Rishton railway station, Lancashire
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Rishton railway station, Lancashire
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 18 Feb 2023
Opened in 1853 by the East Lancashire Railway, later part of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on the line from Blackburn to Burnley. There may have also been a station open here for a few months in 1848. View east, towards Church & Oswaldtwistle and Accrington. The station building and goods shed were formerly on the platform to the left and unusually, a goods siding ran where the houses on the far left now are, meaning that the footbridge was longer as it had to cross that as well. New waiting shelters have been provided since Image was taken on the left-hand platform.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.763813
Longitude
-2.420158