Haslingden railway station

53°42′40″N 2°19′38″W / 53.7111°N 2.3272°W / 53.7111; -2.3272Grid referenceSD785238Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyEast Lancashire Railway 1844-1859Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates17 August 1848opened7 November 1960closed

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

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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