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53°43′20″N 2°32′00″W / 53.7221°N 2.5334°W / 53.7221; -2.5334
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Feniscowles
General information
Location Feniscowles, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire
England
Grid reference SD649251
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-groupingJoint Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1869Opened
4 January 1960Closed to passengers [1]

Feniscowles railway station was a railway station that served the village of Feniscowles, in Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England.

History

The station was on the Blackburn to Chorley Line, and was closed in 1960 when passenger services were withdrawn from the route. Freight services on the line continued until 1966, when the line was closed between Chorley and Feniscowles. Two years later the line between Feniscowles and Cherry Tree junction was closed. [2] The station has now been demolished.

References

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 181. OCLC  931112387.
  2. ^ James, David (2004). Lancashire's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN  978-1-84033-288-9. OCLC  56002103.

Services

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cherry Tree   L&YR / LNWR joint
Lancashire Union Railway
  Withnell

53°43′20″N 2°32′00″W / 53.7221°N 2.5334°W / 53.7221; -2.5334