Hindley South railway station

[6] Until the 1960s the area surrounding Wigan had an unusually large number of intersecting railway lines, nowhere more so than in the south east of the town.

The service patterns in 1895, 1947 and 1962 are fully documented in the authoritative Disused Stations website.

In addition, one "express" called at Glazebrook only and passed Lower Ince without stopping.

The "Up" service was broadly similar, but the mix of Saturday Only trains was even more complicated.

Pixton, for example, has a fine 1961 shot of a Summer Saturday Sheffield to Blackpool train at Lowton St Mary's which will bear right immediately north of Hindley South onto the Whelley Loop and then join the WCML at Standish, bypassing Wigan altogether.

The site has been razed, though the A58 bridge still rises to cross the erstwhile tracks.