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Xenophon PCDGS

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A typical commuter-belt part of north-west England
Callington is the final closed station on this journey
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We now move to England for the next journey....

This quiz is number 140 so far...

The journey starts at the closed station of Fleetwood
It follows the line of the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
It then follows the line of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
It then follows the line of the North Union Railway
It then follows the line of the LNWR Wigan North Western to Eccles line
It then follows the line of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
It then follows the line of the Manchester and Leeds Railway
It then follows the line of the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway
It then follows the line of the Micklehurst Loop Line
It then follows the line of the LNWR Manchester to Leeds line
It then follows the line of the Manchester and Leeds Railway
It then follows the line of the North Midland Railway
It then follows the line of the Erewash Valley line
It then follows the line of the Midland Counties Railway
It then follows the line of the Leicester to Burton-on-Trent line...via the Bagworth loop line
It then follows the line of the GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension
It then follows the line of the Nottingham Suburban Railway
It then follows the line of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
It then follows the line of the Poacher Line
It then follows the line of the Bourne to Sleaford line
It then follows the line of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
It then follows the line of the M&GN Yarmouth to Lowestoft line
The journey ends at the closed station of Lowestoft North

The first closed station on this journey is Fleetwood
 

Darren R

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Balshaw Lane & Euxton
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Having just checked it appears that the current station at Euxton Blashaw Lane was re-opened on the site of Balshaw Lane & Euxton station, but the first station was on a different site, and named:

Euxton
 
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Xenophon PCDGS

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GENERAL INFORMATION

The preamble did state that the journey followed the line of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway....So after Lea Road, the next closed station was that of Maxwell House......but let the quiz carry on.
 
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