Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station
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Ramsgreave & Wilpshire Add→{{rail-interchange}} | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | RGW |
| History | |
| Opened | May 1994 |
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire is a railway station on the Ribble Valley Line that serves the villages/suburbs of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, just north of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. The station is 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) north of Blackburn railway station.
The present station was built 400 yards (370 m) south of the original Wilpshire station which served the Ribble Valley Line until its closure just before the Beeching Axe in 1962. When the line was re opened in 1994 a new site had to be found, due to the construction of houses which blocked access to the old station. The platforms which served as the old Wilpshire Station (also known as "Wilpshire for Ribchester") can still be seen.[1]
Facilities
The station is unstaffed, and has no ticket vending facilities. There are waiting shelters and customer help points on each platform; automatic announcements also provide real-time train running information. The ramps to both platforms have steps, so no step-free access is available.[2]
Services
The station is operated by Northern, and is served by a daily hourly service northbound to Clitheroe and southbound to Blackburn and Manchester Victoria, with extra trains during peak hours.
On Sundays in the summer, one or two trains operate from Preston or Blackpool North along the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe to Hellifield and onwards towards Carlisle. These also run in winter, but terminate at Hellifield, where connections for stations to Carlisle can be made.[3]
References
- ^ Wilpshire Station Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 25 November 2016
- ^ Ramsgreave and Wilpshire station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
- ^ Table 94 National Rail timetable, May 2017
External links
- Train times and station information for Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Langho | Northern Ribble Valley Line |
Blackburn | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Langho Line and station open |
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Blackburn Railway |
Daisyfield Line open, station closed | ||
53°46′48″N 2°28′44″W / 53.780°N 2.479°W
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