Whalley
National Rail
General information
LocationWhalley, Ribble Valley
England
Grid referenceSD729365
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWHE
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
OpenedOriginal: June 22, 1850; 173 years ago (1850-06-22)
Reopened: May 1994; 29 years ago (1994-05)
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 76,684
2019/20Increase 86,134
2020/21Decrease 20,146
2021/22Increase 73,962
2022/23Increase 84,176
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whalley railway station serves the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. The station lies on the Ribble Valley Line 7+1⁄4 miles (11.7 km) north of Blackburn. The station has two platforms, slightly offset from each other. It is unstaffed, with shelters on each platform.[1] Immediately beyond its eastern end, the line crosses the River Calder on a 678-yard (620 m) long, brick viaduct of 48 arches.[2]

History

The station was opened on 22 June 1850 by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway when it opened the line from Daisyfield, near Blackburn to Hellifield Junction, just south of Hellifield.[3][4] The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1934 to 1936.[5]

It was closed on 10 September 1962 by the British Transport Commission and reopened with the rest of the line on 29 May 1994.[3]

Facilities

There is a Ticket Vending Machine on the Manchester platform. However, there are customer help points on both platforms, automated train running announcements and timetable information posters are provided. Step free access is only available on the Manchester bound platform.[6]

Services

There is generally an hourly service daily (including Sundays) northbound to Clitheroe and southbound to Blackburn, Bolton, and Manchester Victoria; and on to Rochdale, with extra trains during peak hours.[7]

On Sundays in the summer, one or two 'Dalesrail' trains operated from Preston or Blackpool North along the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe to Hellifield, and onwards towards Settle and Carlisle. These also an in winter but terminate at Hellifield, where connections for stations to Carlisle could be made. These are currently (August 2023) suspended, but are planned for reinstatement in the future.

References

  1. ^ Whalley Station (looking east) Heaton, Chris Geograph.org; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  2. ^ "Whalley Viaduct" Engineering Timelines; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  3. ^ a b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 478. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  4. ^ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  5. ^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  6. ^ Whalley (Lancs) station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  7. ^ Table 103 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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