Langho railway station
Langho  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Langho |
| Local authority | Ribble Valley |
| Coordinates | 53°48′18″N 2°26′53″W / 53.805°N 2.448°WCoordinates: 53°48′18″N 2°26′53″W / 53.805°N 2.448°W |
| Grid reference | SD705343 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LHO |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 22,713 |
| 2005/06 |
 26,239 |
| 2006/07 |
 23,999 |
| 2007/08 |
24,935 |
| 2008/09 |
26,072 |
| 2009/10 |
31,872 |
| 2010/11 |
37,234 |
| 2011/12 |
40,376 |
| 2012/13 |
49,710 |
| 2013/14 |
48,082 |
| 2014/15 |
46,058 |
| History | |
| Original company | Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 22 June 1850 | Opened[1] |
| 7 May 1956 | Closed[1] |
| 29 May 1994 | Reopened[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langho from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Langho railway station serves the village of Langho in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. The station is 5 1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) north of Blackburn.
It is one of four railway stations along the Ribble line from Blackburn to Clitheroe reopened in the mid 1990s by Lancashire County Council, having been closed by the British Railways Board as an economy measure in 1956,[2] six years before the local passenger service over the line ceased. The station has maintained transport links with existing bus services and has its services provided by Northern.
Services
There is generally an hourly service daily northbound to Clitheroe and southbound to Blackburn and Manchester Victoria with extra trains during peak hours.
Trains on this service call:
Northbound at:
Southbound at:
- Ramsgreave & Wilpshire,
- Blackburn
- Darwen,
- Entwistle (Request Stop),
- Bromley Cross,
- Hall i' th' Wood,
- Bolton,
- Salford Crescent
- Salford Central.
- Manchester Victoria
On Sundays in the summer, one or two trains operate from Preston or Blackpool North along the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe to Hellifield railway station and onwards towards Carlisle.
References
- 1 2 3 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- ↑ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (February 1963) [1962]. Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines (PDF) (2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO. p. 17. OCLC 504319235.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Langho railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Langho railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Whalley | Northern Ribble Valley Line |
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire | ||