Waterfoot
General information
LocationWaterfoot, Rossendale
England
Coordinates53°41′30″N 2°15′09″W / 53.6918°N 2.2525°W / 53.6918; -2.2525
Grid referenceSD834217
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEast Lancashire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
27 March 1848 (1848-03-27)Opened as Newchurch; terminus of line
1 October 1852Line extended to Bacup
1 August 1881Renamed Waterfoot for Newchurch
by 1922Renamed Waterfoot
5 December 1966 (1966-12-05)Station closed

Waterfoot railway station served Waterfoot, Rossendale near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England from 1848 until the line closed in 1966.

History

The railway line from Rawtenstall to Bacup, an extension of the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), was authorised on 27 July 1846.[1] Construction began in 1847, and it was intended that it would be completed by 1 December the same year. The route required tunnels beyond Newchurch, and the expense of these meant that construction was curtailed, and the line was opened as far as Newchurch, where a station was opened on 27 March 1848.[2][3]

Construction of the line onwards to Bacup resumed in 1851, and this was opened on 1 October 1852.[2] The ELR amalgamated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 13 May 1859.[4] The whole line between Rawtenstall and Bacup was single-track at first; work to double the track began in 1878, and was completed in 1881.[5]

The station, originally named Newchurch, was renamed Waterfoot for Newchurch on 1 August 1881;[3][6] and the name was simplified to Waterfoot by 1922.[6]

The station was closed on 5 December 1966.[6]

Route

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Clough Fold   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Rawtenstall to Bacup Line 		  Stacksteads

References

  1. ^ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 109. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
  2. ^ a b Marshall 1969, p. 116
  3. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 169. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  4. ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 73. CN 8983.
  5. ^ Marshall 1969, pp. 116–7
  6. ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 242

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