Haslingden railway station

Haslingden
Haslingden Station Road (June 2007)
General information
Location	Haslingden, Rossendale England
Coordinates	53.7111°N 2.3272°W / 53.7111; -2.3272
Grid reference	SD785238
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	East Lancashire Railway 1844-1859
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 August 1848	opened
7 November 1960	closed

Haslingden railway station served the town of Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire. The station was built by the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) on their Bury to Accrington line and opened on 17 August 1848.

In 1859, the ELR was incorporated into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, who operated it until 1923 when it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Owned by the London Midland Region of British Railways from 1948, it was closed on 7 November 1960. The route through the station closed on 5 December 1966 and the tracks were subsequently lifted.

References

• Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt (ISBN 1-85306-801-2)
• The Directory of Railway Stations, R.V.J. Butt, 1995, Patrick Stephens, Yeovil, (ISBN 1-85260-508-1)

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Baxenden		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway East Lancashire Railway		Helmshore

Railways in Rossendale
Bacup Stacksteads Britannia Waterfoot Shawforth Clough Fold Facit Whitworth to Rochdale to Accrington Rawtenstall Haslingden Ewood Bridge and Edenfield Helmshore Irwell Vale East Lancashire Railway Stubbins to Bury