Is Wigan North Western Station Ready For High Speed Two?
Wigan North Western station will be a stop used by High Speed Two and according to the Proposed Service Pattern in the Wikipedia entry, it will have at least one train per hour (tph).
I took these pictures at the station during my overnight stay.
A few thoughts about the station.
Platform Lengths
According to a stationman, they can handle eleven-car Class 390 trains in the following platforms.
- The Northbound platforms 5 and 6.
- The Southbound platform 4.
As I arrived from Euston in an eleven-car train in Platform 5, I feel that he was correct. These eleven-car trains are over two hundred and fifty metres long.
Wikipedia says this about trains for High Speed Two.
Both types of train would have a maximum speed of at least 350 km/h (220 mph) and length of 200 metres (660 ft). Two units could be joined together for a 400-metre (1,300 ft) train.
Wigan North Western station would accept a single-train now, but the platforms would need lengthening to handle a double-train.
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