Brierfield railway station serves the town of

Brierfield, Lancashire Brierfield () is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England. It is north east of Burnley, south west of Nelson, and north east of Reedley. The parish had a population of 8,193, at the census of 2011. The pari ...

, England and is on the

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east of Burnley Central railway station towards

Colne Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Located northeast of Nelson, north-east of Burnley, east of Preston and west of Leeds. The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Val ...

(the terminus). The station is managed by

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, who also provide all passenger trains serving it. The station is unstaffed and only has basic facilities (no waiting room, just a shelter and a modern ticket vending machine), though there are passenger information screens, timetable posters and a long-line PA system in place to provide train running information. The platform has step-free access from the adjoining street.

History

The station, originally named ''Marsden'', opened with the

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's line between

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

and on 1 February 1849. It was from , and on 1 August 1857 it was renamed ''Brierfield''. The line through the station has been single track since December 1986, but the double track-bed and the disused down platform are still in place, as is the old station building (though this is now privately owned). The

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(which was built in 1876 and latterly only operated the adjacent

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) was abolished and dismantled in September 2014, when the crossing was converted to automatic operation under the remote supervision of Preston PSB. The box structure has been donated to a local arts organisation (''In-Situ'') and is to be rebuilt nearby at Brierfield Mills. There is an active Rail user Group based here - "The Friends of Brierfield Station"

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Brierfield towards Burnley Central,

Accrington Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to ...

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

and Preston westbound and

, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through trains to .

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Brierfield, Lancashire Railway stations in the Borough of Pendle DfT Category F2 stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Northern franchise railway stations 1849 establishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub