Ewood Bridge and Edenfield railway station

Ewood Bridge and Edenfield
This is the now disused Ewood Bridge and Edenfield railway station that closed in 1972 on the now preserved East Lancashire Railway. The bridge over the railway is the B6527 road.
Location
Place	Ewood
Area	Rossendale
Coordinates	53°41′00″N 2°18′32″W / 53.6832°N 2.3088°WCoordinates: 53°41′00″N 2°18′32″W / 53.6832°N 2.3088°W
Grid reference	SD796207
Operations
Original company	East Lancashire Railway 1844-1859
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1846[1]	opened
3 June 1972	closed
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Ewood Bridge and Edenfield railway station served the village of Edenfield in Rossendale.

History

On 25 September 1916 a 179m-long German military Zeppelin airship flew over the area, attempting to inflict damage on the transport system. It dropped bombs on Ewood Bridge station which was destroyed.^[2]

The station was closed on 3 June 1972.^[3] The line was later reopened by the preserved East Lancashire Railway using a new (and replacement) station, Irwell Vale just south of the old site of Ewood Bridge.

References

Notes

1. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/ewood_bridge/index.shtml
2. World War One - News - Rossendale Free Press.
3. "Photographs of East Lancashire Railway". Retrieved 21 February 2009.

Sources

• Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt, ISBN 1-85306-801-2

Railways in Rossendale
Legend Bacup Stacksteads Britannia Waterfoot Shawforth Clough Fold Facit Whitworth to Rochdale to Accrington Rawtenstall Haslingden Ewood Bridge & Edenfield Helmshore Irwell Vale East Lancashire Railway Stubbins to Bury

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Stubbins		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Rawtenstall to Bacup Line		Rawtenstall