborne | Wigan | Near → Distant |
| 2 | 3 | Edge Green | Wigan | Distant → Remote |
| 3 | 3 ●● | Bryn Gates | Wigan | Distant → Remote |
| 3 ●● | 4 ● | Bamfurlong | Wigan | Adjacent → Distant |
| 4 ● | 4 ●● | Platt Bridge | Wigan | Distant |
| 4 ●● | 5 ●● | Spring View | Wigan | Near → Distant |
| 5 ●● | 6 ● | Lower Ince | Wigan | Near → Distant |
| 6 ● | 6 ● | Wigan | Wigan | Distant |
| 6 ● | 6 ●●● | Wallgate | Wigan | Adjacent → Distant |
| 6 ●●● | 7 ● | Bull Hey | Wigan | Adjacent → Near |
| 7 ● | 7 ●●● | Gidlow | Wigan | Near |
| 7 ●●● | 8 ●● | Whitley | Wigan | Near → Remote |
| 8 ●● | 10 ●● | Worthington | Wigan | Near → Remote |
| 10 ●● | 10 ●● | Standish | Wigan | Remote |
| 10 ●● | 11 ●● | Coppull Moor | Lancashire - Chorley | Remote |
| 11 ●● | 12 ●●● | Coppull | Lancashire - Chorley | Near → Remote |
| 12 ●●● | 13 ●● | Charnock Richard | Lancashire - Chorley | Distant → Remote |
| 13 ●● | 14 | Charnock Green | Lancashire - Chorley | Distant → Remote |
| 14 | 14 ●● | Bolton Green | Lancashire - Chorley | Adjacent → Distant |
| 14 ●● | 15 | Pincock | Lancashire - Chorley | Near → Distant |
| 15 | 16 ● | Euxton | Lancashire - Chorley | Adjacent → Remote |
| 16 ● | 16 ●● | Worden | Lancashire - Chorley | Remote |
| 16 ●● | 16 ●●● | Leyland | Lancashire - South Ribble | Remote |
| 16 ●●● | 17 ●●● | Turpin Green | Lancashire - South Ribble | Near → Remote |
| 17 ●●● | 17 ●●● | Golden Hill | Lancashire - South Ribble | Distant |
| 17 ●●● | 19 ●● | Farington | Lancashire - South Ribble | Near → Remote |
| 19 ●● | 20 | Tardy Gate | Lancashire - South Ribble | Remote |
| 20 | 20 ● | Kingsfold | Lancashire - South Ribble | Remote |
| 20 ● | 21 | Middleforth Green | Lancashire - South Ribble | Near → Remote |
| 21 | 21 ● | Lower Penwortham | Lancashire - South Ribble | Distant |
| 21 ● | 21 ●●● | Broadgate | Lancashire - Preston | Near → Distant |
| From | To | Country | Administrative Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ●● | 11 | England | Manchester |
| 11 | 21 ●●● | England | Lancashire |