Earby railway station

Earby
Site of the station in 1996
Location
Place Earby
Area Pendle, Lancashire
Coordinates 53°54′45″N 2°08′52″W / 53.9126°N 2.1478°W / 53.9126; -2.1478Coordinates: 53°54′45″N 2°08′52″W / 53.9126°N 2.1478°W / 53.9126; -2.1478
Operations
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 3
History
2 October 1848 Opened
2 February 1970 Closed to passengers
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53°54′45″N 2°08′52″W / 53.9126°N 2.1478°W / 53.9126; -2.1478

Earby railway station was a railway interchange station serving the small town of Earby, which was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, at the time but now is in Lancashire. It was built by the Midland Railway, on the former Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway between Skipton and Colne and opened in 1848.[1]

Midland Railway wagon card for a consignment from Earby to Skipton

The main line continued towards Skipton to the north. South of Earby, in the direction of Colne, there was a junction with a short branch towards Barnoldswick.[2] The latter route succumbed to the Beeching Axe in September 1965, but the station remained open until 2 February 1970, when passenger trains between Colne and Skipton were withdrawn and the line closed to all traffic.[3][1]

The track through the station was lifted the following year, but the platforms & main buildings survived until final demolition in late 1976.[1] The goods shed and former weighbridge still stand, having been bought by a local engineering company and adapted for commercial use whilst the site and former railway alignment have been protected from potential redevelopment by Lancashire County Council pending possible future reinstatement of the route as a transport corridor.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Disused Stations - Earby Disused Stations Site Record Retrieved 8 May 2017
  2. ↑ Suggitt, Gordon (2003). Lost Railways of Lancashire. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books.
  3. ↑ Binns, Donald (1981). Railways Around Skipton. Skipton, North Yorkshire: Wyvern Publishing.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Foulridge   Midland Railway
Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway		   Thornton-in-Craven
Barnoldswick   Midland Railway
Barnoldswick Railway		   Terminus
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