Clitheroe

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Clitheroe

Station code: CLH National Rail
Where: North West England, England
Opened on the Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway (Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway).


Chronology Dates

  /  /1893Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway (Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway)
Clitheroe [1st] closed around 1893/1894 and was replaced with Clitheroe just to its north.
  /  /1962Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway (Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway)
Wilpshire, Whalley and Clitheroe closed.
  /  /1994Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway (Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway)
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire opened (close to the former Wilpshire). Langho, Whalley and Clitheroe re-opened.

News items

28/11/2021Plans for new stations and lines in Lancashire railway overhaul [LancsLive]
23/12/2020Report 16/2020: Runaway and derailment of a wagon at Clitheroe [RAIB]
19/06/2020175-year-old hillside tunnel repaired from the air [Network Rail]
13/09/2013Blackburn to Manchester link set to get massive improvements [Lancashire Telegraph]
30/12/2011MPs win parliamentary debate on widening rail line between Clitheroe and Manchester [Lancashire Telegraph]
12/09/2008Blackburn - Clitheroe line upgrade [Network Rail Article]
11/07/2008£1m a mile project completed on time [Network Rail Article]