Baxenden railway station

Baxenden railway station served the villages of Baxenden in Hyndburn and Rising Bridge in Rossendale. It was situated just inside the old Haslingden boundary on the line from Bury Bolton Street to Accrington, which was opened in August 1848 by the East Lancashire Railway. The station gave its name to the nearby Baxenden Bank, a two-mile section towards Accrington that included gradients as steep as 1 in 38.

Baxenden
Location
PlaceBaxenden
AreaHyndburn
Coordinates53.7270°N 2.3401°W / 53.7270; -2.3401
Operations
Original companyEast Lancashire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
17 August 1848Opened
10 September 1951Closed to passengers
6 February 1961Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

In 1887, the Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company built a tramline from Accrington which terminated at the station. The station was closed to passengers in 1951, some fifteen years before the line serving it suffered a similar fate.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Accrington   L&YR   Haslingden


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