Pleasington railway station serves the village of Pleasington in

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. The station is on the

East Lancashire Line 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 i ...

3 miles (5 km) west of

Blackburn railway station Blackburn railway station serves the town of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. It is east of Preston and is managed and served by Northern Trains. History There has been a station on the current site since 1846, when the Blackburn and Pre ...

. It is managed by Northern, who also provide all the passenger services calling there. It is unstaffed, and has no permanent buildings, other than standard waiting shelters. A long line PA system and digital information screens are provided, Step free access for disabled travellers is provided by means of ramps to each platform. As of January 2018, along with other stations on this line, a new touch screen Ticket Machine was added to the station. A £2,000 refurbishment scheme at the station, funded by East Lancs Community Rail Partnership and the local authority, was carried out in 2015, by a consortium of college students, community workers and volunteers.

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Pleasington towards Preston westbound and Blackburn, Burnley Central and

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, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service on Sundays. From 14 May 2012, Pleasington became a request only stop, in addition to Hapton, Burnley Barracks and

Huncoat Huncoat is a village in Lancashire, England; situated in the North West. It is located to the east of Accrington. It is a ward of Hyndburn where the population taken at the 2011 census was 4,418. Huncoat railway station is on the East Lanc ...

.East Lancs stations to become 'request only' from today
Lancashire Evening Telegraph

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