Wigan Wallgate <> North Western connection time

[trainophile]

Wondering what the official minimum connection time is between Wigan Wallgate and North Western. I know I can do it in a couple of minutes, but if my inbound train to Wallgate is late would the 10 minutes connection that I am allowing be accepted by VT to travel on a later train from North Western?

It’s avoidable if I buy an Anytime ticket to Wallgate instead of Off Peak and get an earlier train from Southport, but out of curiosity and to save £1.45 (Day Return with railcard) I wondered what the view would be if I were to miss my connection at North Western. I am booking the two legs separately both for price and to avoid the Burscough hike!

 

[yorkie]

Each station has 5 minutes interchange time and the connection for the link between the two is 1 minute: http://www.brtimes.com/#!board?stn=WGN&date=20190502 making the total conneciton time 11 minutes.

You can plan a through itinerary using a website such as NRE or FastJP.com, you can use the latter specify to change at the Wigan stations and avoid changing at Burscough Bridge.

 

[trainophile]

Thanks for quick reply, and for suggestions re. other booking websites. I will have a look now.

 

[yorksrob]

Add a couple of minutes if purchasing a pie at Galloways on the way (well reccomended).

Or a couple of hours if stopping off at the Wigan Central for some beers and a scotch egg.

 

[trainophile]

Haha nice plan! Still can’t decide whether to do Lancaster and Carnforth in the same day trip, but time would be a bit tight if I do. Been to both of them before a few times, just thinking about how to kill a spare day.

I might go to Morecambe again .

 

[djpontrack]

Or a couple of hours if stopping off at the Wigan Central for some beers and a scotch egg.

Definitely recommended.

Haha nice plan! Still can’t decide whether to do Lancaster and Carnforth in the same day trip, but time would be a bit tight if I do. Been to both of them before a few times, just thinking about how to kill a spare day.

I might go to Morecambe again .

Carnforth is always interesting and you have got the snug micropub at the station.
If you are coming to Morecambe, I can recommend the Little Bare micropub. It’s a few minutes walk from Bare Lane station.