Spring Vale railway station

Not to be confused with Springvale railway station.

Spring Vale
General information
Location	Spring Vale, Blackburn with Darwen England
Coordinates	53°41′12″N2°27′26″W / 53.6868°N 2.4572°W / 53.6868; -2.4572
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
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 (1847-08-03)	Opened as Sough; terminus of line
12 June 1848	Line extended to Bolton
November 1870	Renamed Spring Vale and Sough
1 March 1877	Renamed Spring Vale
5 August 1958 (1958-08-05)	Closed to passengers
Location

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. ^[1] At first, it was the southern terminus of the line from Blackburn (Bolton Road); 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 ^[2] The station was moved 150 yards north and was renamed Spring Vale and Sough in November 1870, ^[3] and Spring Vale on 1 March 1877. It was closed on 5 August 1958, ^{[4] [5]} two days after nearby Lower Darwen. ^[6] 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 214. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 178, 181. ISBN   0-7153-4352-1.
3. Butt 1995 , pp. 214, 218
4. Butt 1995 , p. 218
5. 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. 23. OCLC   504319235.
6. Daniels & Dench 1963 , p. 18

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

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Darwen Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway		Entwistle Line and station open