Proposed Golborne Railway Station

[PTR 444]

At a local public meeting in Golborne just prior to lockdown, Andy Burnham stated that the station at Golborne would definitely be going ahead. Adding a stop for the Man Airport to Cumbria TPE was the service mooted.

Manchester Airport to Cumbria hasn’t been operated by TPE for years. And since that meeting, circumstances have changed which will now result in that service going nowhere near Golborne from Dec 22.

 

[Pinus contorta]

My bad. Not realised there's lots of car sharing going on. I just remember the long snake of parked cars up Southworth Road and the N-le W station car park being full.

 

[terryc]

My bad. Not realised there's lots of car sharing going on. I just remember the long snake of parked cars up Southworth Road and the N-le W station car park being full.

I'm sure that was the reason behind the car sharing, which was thankfully improved once the new carpark was opened. However, it's still difficult to find a space after 8:00 am. I think some sharing is still going on to some lesser degree judging by the number of cars still parked at Golborne. They can't be all for local businesses / shopping as the town is frankly dying. The station would help provide some lift to the area.

 

[Class 170101]

Manchester Airport to Cumbria hasn’t been operated by TPE for years. And since that meeting, circumstances have changed which will now result in that service going nowhere near Golborne from Dec 22.

What happens in Dec 22 then? Can't imagine Wigan being happy at losing this service to either Preston or Manchester (or other destinations)

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Airport-Wigan-Cumbria is now a Northern service and it is planned to be diverted via Bolton, leaving just a peak Wigan-Chat Moss-Manchester service.
The odd TPE Liverpool-Glasgow runs via Golborne and Newton le Willows (when there is no capacity via St Helens Central).
For connectivity, the railway could do with a (Birmingham-) Crewe-Preston semi-fast, but no-one seems to be sponsoring such a service.
Long-term, there's the HS2 impact to consider (which may change the nature of legacy services).

 

[standish1]

Blowing in the wind We had a leaflet through the door abour reopening the station in Standish(closed in 1948). The station was not near the centre of the village,but now thousands of boxes have been built near the old station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

At a local public meeting in Golborne just prior to lockdown, Andy Burnham stated that the station at Golborne would definitely be going ahead.

As his political party is not the one in office, how sure can he be in what he appears to have said.

The only major WCML stop between Warrington Bank Quay and Preston is Wigan North Western and the stops at Euxton Balshaw Lane and at Leyland are of lesser note.

 

[childwallblues]

As his political party is not the one in office, how sure can he be in what he appears to have said.

The only major WCML stop between Warrington Bank Quay and Preston is Wigan North Western and the stops at Euxton Balshaw Lane and at Leyland are of lesser note.

And the stations at Euxton Balshaw Lane and Leyland are served by Liverpool to Blackpool services which run via St Helens Central.