Whalley railway station

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7+1⁄4 miles (11.7 km) north of Blackburn. The station has two platforms, slightly offset from each other. It is unstaffed, with shelters on each platform. [1] Immediately beyond its eastern end, the line crosses the River Calder on a 678-yard (620 m) long, brick viaduct of 48 arches. [2]

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History

The station was opened on 22 June 1850 by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway when it opened the line from Daisyfield, near Blackburn to Hellifield Junction, just south of Hellifield. [3] [4] The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1934 to 1936. [5]

It was closed on 10 September 1962 by the British Transport Commission and reopened with the rest of the line on 29 May 1994. [3]

Facilities

There is a Ticket Vending Machine on the Manchester platform. However, there are customer help points on both platforms, automated train running announcements and timetable information posters are provided. Step free access is only available on the Manchester bound platform. [6]

Services

There is generally an hourly service daily (including Sundays) northbound to Clitheroe and southbound to Blackburn, Bolton, and Manchester Victoria; and on to Rochdale, with extra trains during peak hours. [7] On Saturdays (June 2024 onwards) two trains operate from Rochdale through Manchester Victoria and along the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe and Hellifield and onwards towards Ribblehead. (This replaces the previous Dales Rail service from Blackpool/Preston to Hellifield and Carlisle).

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References

  1. ↑ Whalley Station (looking east) Heaton, Chris Geograph.org; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  2. ↑ "Whalley Viaduct" Engineering Timelines; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  3. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 478. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 52. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
  5. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  6. ↑ Whalley (Lancs) station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  7. ↑ Table 103 National Rail timetable, May 2023
Whalley
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General information
Location Whalley, Ribble Valley
England
Grid reference SD729365
Managed by Northern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWHE
Classification DfT category F2
History
OpenedOriginal: June 22, 1850;173 years ago (1850-06-22)
Reopened: May 1994;29 years ago (1994-05)
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 76,684
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Clitheroe   Northern Trains
Ribble Valley Line 		  Langho

53°49′26″N2°24′43″W / 53.824°N 2.412°W / 53.824; -2.412


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