Shawforth railway station

Shawforth
Shawforth
	The site of the station in June 2004
General information
Location	Shawforth, Rossendale; England
Grid reference	SD890205
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1881	Station opened
16 June 1947	Station closed

Shawforth railway station served Shawforth near Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1881 until closure in 1947.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 384. OCLC 931112387.
^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

Suggitt, Gordon (2004). Lost Railways of Lancashire. ISBN 978-1-85306-801-0.

Railways in Rossendale

Legend

Bacup

to Rochdale

to Accrington

East Lancashire Railway

Stubbins

to Bury

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Facit		L&YR Rochdale to Bacup Line		Britannia

53°40′52″N 2°09′59″W / 53.6812°N 2.1665°W / 53.6812; -2.1665

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[1] Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 384. OCLC 931112387.

[2] Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

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[2]

v t Closed railway stations in Lancashire
Ribble Valley line	Turton and Edgworth Spring Vale Goosehouse Lower Darwen Blackburn Bolton Road Daisyfield Wilpshire Chatburn Rimington Gisburn Newsholme
Lancashire Union Railway	Feniscowles Withnell Brinscall Heapey White Bear
Blackpool branch lines	Blackpool Central South Shore Gillett's Crossing Halt Lytham (Station Road) Wrea Green Fleetwood Wyre Dock Burn Naze Halt Thornton–Cleveleys Poulton Curve Halt Singleton Lea Road Maudlands
Copy Pit line	Holme Towneley
East Lancashire line	Bott Lane Halt Reedley Hallows Halt New Hall Bridge Halt Padiham Simonstone Great Harwood Helmshore Grane Road Haslingden Baxenden Hoghton Tower Hoghton Todd Lane Junction
Rawtenstall to Bacup Line	Bacup Stacksteads Waterfoot Clough Fold Ewood Bridge and Edenfield Stubbins
Rochdale–Bacup line	Bacup Britannia Shawforth Facit Whitworth
Furness & Midland Railway	Melling Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale Borwick
Glasson Dock branch	Ashton Hall Conder Green Glasson Dock
Lancaster & Preston Railway	Lancaster (1840–49) Galgate Bay Horse Scorton Garstang and Catterall Brock Roebuck Barton and Broughton Oxheys Maxwell House
Garstang & Knot-End Railway	Knott End-on-Sea Preesall Carr Lane Halt Pilling Garstang Road Halt Cockerham Cross Halt Cogie Hill Halt Nateby Garstang Town Garstang and Catterall
Preston & Longridge Railway	Maudland Bridge Deepdale Deepdale Street Ribbleton Grimsargh Whittingham Hospital Longridge
"Little" North Western Railway	Middleton Road Bridge Halt Morecambe Harbour Morecambe Promenade Morecambe (Northumberland Street) Scale Hall Lancaster Green Ayre Halton Caton Claughton Hornby Wray
Lancaster & Carlisle Railway	Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe Poulton Lane Morecambe Euston Road Kirkby Lonsdale
Leeds & Bradford Ext Railway	Foulridge Earby Barnoldswick
West Lancashire Railway	Preston Fishergate Hill Penwortham Cop Lane New Longton and Hutton Longton Bridge Hoole River Douglas Boat Yard Crossing Halt Tarleton Halt Hesketh Bank Hundred End Banks
North Union Railway	Farington Euxton (L&NW) Balshaw Lane and Euxton Coppull Rawlinson Bridge
Ormskirk branch line	Midge Hall Cocker Bar Westhead Halt Skelmersdale
SCLER	Mossbridge Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate
L'pool, S'port & Preston Railway	Altcar and Hillhouse Barton Plex Moss Lane Halt Halsall New Cut Lane Halt Shirdley Hill Heathey Lane Halt
Bolton and Preston Railway	Euxton (L&Y)
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