Blackburn

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Blackburn

Station code: BBN National Rail
Where: North West England, England
Opened on the Accrington, Burnley and Colne Branch (East Lancashire Railway).
Opened on the Blackburn and Preston Railway.




Chronology Dates

01/06/1846Accrington, Burnley and Colne Branch (East Lancashire Railway)
Blackburn station opened.
  /  /1888Accrington, Burnley and Colne Branch (East Lancashire Railway)
Blackburn station rebuilt on grand scale with large trainshed.

News items

26/10/2017New Blackburn rail depot gets its official green signal [Lancashire Telegraph]
13/09/2013Blackburn to Manchester link set to get massive improvements [Lancashire Telegraph]
08/09/2012Rail campaigners call for more trains in Blackburn to Hellifield route [Lancashire Telegraph]
30/12/2011MPs win parliamentary debate on widening rail line between Clitheroe and Manchester [Lancashire Telegraph]
07/04/2011No more wet winters on Blackburn station [Network Rail]
06/10/2008China clay flow from Aberdeen [Modern Railways]
12/09/2008Blackburn - Clitheroe line upgrade [Network Rail Article]