Facit railway station

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Facit

The site of the station in May 2008
Location
Place	Whitworth
Area	Rossendale
Grid reference	SD887190
Operations
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 November 1870 (1870-11-01)	Opened
16 June 1947 (1947-06-16)	Closed for passengers
1963	closed for freight
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Facit railway station served Facit near Whitworth in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1870 until closure to passengers in 1947 and freight in 1963.

References

Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt (ISBN 1-85306-801-2)

Railways in Rossendale

Legend

Bacup

To Rochdale

To Accrington

Rawtenstall

Haslingden

Ewood Bridge and Edenfield

Helmshore

Irwell Vale

East Lancashire Railway

Stubbins

To Bury

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Whitworth		L&YR Rochdale to Bacup Line		Shawforth

v t e Closed railway stations in Lancashire

Ribble Valley Line	Turton and Edgworth Spring Vale Goose House 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 to 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 (Greaves) Galgate Bay Horse Scorton Garstang and Catterall Brock Roebuck Barton and Broughton Oxheys Cattle 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 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

Merseyside Greater Manchester Cumbria Open stations

Coordinates: 53°40′06″N 2°10′21″W / 53.6682°N 2.1726°W / 53.6682; -2.1726

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