Rose Grove railway station

Rose Grove railway station in Lancashire, England serves the Rose Grove area in the west of Burnley, and the nearby town of Padiham. It is served by both the Caldervale Line and the East Lancashire Line. It was once the terminus of the Great Harwood Loop between Blackburn and Burnley via Great Harwood and Padiham. The station is now a junction station for both the Caldervale and East Lancashire lines.

Rose Grove
National Rail
Rose Grove railway station in 2012
General information
LocationBurnley, Burnley
England
Grid referenceSD815322
Managed byNorthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeRSG
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original companyEast Lancashire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
18 September 1848Station opened
Passengers
2017/18Increase 80,874
2018/19Decrease 61,064
2019/20Increase 73,584
2020/21Decrease 18,534
 Interchange 667
2021/22Increase 52,788
 Interchange Increase 1,566
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The railway reached Rose Grove in 1848, and the East Lancashire Railway Company built the station to serve the Rose Grove area together with the town of Padiham, a slight distance away. Rose Grove was formerly the site of an engine shed, which was one of the last to house steam locomotives on British Railways. The station became unstaffed in the 1980s, following the demolition of the station buildings.

The last remnants of the Great Harwood Loop towards Padiham have also disappeared, the line having been closed in 1993 with the end of oil traffic to the power station there. The site is now occupied by the M65 motorway, which runs beside the railway at this point. During the mid to late 1980s,[1] Rose Grove was the starting point for an Inter City "Holidaymaker" Saturday service; in the 1989 timetable this ran as the 06:50 to Paignton via Preston and Birmingham New Street, leaving Paignton at 14:10 for the return journey.

Services

In the spring 2023 timetable, the station has two services per hour in each direction Mondays to Saturdays. One runs between Colne and Preston (the East Lancashire Line), whilst the other runs between Blackburn and Manchester Victoria via Burnley Manchester Road and Todmorden (this resumed in 2015, after an absence of 50 years). Many of the latter services continue west of Manchester to Wigan Wallgate and Kirkby.

On Sundays, the East Lancashire service drops to two-hourly (but running through to/from Blackpool South) while the service to/from Manchester remains hourly (and continues to Southport).[2]

References
  1. "Devon Memories" Derby Sulzers website; retrieved 16 August 2016
  2. Table 105 National Rail timetable, May 2023
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rose Grove railway station.
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hapton   Northern
East Lancashire Line		   Burnley Barracks
Accrington   Northern
Caldervale Line		   Burnley Manchester Road
  Historical railways  
Hapton
Line and station open		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
East Lancashire Railway		   Burnley Barracks
Line and station open
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Copy Pit Line		   Burnley Manchester Road
Line and station open
Disused railways
Padiham
Line and station closed		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Great Harwood Loop		   Terminus

53.787°N 2.282°W / 53.787; -2.282

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