Central Lines

Stations are indicated by an ‘#’ symbol prior to the place name. Signal boxes are indicated by numbers in the left hand column. Location names are as shown in the 1960 Sectional Appendix and may be different from the station name.

Section of Line	Opened	Closed	Notes
Sough to Blackburn	03.08.1847
Bolton to Sough	12.06.1848
Blackburn to Daisyfield Junction [Accrington]	19.06.1848
Daisyfield Jn. to Chatburn	22.06.1850
Horrocksford Branch	22.06.1850
Catburn to Gisburn	02.06.1879
Gisburn to Hellifield	01.06.1880
Diasyfield Junction to Hellifield		10.09.1962 (P)
Daisyfield Junction to Hellifield	29.05.1994 (P)*		*Services between Clitheroe and Hellifield only operate on Summer Sundays.

	Junctions and other features	Running Lines		Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
	Junctions and other features	Up	Down	Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
Maximum permissible speed 60 m.p.h.
1		–	↓	Bolton (Trinity Street) West	–
2		↑	↓	Bradshawgate	0m 434yds
3		↑	↓	Craddock Lane Goods	0m 557yds
4		↑	↓	Astley Bridge Junction	0m 407yds
				# Hall i’ th’ Wood Station			o. 29.09.1986
5		↑	↓	# The Oaks (Map)	1m 900yds	DPL 54 UPL 55	o. 00.01.1850 c. 06.11.1950
6		↑	↓	# Bromley Cross Station (Map)	0m 931yds	URS 100	o. 1845
				King William Goods
7		↑	↓	# Turton and Edgworth Station (Map)	1m 1147yds		o. 12.06.1848 c. 06.02.1961
8		↑	↓↓	# Entwistle Station (Map)	1m 629yds
				# Whittlestone Head Station			c. 01.08.1848
9		↑↑	↓	Waltons Sdg.	0m 1453yds
10		↑	↓	# Spring Vale Station (Map)	2m 270yds		o. 1872 c. 05.08.1958
11		↑	↓	Spring Vale North	0m 467yds
12		↑	↓	Darwen No. 1	0m 1132yds
13		↑	↓↕	# Darwen No. 2	0m 354yds		Darwen Station (Map)
14		↑	↓↓	Darwen No. 3	0m 443yds
				Hollins Goods			c. 25.03.1968
15		↑↑	↓	Hoddlesden Junction	0m 667yds
16		↑	↓	# Lower Darwen Station (Map)	1m 41yds	DRS 49* URS 33*	*One siding (Up side) c. 03.11.1958
17		↑	↓	Lower Darwen Engine Shed	0m 1029yds
18		↑	↓↓	# Bolton Branch Junction	0m 1633yds		Bolton Road Station c. 00.00.1859
19		↑↑	↓↓	Bolton Junction	0m 634yds
20		↑↑	↓↓↓	# Blackburn West	0m 397yds		Blackburn Station (Map)
21		↑↑↑	↓	Blackburn East	0m 498yds
22		↑	↓	Daisyfield Junction	0m 795yds
23		↑	↓	# Daisyfield Station (Map)	0m 359yds		o.1872 c. 03.11.1958
				# Ramsgreave & Wilpshire Station			o. 00.05.1994
24		↑	↓	Wilpshire	–
25		↑	↓	# Wilpshire Station (Map)	2m 193yds		c. 10.09.1962
26		↑	↓	# Langho Station (Map)	2m 521yds	URS 37	c. 07.05.1956 ro. 00.05.1994
27		↑	↓	# Whalley Station (Map)	2m 249yds	URS 47	c. 10.09.1962 ro. 00.05.1994
28		↑	↓	Low Moor Siding	3m 87yds
				# Clitheroe Station (1st)			c. 1893 – 4
29		↑	↓	# Clitheroe Station (2nd) (Map)	0m 498yds		c. 10.09.1962 ro 29.05.1994
30		↑	↓	Horrocksford Junction	0m 874yds
31		↑	↓	Bankfield Siding	0m 1716yds
				# Chatburn Station (1st)			c. 00.12.1876
32		↑	↓	# Chatburn Station (2nd) (Map)	0m 564yds		c. 10.09.1962
33		↑	↓	# Rimington Station (Map)	2m 1310yds	DRS 50	c. 07.07.1958
34		↑	↓	# Gisburn Station (Map)	2m 919yds	DRS 44* URS 24*	* One siding (Up side) c. 10.09.1962
35		↑	↓	# Newsholme Station (Map)	2m 114yds		c. 06.08.1957
36		↑	–	Hellifield South Junction	4m 694yds

Notes

Trains between Clitheroe and Hellifield run only on summer Sundays and are limited.

Links

Ribble Valley Rail – user group for the Ribble Valley Line from Blackburn to Hellifield

Bolton (Trinity Street) West to Hellifield South Junction

Notes

Links