Blackburn, Daisyfield Junction to Accrington North (Including Accrington West to South)

Restored archive page

This is a track and signalling schedule from the original British Railways 1960 archive, compiled by Brian Robertson. It records the running lines, junctions, signal boxes, and stations along this section as worked in the nationalisation era.

Section of Line Opened Closed Notes
Junctions and other features Running Lines Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions Distance from Signal Box above Loops and Refuge Sidings Notes
Up Down
Maximum permissible speed 75 m.p.h.
1 – ↓ Daisyfield Junction –
2 ↑ ↓↓ Great Harwood Junction 0m 889yds
3 ↑↑ ↓ Whitebirk West 0m 643yds
4 ↑ ↓ Whitebirk East 0m 640yds
5 ↑ ↓ Rishton Station (Map) 0m 1718yds
6 ↑ ↓ Aspen Colliery 1m 427yds
Church & Oswaldtwistle
7 ↑ ↓↓↓ Church East (Map) 0m 1030yds
8 ↑ ↓↓ Exchange Sdgs (Signals for down goods lines only) –
9 ↑↑ ↓ Accrington West 0m 860yds
10 ↑ – Accrington North (Map) 0m 397yds

1 – ↓↓* Accrington West – * Accrington West to Accrington South is Up
2 ↑ – Accrington South 0m 492yds

Source: the original britishrailways1960.co.uk archive (Brian Robertson, 2003 to 2013), restored from the site’s own records. Corrections welcome via the contribute page.

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