Bacup railway station served the town of Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1852 until closure in 1966 and was the terminus of two lines; one from and the other from .

History

Opened by the

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, it was taken over by the

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following the former's merger, and it became part of the

London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...

during the

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of 1923. The LMS closed the line from in June 1947, shortly before the station passed on to the

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in 1948. It was then closed by the

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as a result of the

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of the mid-1960s. The line was cut back to

Rawtenstall Rawtenstall () is a town in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles/24 km north of Manchester, 22 miles/35 km east of Preston and 45 miles/70 km south east of the county town of Lancaster. The town is at the cen ...

in 1966. Until the very day of closure in 1966 trains ran every half an hour (every fifteen minutes on Saturdays) and was a well used line until the end. Few traces of the station remain today, as the site has now been redeveloped and built over.

References

* * * *Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ()

External links

Bacup station on navigable O.S. map

Disused railway stations in the Borough of Rossendale Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Beeching closures in England Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966 1852 establishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub