Burnley Barracks railway station

Burnley Barracks
Location
Place	Burnley
Local authority	Burnley
Coordinates	53°47′28″N 2°15′29″W / 53.791°N 2.258°WCoordinates: 53°47′28″N 2°15′29″W / 53.791°N 2.258°W
Grid reference	SD831327
Operations
Station code	BUB
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	13,980
2011/12	17,186
2012/13	18,580
2013/14	24,772
2014/15	25,834
History
18 September 1848	Opened as Burnley Westgate, a temporary terminus for line from Accrington
1 February 1849	Closed following opening of extension to Colne
1851	Reopened as Burnley Barracks[1]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Burnley Barracks from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Burnley Barracks railway station is in Burnley, England, on the East Lancashire Line ¹⁄₂-mile (800 m) west of Burnley Central railway station. Following the singling of the track in 1986, Burnley Barracks has one platform in use, with only a basic shelter in place (and no other buildings) on the platform. It is unstaffed and one of three request stops on the line (see below) - it does though have passenger information screens and timetable boards available, along with a long-line PA system to provide train running information.

Services

On weekdays, there is an hourly service from Burnley Barracks to Colne (eastbound) and Blackpool South via Preston (westbound). On Sundays, there is a two-hourly service in each direction.^[2]

From 14 May 2012 Barracks became a request stop, in addition to Hapton, Huncoat and Pleasington.^[3]

History

The station in 1962

The station opened on 18 September 1848 as a temporary terminus for the East Lancashire Railway whilst an extension was built between Accrington and Colne. It closed four months later when the Colne extension opened.^[4] However, the surrounding area developed quickly with industry, housing and the local barracks, which led to the station being reopened under its current name in 1851.

Extensive demolition of the nearby high density Victorian terraced residential areas of Trinity, Westgate and Whittlefield during the 1960s and 70s, together with the construction of the M65 motorway and feeder roads during the early 1980s led to a significant decline in population in the area and thus the station's prominence waned. The barracks themselves (latterly home to the East Lancashire Regiment) had been closed down back in December 1898 and the site subsequently sold off.^[5]

That said, new housing development, north of the M65 (and linked to the station by a footbridge) has recently seen significantly higher usage. Previous fluctuations in usage figures are due to the re-allocation of ticket sales to the various "Burnley Stations Group." (see right)

It was one of the stations featured in the Channel 4 documentary series Paul Merton's Secret Stations in the spring of 2016.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Table 97 National Rail timetable, May 2016
3. East Lancs stations to become 'request only' from today Lancashire Evening Telegraph
4. "Britain's forgotten railway stations". Telegraph.co.uk. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
5. CRL - Burnley BarracksCommunity Rail Lancashire; Retrieved 21 November 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Burnley Barracks railway station from National Rail