Lower Darwen railway station

Former railway station in England

53°43′22″N 2°28′20″W / 53.7227°N 2.4722°W / 53.7227; -2.4722Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway^[1]Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway^[1]Key dates3 August 1847 (1847-08-03)Opened3 November 1958 (1958-11-03)Closed to passengers

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]

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

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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 178, 181. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ James, David (2004). Lancashire's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-288-9. OCLC 56002103.
^ Taylor, Stuart (2003). Blackburn's Railways in the 1950s and 60s. Bredbury, Cheshire: Foxline (Publications). ISBN 978-1-870119-84-9.
^ "New Popular Edition Maps".

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

Closed railway stations in Lancashire

Culture and infrastructure of Blackburn with Darwen

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A678 road Blackburn Bus Company Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company Blackburn Boulevard bus station Blackburn Corporation Tramways Blackburn Transport East Lancashire line Lancashire Union Railway Ribble Valley line Witton Weavers Way
Railway stations	Blackburn Cherry Tree Darwen Entwistle Mill Hill (Lancashire) Pleasington
Disused stations	Blackburn Bolton Road Daisyfield Feniscowles Lower Darwen Spring Vale Turton and Edgworth Wilpshire

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Constituencies: Blackburn By-elections: 1869 1875 Darwen By-election: 1943 Rossendale and Darwen North East Lancashire By-election: 1880