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Rishton railway station is in the southern part of the town of
Rishton Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625. History It ...
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. The station is on the East Lancashire Line, operated by
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History

A wooden platform was opened on 19 June 1848, when the line was first opened by the East Lancashire Railway, at a place where the Blackburn Road crosses the railway. This was replaced by a station at the current, more convenient location at the end of Station Road in 1852.


Facilities

Only parts of each platform are now used by passenger trains. They are linked by a pedestrian footbridge and there are shelters on each one. Passenger information screens, and a long line PA system provide train running information. The station is unstaffed but it has a ticket machine that only accepts bank cards (not cash). Tickets must be purchased from the ticket machine or in advance. As the Preston bound platform is reached by the footbridge only, step-free access is limited to the eastbound platform.


Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Rishton towards Blackburn and Preston, westbound and Burnley Central and
Colne Colne () is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. The town is northeast of Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson, northeast of Burnley and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. The ...
, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.


References


External links


Rishton Website
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