Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station

Ramsgreave & Wilpshire
National Rail
General information
LocationRamsgreave, Ribble Valley
England
Grid referenceSD685316
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeRGW
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
OpenedMay 1994
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 94,584
2019/20Increase 0.111 million
2020/21Decrease 37,484
2021/22Increase 96,952
2022/23Increase 0.104 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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+34 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]

  1. ^ Wilpshire Station Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 25 November 2016