East Lancashire Line

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East Lancashire Line
Principal stations
Preston
Lostock Hall
Bamber Bridge
Pleasington
Cherry Tree
Mill Hill
Blackburn
Rishton
Church and Oswaldtwistle
Accrington
Huncoat
Hapton
Rose Grove
Burnley Barracks
Burnley Central
Brierfield
Nelson
Colne

The East Lancashire Line runs between Preston and Colne, through Blackburn, Accrington and Burnley (Central and Barracks). It is operated by Northern Rail. Services on this line stop at every station on the line.

Trains from Preston to Colne usually begin at Blackpool South, on the Blackpool Branch Line, which makes the whole length of the line a total of 80 km (50 miles).

Caldervale Line express trains from Blackpool North operate on the line between Preston and Burnley (Manchester Road) stopping at Blackburn and Accrington heading towards West Yorkshire.

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Railway lines in Northern England:
Main lines:  Cross-Country Route   East Coast Main Line   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line
 Hope Valley Line   Liverpool-Manchester Line    Manchester-Preston Line   Settle-Carlisle Railway
Commuter lines:  Airedale Line Blackburn-Bolton Line   Caldervale Line   Mid-Cheshire Line   Dearne Valley Line  
 East Lancashire Line   Glossop Line   Hallam Line   Harrogate Line   Huddersfield Line Kirkby Branch Line  
 Lancaster-Heysham Line   Leeds-Bradford Lines   Liverpool-Wigan Line    Manchester Airport Line  
 Manchester-Southport Line   Northern Line   Oldham Loop Line   Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line  
 Ormskirk Branch Line   Pontefract Line   Sheffield-Hull Line   Sheffield-Lincoln Line   Stockport-Stalybridge Line  
 Wakefield Line   Warrington Link Line   Wharfedale Line   Wirral Line   York & Selby Lines 
 York-Scarborough Line
Rural lines:  Barton Line   Borderlands Line   Buxton Line   Cumbrian Coast Line   Doncaster-Lincoln Line  
 Durham Coast Line   Esk Valley Line   Tees Valley Line   Furness Line   Hull-York Line   
 Oxenholme-Windermere Line   Penistone Line   Ribble Valley Line   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway  
 Yorkshire Coast Line