Nelson railway station serves the town of

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, and is situated on the

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2 miles (3 km) away from the terminus at

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 station is managed by Northern, which also provides its passenger service. The station was opened on 1 February 1849 by the

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(which later became part of the

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) as Nelson Inn, Marsden named after the public house adjacent to the station. It was not until later in the nineteenth century that Nelson came into existence as a town and was previously two separate villages called Great Marsden and Little Marsden. The line was formerly on a through route to and the Aire Valley, but this was closed beyond Colne in 1970. The station forms part of Nelson Interchange, which also includes a new bus station, which opened in December 2008, adjacent to the now disused eastbound platform. The station originally had an island platform configuration, but only the westbound face is now used following the singling of the track southwards to in December 1986. The station still has its original platform canopy.

Facilities

The station is still staffed on a part-time basis (Mon-Sat mornings and afternoons), with the local Tourist Information office located here. Full step-free access is available, with ramps & a lift to/from platform level to the main entrance, plus a level walkway to the bus station building.

Services

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

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and Preston westbound and

, eastbound. One morning peak service formerly ran to

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from Blackburn instead of Preston, returning from Manchester in the evening, but this no longer runs since the May 2009 timetable change (it was diverted to run to/from ). There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through running to .

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Railway stations in the Borough of Pendle DfT Category F1 stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Northern franchise railway stations Nelson, Lancashire 1849 establishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub