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Hindley railway station serves the area of Hindley in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.
Hindley is one of the principal stations that lie on the Wigan to Manchester line, just before the route branches to use either Atherton line or the Eastern Branch line via Westhoughton and Bolton. The station is located 22 km (14 miles) west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Rail services to these towns as well as Salford, Swinton and Walkden, with onward trains to Kirkby and Southport.
The station is situated some distance (about ¾ mile) from the centre of the town.
This station was formerly called Hindley North to differentiate it from Hindley South station (closed in November 1964) on the line from Wigan Central to Glazebrook. There were also stations serving Hindley at Platt Bridge and Hindley Green on the line from Wigan North Western to Manchester Exchange, the local passenger service closing in 1962. [1]
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Coordinates: 53°32′33″N 2°34′30″W / 53.5424, -2.5750
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