Not to be confused with the heritage East Lancashire Railway or the historical East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859).
East Lancashire line
A Northern Rail Class 142 at Colne
Overview
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Lancashire Blackburn Burnley Pendle North West England
Termini
Preston
Colne
Service
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
Northern
History
Opened
1849
Technical
Number of tracks
Mainly Double Track, with Single Track from Burnley Barracks to Colne
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
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East Lancashire line
Legend
West Coast Main Line north
Blackpool branch lines
to Blackpool
Preston
River Ribble
Whitehouse Junction
West Lancashire Railway
Ormskirk branch line
to Ormskirk
Lostock Hall
West Coast Main Line south
Todd Lane Junction
Bamber Bridge
M6
M61
Gregson Lane Halt
workmen’s halt; closed 1946
Hoghton
Hoghton Tower
(1847–1848)
Pleasington
Lancashire Union Railway
to Chorley
Cherry Tree
Mill Hill
Ribble Valley line
to Bolton
Blackburn
Blackburn Tunnel
Ribble Valley line
to Clitheroe
Rishton Tunnel
Rishton
(
1848–1852
1852–
)
Church and Oswaldtwistle
Great Harwood
Accrington
E Lancashire Rly
to Bury
Simonstone
Huncoat
(
1902–
1848–1902
)
Hapton
Padiham
Rose Grove
Burnley Manchester Road
Calder Valley line
to Hebden Bridge & Todmorden
Burnley Barracks
Burnley Central
New Hall Bridge Halt
Reedley Hallows Halt
Brierfield
Brierfield Tunnel
Nelson
Bott Lane Halt
Colne
Leeds & Bradford Extn Rly
to Skipton
The East Lancashire line is a railway line in the Lancashire region of England, which runs between Preston and Colne, through Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley (Barracks and Central) and Nelson. The line formerly ran onto Skipton but this closed in 1970.
It is operated by Northern. Services on this line stop at every station on the line, although Pleasington, Hapton and Burnley Barracks are now request stops only.[1] It was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in November 2006.[2]
^East Lancs Stations to become 'Request Only' from today Magill, PeterLancashire Telegraph article 14 May 2012
^Lancs. County Council description of East Lancs CRP Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
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