[1] The London and North Western Railway obtained an Act of Parliament to build a line through Tyldesley in 1861 and the first sod was cut by the Earl of Ellesmere at Worsley in the September.

[2] A special train of 18 coaches decorated with flags set off from Hunt's Bank in Manchester before stopping at Eccles, Worsley and Ellenbrook.

The streets of Tyldesley were decorated with flags and banners and the population crowded to greet the train which left for Bradshaw Leach.

Here the railway directors and their guests joined a procession around the town led by a band, members of local friendly societies and more than 2,000 children.

[6] The former trackbed within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan was reserved in the Unitary Development Plan in case the rail route could be reinstated.

The proposal for the Leigh-Tyldesley area, a guided bus[7] along the former trackbed from Leigh to the A580 East Lancashire Road at Ellenbrook was approved in 2005.