| 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 |
Administrative Areas and Nearest Places
From To Country Administrative Area 0 ●● 11 England Manchester 11 21 ●●● England Lancashire 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
| Milepost | Principal Features (More…) | 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 |