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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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]

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1965, but the station remained open until 2 February 1970, when passenger trains between Colne and Skipton were withdrawn and the line closed to all traffic.^[3][1]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

External links

• Disused Stations - Earby