East Lancashire line

East Lancashire line
A Northern Rail Class 142 at Colne
Overview
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Lancashire Blackburn Burnley Pendle North West England
Termini	Preston Colne
Service
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Northern
History
Opened	1849
Technical
Number of tracks	Mainly Double Track, with Single Track from Burnley Barracks to Colne
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
West Coast Main Line north Blackpool branch lines to Blackpool Preston River Ribble Whitehouse Junction West Lancashire Railway Ormskirk branch line to Ormskirk Lostock Hall West Coast Main Line south Todd Lane Junction Bamber Bridge M6 M61 Gregson Lane Halt workmen’s halt; closed 1946 Hoghton Hoghton Tower (1847–1848) Pleasington Lancashire Union Railway to Chorley Cherry Tree Mill Hill Ribble Valley line to Bolton Blackburn Blackburn Tunnel Ribble Valley line to Clitheroe Rishton Tunnel Rishton ( 1848–1852 1852– ) Church and Oswaldtwistle Great Harwood Accrington E Lancashire Rly to Bury Simonstone Huncoat ( 1902– 1848–1902 ) Hapton Padiham Rose Grove Burnley Manchester Road Calder Valley line to Hebden Bridge & Todmorden Burnley Barracks Burnley Central New Hall Bridge Halt Reedley Hallows Halt Brierfield Brierfield Tunnel Nelson Bott Lane Halt Colne Leeds & Bradford Extn Rly to Skipton

The East Lancashire line is a railway line in the Lancashire region of England, which runs between Preston and Colne, through Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley (Barracks and Central) and Nelson. The line formerly ran onto Skipton but this closed in 1970.

It is operated by Northern. Services on this line stop at every station on the line, although Pleasington, Hapton and Burnley Barracks are now request stops only.^[1] It was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in November 2006.^[2]