Nelson railway station

For other uses, see Nelson station (disambiguation).

Nelson
Location
Place	Nelson
Local authority	Pendle
Operations
Station code	NEL
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	66,119
2005/06 *	70,692
2006/07 *	78,873
2007/08 *	84,120
2008/09 *	83,462
2009/10 *	100,816
History
Opened 1849 (1849)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Nelson from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Nelson railway station serves the town of Nelson in Lancashire, and is situated on the East Lancashire Line 2 miles (3 km) away from the terminus at Colne. The station is managed by Northern Rail, which also provides its passenger service.

The station forms part of Nelson Interchange which also includes a new bus station built in 2008. The station still has its original platform canopy.

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Nelson towards Burnley Central, Accrington, Blackburn, Preston and Blackpool South, westbound and Colne, eastbound. One morning peak service formerly ran to Manchester Victoria from Blackburn instead of Preston, returning from Manchester in the evening, but this no longer runs since the May 2009 timetable change.^{[citation needed]}

There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.

External links

• Train times and station information for Nelson railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brierfield		Northern Rail East Lancashire Line		Colne