Entrance to Burnley Barracks Station, Junction Street
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Entrance to Burnley Barracks Station, Junction Street
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Mar 2015
Burnley Barracks is an unmanned railway station on the East Lancashire Line, ½-mile west of Burnley Central railway station. The station originally opened on 18 September 1848 as the terminus of the East Lancashire Railway, closing a year later when the Colne extension opened. However, the surrounding area developed quickly with industry, housing and the cavalry barracks, which led to the station being reopened in 1851. Extensive demolition of the nearby high density Victorian terraced residential areas during the 1960s and 70s, led to a significant decline in the area’s population and, consequently, the use of the station. The line was made single track in 1986 and the station made a request-only stop in 2012. Currently Northern trains provide an hourly service from Burnley Barracks to Colne (eastbound) and Blackpool South via Preston (westbound) on weekdays (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnley_Barracks_railway_station Wikipedia).
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