West Lancashire Railway, the Glossary
The West Lancashire Railway (WLR) ran northeast from Southport to Preston in northwest England.[1]
Table of Contents
22 relations: Bankruptcy, Beeching cuts, Blackpool, East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859), Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, Lock (water navigation), Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Mayor, Merseyside, Preston Fishergate Hill railway station, Preston railway station, Preston, Lancashire, River Douglas, Lancashire, Southport, Southport Central railway station, Southport railway station, Tarleton, Third rail, World Wide Web.
- Closed railway lines in North West England
- Historic transport in Lancashire
- Historic transport in Merseyside
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts.
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Beeching cuts
The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s.
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Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort town in Lancashire, England.
See West Lancashire Railway and Blackpool
East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859)
The East Lancashire Railway operated from 1844 to 1859 in the historic county of Lancashire, England. West Lancashire Railway and East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859) are Closed railway lines in North West England, historic transport in Lancashire and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.
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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. West Lancashire Railway and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway are historic transport in Lancashire.
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.
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Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
The Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway was formed in 1884, and totaled 7 miles. West Lancashire Railway and Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway are Closed railway lines in North West England, historic transport in Lancashire, historic transport in Merseyside and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
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Lock (water navigation)
A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.
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Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsby.
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Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
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Merseyside
Merseyside is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England.
See West Lancashire Railway and Merseyside
Preston Fishergate Hill railway station
Preston Fishergate Hill was a railway station at the bottom of Fishergate Hill in Preston.
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Preston railway station
Preston railway station, in Preston, Lancashire, England, is an interchange railway station on the West Coast Main Line, half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central (from London Euston, from Glasgow Central).
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Preston, Lancashire
Preston is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England.
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River Douglas, Lancashire
The River Douglas, also known as the River Asland or Astland, flows through parts of Lancashire and Greater Manchester in North West England.
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Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England.
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Southport Central railway station
Southport Central was a railway station in Southport, Lancashire, England.
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Southport railway station
Southport railway station serves the town of Southport, Merseyside, England.
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Tarleton
Tarleton is a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England.
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Third rail
A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.
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World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT specialists and hobbyists.
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See also
Closed railway lines in North West England
- Biddulph Valley line
- Birkenhead Dock Branch
- Border Union Railway
- Brampton Railway
- Bury–Holcombe Brook line
- Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
- Chester and Connah's Quay Railway
- Cockermouth and Workington Railway
- Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
- Coniston Railway
- Delph Donkey
- East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859)
- Eden Valley Railway
- Fallowfield Loop
- Fallowfield Loop railway line
- Fleetwood branch line
- Garstang and Knot-End Railway
- Glasson Dock branch line
- Horwich Branch
- Ingleton branch line
- Lancashire Union Railway
- Langton Dock Branch
- Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
- Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway
- Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
- Manchester and Wigan Railway
- Micklehurst Line
- North Liverpool Extension Line
- North Mersey Branch
- Oldham Branch Railway
- Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway
- Over and Wharton branch line
- Preston and Longridge Railway
- Rawtenstall to Bacup Line
- Rochdale–Bacup line
- Royton branch
- Skelmersdale branch
- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
- Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
- St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway
- Tarleton Branch
- Tyldesley Loopline
- Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway
- Waverley Route
- West Lancashire Railway
- Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
- Whittingham Hospital Railway
- Wigan Junction Railways
- Winsford and Over branch line
Historic transport in Lancashire
- "Little" North Western Railway
- Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company
- Accrington Corporation Tramways
- Altcar Bob
- Blackburn Corporation Tramways
- Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company
- Blackpool Electric Tramway Company
- Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad
- Bolton Corporation Tramways
- Bolton and Preston Railway
- Burnley Corporation Tramways
- Bury Corporation Tramways
- Colne and Trawden Light Railway Company
- Darwen Corporation Tramways
- East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859)
- Furness and Midland Joint Railway
- Garstang and Knot-End Railway
- Glasson Dock branch line
- Ingleton branch line
- Lancashire Union Railway
- Lancashire United Transport
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- Lancaster Canal Tramroad
- Lancaster Corporation Tramways
- Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
- Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
- Lytham St Annes Corporation Tramways
- Morecambe Tramways
- Nelson Corporation Tramways
- North Union Railway
- Preston Corporation Tramways
- Preston and Longridge Railway
- Preston and Wigan Railway
- Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
- Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways
- Rochdale Corporation Tramways
- South Lancashire Tramways
- Southport Corporation Tramways
- Tarleton Branch
- Warrington Corporation Tramways
- West Lancashire Railway
- Wigan Branch Railway
- Wigan Corporation Tramways
Historic transport in Merseyside
- Altcar Bob
- Arriva North West and Wales
- Arriva Trains Merseyside
- Belfast Steamship Company
- Birkenhead Corporation Tramways
- Birkenhead Dock Branch
- Birkenhead Railway
- Birkenhead Transport
- Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet)
- Chester–Birkenhead line
- Collins Line
- Crosville Motor Services
- First Chester & The Wirral
- Garston and Liverpool Railway
- Glenvale Transport
- Guion Line
- Inman Line
- Lancashire Union Railway
- Langton Dock Branch
- Liverpool Corporation Tramways
- Liverpool Overhead Railway
- Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension Tunnel
- Liverpool Pullman
- Liverpool Tramways Company
- Liverpool and Bury Railway
- Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
- Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway
- Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
- Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway
- MTL (transport company)
- Manchester and Southport Railway
- Merseybus
- North Liverpool Extension Line
- North Mersey Branch
- North Wales and Liverpool Railway
- North Western Road Car Company (1986)
- Rainhill trials
- Southport Corporation Tramways
- St Helens Corporation Tramways
- Wallasey Corporation Tramways
- West Lancashire Railway
- White Star Line
- Wirral Railway
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- Altcar Bob
- Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway
- East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859)
- Ernest Stewart Cox
- George Hughes (engineer)
- Hebden Bridge signal box
- Henry Hoy
- Horwich Works
- John Aspinall (engineer)
- LYR electric units
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- Liverpool and Bury Railway
- Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
- Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway
- Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
- Locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- Low Moor engine shed
- Manchester and Leeds Railway
- Manchester and Southport Railway
- North Mersey Branch
- Oldham Branch Railway
- Park Hotel, Preston
- Preston and Longridge Railway
- Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway
- Shipping of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- Skelmersdale branch
- Tarleton Branch
- Thomas Barnes (MP)
- West Lancashire Railway
- William Barton Wright
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Lancashire_Railway
Also known as Preston to Southport line, Southport to Preston line, West Lancashire Railway (Steam Vessels) Act 1878, West Lancashire Railway Act 1879.