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Wigan North Western Railway Station

Wigan North Western is one of two railway stations that serve the town centre of , in , England; the other is , 110 yards away.
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Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
  • Also known as: “WGN”, “Wigan North Western railway station”, and “Wigan North Western Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wigan Wallgate Railway Station and Museum of Wigan Life.

Railway station
Photo: Whohe!, Public domain.
Wigan Wallgate is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of , in , England; the other is Wigan North Western, which is 100 metres away across the street named Wallgate. is situated 660 feet northwest of Wigan North Western Railway Station.

Museum
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The is a public museum and local history resource centre in , , England. The nineteenth-century listed building is by the noted architect Alfred Waterhouse. is situated 750 feet east of Wigan North Western Railway Station.

Church
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All Saints' Church in Wallgate, , , England, is an Anglican . It is in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and St.Helens, the Diocese of Liverpool. is situated 940 feet north of Wigan North Western Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Wigan Pier.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is an industrial town in in the north of England. It's 17 miles northwest of central Manchester and until 1974 was part of Lancashire. In 2019 the population was 108,000.

Quarter
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is an area around the in , , England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside , whereas Wigan is inland and a traditionally industrial town.

Suburb
is an urban area in , , . is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre; separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas.

Wigan North Western Railway Station

Latitude
53.5434° or 53° 32′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.633° or 2° 37′ 59″ west
Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)
Operator
Avanti West Coast
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“WGN”
IATA airport code
XWI
Open location code
9C5VG9V8+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1305070561
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6953898
Wiki­data ID
Q2186551
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Wigan North Western Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “維根西北站”
  • Dutch: “station Wigan North Western”
  • Dutch: “Station Wigan North Western”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ويجان نورث ويستيرن”
  • French: “gare de Wigan North Western”
  • French: “Gare de Wigan North Western”
  • French: “Wigan North Western”
  • Japanese: “ウィガン・ノース・ウェスタン駅”
  • Polish: “Wigan North Western”
  • Venetian: “stasion de Wigan North Western”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Gogledd Orllewin Wigan”

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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 “Wigan North Western Railway Station”. Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.