Baxenden | |
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General information | |
Location | Baxenden, Hyndburn England |
Coordinates | 53°43′37″N2°20′24″W / 53.7270°N 2.3401°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | East Lancashire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
17 August 1848 | Opened |
10 September 1951 | Closed to passengers [1] |
6 February 1961 | Closed to goods [2] |
Baxenden railway station served the villages of Baxenden in Hyndburn and Rising Bridge in Rossendale. It was situated just inside the old boundary of Haslingden on the line from Bury Bolton Street to Accrington, which was opened in 1848 by the East Lancashire Railway. The station gave its name to the nearby Baxenden Bank, the two-mile section towards Accrington that included gradients as steep as 1 in 38.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Accrington | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway East Lancashire Railway | Haslingden |