Brierfield railway station

Brierfield
Looking northward, towards Nelson
Location
Place	Brierfield
Local authority	Pendle
Coordinates	53°49′30″N 2°14′13″W / 53.825°N 2.237°WCoordinates: 53°49′30″N 2°14′13″W / 53.825°N 2.237°W
Grid reference	SD845365
Operations
Station code	BRF
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	25,226
2011/12	28,386
2012/13	35,366
2013/14	35,010
2014/15	31,548
History
Original company	East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 February 1849	Opened as Marsden
1 August 1857	Renamed Brierfield
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brierfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Brierfield railway station serves the small town of Brierfield, Lancashire, England and is on the East Lancashire Line 2¼ miles (3 km) east of Burnley Central railway station towards Colne (the terminus). The station is managed by Northern, who also provide all passenger trains serving it.

The station is unstaffed and only has basic facilities (no ticket machines or a waiting room), though there are passenger information screens, timetable posters and a long-line PA system in place to provide train running information. The platform has step-free access from the adjoining street.^[1]

History

The station in 1962

The station, originally named Marsden, opened with the East Lancashire Railway's line between Burnley and Colne on 1 February 1849. It was 8 ¹⁄₄ miles (13.3 km) from Accrington, and on 1 August 1857 it was renamed Brierfield.^[2][3] The line through the station has been single track since December 1986, but the double track-bed and the disused down platform are still in place, as is the old station building (though this is now privately owned).

The signal box (which was built in 1876 & latterly only operated the adjacent level crossing) was abolished & dismantled in September 2014, when the crossing was converted to automatic operation under the remote supervision of Preston PSB.^[4] The box structure has been donated to a local arts organisation (In-Situ) and is to be rebuilt nearby at Brierfield Mills

There is an active Rail user Group based here - "The Friends of Brierfield Station"

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Brierfield towards Burnley Central, Accrington, Blackburn, Preston and Blackpool South, westbound and Colne, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.^[5]

References

1. Brierfield station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016]
2. Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 114–5. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 155, 44. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
4. End of the line for Brierfield Signal Box Marshall, Tyrone, Lancashire Telegraph article 30 September 2014; Retrieved 27 January 2016
5. GB eNRT December 2015, Table 97

External links

• Train times and station information for Brierfield railway station from National Rail