Feniscowles_railway_station Knowpia

Feniscowles
Feniscowles
General information
Location	Feniscowles, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire; England
Grid reference	SD649251
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	Joint Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1869	Opened
4 January 1960	Closed to passengers

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

History edit

The station was on the Blackburn to Chorley Line, and was closed in 1960 when passenger services were withdrawn from the route.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 edit

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

Services edit

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

[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.

[James-2] James, David (2004). Lancashire's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-288-9. OCLC 56002103.

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