General information | |||||
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Location | Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen England | ||||
Coordinates | 53°41′53″N2°27′54″W / 53.698°N 2.465°W | ||||
Grid reference | SD694225 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | DWN | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1847 | ||||
Original company | Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
3 August 1847 | Opened as Over Darwen | ||||
1 December 1883 | Renamed Darwen | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.268 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.351 million | ||||
2020/21 | 86,422 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.235 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.269 million | ||||
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Darwen railway station serves Darwen,a town in Lancashire,England. It was opened in 1847 by the Bolton,Blackburn,Clitheroe &West Yorkshire Railway,which was subsequently taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway twelve years later. It is now served by Northern Trains services on the Ribble Valley Line from Rochdale/Manchester Victoria to Blackburn and into Clitheroe.
Darwen is set amongst the hills of East Lancashire. Arriving from or departing towards Bolton involves journeying through the long Sough Tunnel,some 2,015 yd (1,843 m) in length.
The railway line between Blackburn (Bolton Road) and Bolton was built by the Blackburn,Darwen and Bolton Railway,but it had amalgamated with the Blackburn,Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway to form the Bolton,Blackburn,Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway by the time that the first section,from Blackburn to Sough,including the station at Over Darwen,4+1⁄4 miles (6.8 km) from Blackburn, was opened on 3 August 1847. The station was renamed Darwen on 1 December 1883. [1] [2]
The neighbouring stations either side which also served the area, at Lower Darwen and Spring Vale, were both closed in 1958 and the nearest surviving station to the south is now Entwistle.
The station has two platforms. It is one of only two passing points on the otherwise single track Blackburn to Bolton part of the route, but trains normally cross here only in the morning and evening peak periods. The loop was extended in length by a mile (1.6 km) either side of the station during a six-week-long engineering blockade in July & August 2015 to increase capacity on the line and eventually allow a half-hourly service to operate (as specified in the new Northern franchise agreement, due to come into effect in April 2016). [3]
The station is currently unstaffed, with waiting shelters on each platform; step-free access is available to both. [4] Ticket machines are available, along with a long-line P.A system and passenger information screens to convey train running information.
Since the December 2017 timetable change, the weekdays and Saturday service to Blackburn northbound and to Bolton and Manchester Victoria southbound is now half-hourly all day. [5] Alternate northbound trains continue through to Clitheroe, whilst nearly all southbound trains continue beyond Manchester to Rochdale. On Sundays the service is usually hourly to both Clitheroe and Manchester.
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Entwistle railway station is 5+3⁄4 miles (9.3 km) north of Bolton and serves the village of Entwistle. It is also the closest station to Edgworth. Unlike nearby Bromley Cross the station lies outside the Transport for Greater Manchester boundary, meaning that passengers cannot take advantage of their special offers and ticketing. Owing to the remote location and low passenger numbers, Entwistle has been a request stop for several years, however since 21st May 2023, it is no longer a request stop, and all trains stop here. It is served by Northern services on the Ribble Valley line towards Blackburn and Clitheroe in England.
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Spring Vale railway station was a railway station that served the community of Spring Vale, in Darwen, Lancashire, England. It was opened by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway on 3 August 1847, and was originally named Sough. At first, it was the southern terminus of the line from Blackburn ; the line south of Sough to Bolton opened on 12 June 1848 and was just located south of the road bridge at the top off Cranberry Lane The station was moved 150 yards north and was renamed Spring Vale and Sough in November 1870, and Spring Vale on 1 March 1877. It was closed on 5 August 1958, two days after nearby Lower Darwen. It achieved noteworthiness when, on the night of 25 September 1931, Mahatma Gandhi alighted from a train there to spend the night with a local family whilst visiting England to see the effects of his cotton making campaign on the British textile industry.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Blackburn | Northern Trains Ribble Valley Line | Entwistle or Bromley Cross | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Goosehouse Line open, station closed | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway | Spring Vale Line open, station closed |