Stacksteads railway station served

Stacksteads Stacksteads is a village between the towns of Bacup and Waterfoot within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. The population of this Rossendale ward at the 2011 census was 3,789. Stacksteads includes a mountain bike trail called Lee ...

near

Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire Bacup ( , ) is a town in the Rossendale Borough in Lancashire, England, in the South Pennines close to Lancashire's boundaries with West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The town is in the Rossendale Valley and the upper Irwell Valley, east of ...

, England from 1852 until the line closed in 1966. The station was just to the west of Blackwood Road, with the island platform spanning the

River Irwell The River Irwell ( ) is a tributary of the River Mersey in north west England. It rises at Irwell Springs on Deerplay Moor, approximately north of Bacup and flows southwards for to meet the Mersey near Irlam. The Irwell marks the boundary be ...

Overview

The station was opened on 1 October 1852. It had an island platform providing train services to Bacup and Manchester.

Route

References

*Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt () Disused railway stations in the Borough of Rossendale Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966 Beeching closures in England 1852 establishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub