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Appley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Appley Bridge (Lancashire) and Shevington (Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester) in England. The station is north west of Wigan Wallgate on the Manchester-Southport Line. The station itself is in the Lancashire side of the village, but it is supported by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and as such within the GMPTE ticketing zone. The main stone-built station building survives adjacent to the Wigan-bound platform, but is now in use for non-railway purposes (as a public house), modest shelters now being provided on both platforms for rail travellers. ==History== Opened by the Manchester and Southport Railway as a branch of the East Lancashire Railway on 9 April 1855, it was absorbed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1885. The main stone-built station building was built during this time, in the stranded Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway style. Appley Bridge railway station then became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways. A Greater Manchester Council landfill site & transfer terminal was formerly located a short distance west of the station, served by a siding connection from the up (eastbound) line. This received regular trainloads of domestic waste from terminals in and around Manchester from the early 1980s up until 1995, when the site reached capacity and was closed. The defunct siding is still intact and is visible from passing trains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Appley Bridge railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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