Hag Fold railway station
Hag Fold railway station is one of the local stations that lie on the Atherton line, between Wigan and Manchester, England. The station is located 13 miles west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Trains services to these towns as well as Salford, Swinton, Walkden and Hindley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Hag Fold, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Hag Fold Railway Station”, “Hag Fold Station”, and “HGF”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Atherton railway station and St John the Baptist’s Church, Atherton.
Atherton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Atherton railway station serves the town of Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the line between Wigan and Manchester on the Manchester to Southport Line; according to Office of Rail and Road figures, it is the third busiest station on the line after Manchester Victoria and Wigan Wallgate. Atherton railway station is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Hag Fold railway station.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Atherton
Church
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church is in Market Place, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Salford, and diocese of Manchester. St John the Baptist’s Church, Atherton is situated 3,600 feet south of Hag Fold railway station.
Daisy Hill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Daisy Hill railway station serves the Daisy Hill area of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Daisy Hill is one of the principal stations that lie on the Manchester-Southport Line, between Southport and Manchester. Daisy Hill railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Hag Fold railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atherton and Over Hulton.
Atherton
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Atherton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England and historically part of Lancashire. The town, including Hindsford, Howe Bridge and Hag Fold, is five miles south of Bolton, seven miles east of Wigan, and 10 miles northwest of Manchester.
Over Hulton
Suburb
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Over Hulton is a suburb of Westhoughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies 3.5 miles south west of Bolton.
Westhoughton
Town
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways. Westhoughton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hag Fold railway station.
Hag Fold railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.53353° or 53° 32′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.49383° or 2° 29′ 38″ westElevation
240 feet (73 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“HGF”Open location code
9C5VGGM4+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 8257336106OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Hag Fold railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Hag Fold”
- Dutch: “Station Hag Fold”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة هاج فولد”
- French: “gare de Hag Fold”
- French: “Hag Fold”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hag Fold railway station”. Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.