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Planned £32m station at Wigan will help build Bee Network, stays GMCA

Deniz Huseyin
30 November 2024
Visualisation of Golborne Station, which would be on the West Coast Main Line, five miles south of Wigan North Western station
Visualisation of Golborne Station, which would be on the West Coast Main Line, five miles south of Wigan North Western station
 

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has drawn up plans for a £32m railway station at Golborne in Wigan. This would be the first new railway station in the city region for more than 20 years.

Subject to local authority and government approvals, work could start on site in 2026 – with the new station opening in 2027.

Golborne currently has no direct bus, train or tram services to Manchester, so train services would reduce journey times into Manchester city centre by up to 30...

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