Lower Darwen railway station

Lower Darwen
General information
Location	Lower Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen England
Coordinates	53°43′22″N2°28′20″W / 53.7227°N 2.4722°W / 53.7227; -2.4722
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway [1]
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway [1]
Key dates
3 August 1847 (1847-08-03)	Opened
3 November 1958 (1958-11-03)	Closed to passengers
Location

Lower Darwen railway station was a railway station that served the village of Lower Darwen, in Lancashire, England.

History

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 Lower Darwen, 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) from Blackburn, was opened on 3 August 1847. ^{[2] [3]} The station was closed on 3 November 1958 ^[4] by British Railways, and subsequently was demolished.

Lower Darwen motive power depot, which closed in the 1960s, was located to the north of the station, near the Ewood area of Blackburn. ^[5]

Location

The station was located to the north of the B6231 ^[6] Fore Street, which the railway crosses on Rakes Bridge.

Site today

The line on which the station was situated remains open with services between Clitheroe/Blackburn and Manchester Victoria being operated by Northern.

Lower Darwen Railway Station April 2018

References

1. Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (February 1963) [1962]. Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines (PDF) (2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO. p. 18. OCLC   504319235.
2. Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 178, 181. ISBN   0-7153-4352-1.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 150. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
4. James, David (2004). Lancashire's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84033-288-9. OCLC   56002103.
5. Taylor, Stuart (2003). Blackburn's Railways in the 1950s and 60s. Bredbury, Cheshire: Foxline (Publications). ISBN   978-1-870119-84-9.
6. "New Popular Edition Maps".

• Welch, S. Lancashire Steam Finale, ISBN   1-870754-61-1

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Blackburn Bolton Road Line and station closed Blackburn Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway		Goosehouse Line open, station closed