Clitheroe railway station, on the Ribble Valley line
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Lancashire Greater Manchester Blackburn North West England
Stations
14
Service
System
National Rail
Rolling stock
Class 150
Class 153
Class 156
Class 158
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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Ribble Valley Line
Legend
Settle–Carlisle line
to Carlisle
Hellifield
Leeds–Morecambe line
to Skipton
Newsholme
Stock Beck viaduct
Gisburn Tunnel
Gisburn
Rimington
Swanside viaduct
Chatburn
Horrocksford
Clitheroe
Primrose viaduct
Whalley
Whalley viaduct
Langho
Wilpshire tunnel
Wilpshire
for Ribchester
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire
Cob Wall viaduct
Daisyfield
East Lancashire line
to Colne
Blackburn tunnel
Blackburn
Blackburn Bolton Road
East Lancashire line
to Preston
Lower Darwen
M65 motorway
Hoddlesden
Goosehouse
(1847–1849)
Hollins
Darwen
Spring Vale
Sough tunnel
Walton's Siding
Entwistle
Bradshaw Brook viaduct
Turton and Edgworth
King William
Bromley Cross
The Oaks
Astley Bridge
Hall i' th' Wood
Halliwell
Tonge viaduct
Craddock Lane
Croal viaduct
Bradshawgate tunnel
Manchester–Preston line
to Preston
Bolton
non-stop section
Salford Crescent
Salford Central
Manchester Victoria
Whalley Viaduct and the River Calder
The Ribble Valley line is a railway line that runs from Manchester Victoria through Blackburn in Lancashire to Hellifield in Yorkshire. Regular passenger services normally run as far as Clitheroe, but occasional passenger services run the whole line through north Lancashire towards the Yorkshire village of Hellifield, where it joins the Settle–Carlisle line. The line passes over the distinctive 48-span Whalley Viaduct.
The line north of Blackburn was closed to a regular passenger service from September 1962, but remained open for freight, passenger diversions and the occasional DalesRail service. However, in 1994, services between Blackburn and Clitheroe were reinstated after a public campaign. Reopening the line for passengers between Clitheroe and Hellifield has been mentioned in some reports and newspapers to provide connections on the Settle Carlisle line, with the most recent being a business case for the proposal being granted government funds in 2020.
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