Talk:Liverpool–Wigan line

Series of Edits
I have recently performed a series of fairly major edits and additions to this article - initially motivated by the recent announcement re: line electrification. This took me to the Liverpool to Manchester Lines article, which seemed to me to represent a pretty good way to format this type of page.

As such, I've added quite significant relevant detail in a similar vein, and borrowed structure and formatting from the Liverpool-Manchester article. Existing content has been moved about to suit, which makes it a little tricky (for me at least) to relate back when doing a diff.

I've deliberately left off any real detail concerning stations Liverpool - Huyton as that's covered by the Liverpool-Manchester article, with the exception of the increased Edge Hill stopping pattern.

Hopefully it's not gone OTT, but if you think so, please feel free to edit or correct as you see fit. Many thanks!

David Lamb (talk) 13:04, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Signalling Information?
Can anyone source the signalling/control codes for this route to bring it into line with the technical details section of the Liverpool to Manchester Lines article?

I am sure that it would be identical up to Huyton. After Huyton Junction, Prescot (PT) and St Helens (SH) signal boxes are involved, but I do not know the arrangement for the Wigan area. I'm unsure where to find and/or verify this information, and it is unsourced on the Liverpool to Manchester article.

David Lamb (talk) 22:52, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

technical
Does anyone find some of these articles a bit too "technical" a bit too much anorak information for the plane average Joe to read? For example "usually operated by Northern Rail Class 142, Class 150, or Class 156 Diesel Multiple Units and soon to have 4-Car Class 319 electric units" surely information about what sort of trains there are should be in a section about trains?

As for the information below about electrification, surely the average Joe just wants to know if it is electrified, how and when but this is far too over complicated!

"Work on 25 kV, 50 Hz AC overhead line electrification is now complete as is similar work between Earlestown and Bootle Branch Junction on the Liverpool - Manchester (Chat Moss) route. On Monday 16 March 2015 the Network Rail 975091 'MENTOR' - Mobile Electrical Network Testing, Observation and Recording coach and its associated train made a series of passes over the line and the Ince Moss Chord [8]. This was followed by a series of test runs during the night of 19/20 March 2015 using a Class 319 EMU[9]. The test findings were submitted to ORR who subesquently 'signed off' the route for public service" Babydoll9799 (talk) 09:51, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Chester to Manchester Line which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 13:46, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Merge discussion
I propose that Blackpool–Liverpool line be merged into this article. The article appears to be about a service which runs on the Liverpool to Wigan Line and then the WCML and then the Preston-Blackpool line. It doesn't require an article of its own. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 11:57, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Agree its not a line, its a route. WatcherZero (talk) 17:56, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose merging the route into a line; rather, the route should be merged into the most relevant list of routes, which seems to be List of Northern Rail routes; alternatively, Northern (train operating company). Klbrain (talk) 21:50, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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