Cherry Tree railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Cherry Tree, Blackburn with Darwen England | ||||
| Grid reference | SD658264 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | CYT | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | November 1847[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  41,128 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  11,130 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 34,498 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 32,612 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 34,104 | ||||
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Cherry Tree railway station serves Cherry Tree in the Blackburn with Darwen borough of Lancashire, England. The station is 1.9 miles (3 km) southwest of Blackburn railway station. It is managed by Northern, who also provide all the passenger services calling there.
The station is a two platform stop situated on the A674 road for Blackburn and was opened soon after the Blackburn to Preston line, in 1847. The former Lancashire Union Railway branch line to Chorley, Wigan and St Helens Shaw Street (opened in 1869) diverged a short distance to the west of the station, but this closed to passengers on 4 January 1960 and completely in 1966.[2]
The station is unstaffed, and all of its permanent buildings except shelters on both platforms were demolished. Only the western end of each platform is now used, with the sections east of the bridge on both sides now derelict. A Community Rail Lancashire and local authority-sponsored cleanup and repair project was carried out by local schoolchildren, college students, volunteers and council workers in 2014.[3] The station has a long-line PA system and digital information screens in place to provide train running information. It also has full step-free access to both platforms for disabled passengers.[4]
In January 2018 new touchscreen ticket machines were installed in stations on this line, including Cherry Tree.
Services
[edit]Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Cherry Tree towards Preston westbound and Blackburn, Burnley Central and Colne, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Marshall, J (1981) Forgotten Railways: North-West England, David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0-7153-8003-6; p.155
- ^ "Cherry Tree Station Blossoms as Communities Unite" Clough, Dan Lancashire Telegraph article 17 November 2014; Retrieved 21 November 2016
- ^ Cherry Tree station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
- ^ Table 105 National Rail timetable, December 2022
External links
[edit]
- Train times and station information for Cherry Tree railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Pleasington | Northern East Lancashire Line |
Mill Hill | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Feniscowles | L&YR / LNWR joint Lancashire Union Railway |
Mill Hill | ||
