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Ewood Bridge & Edenfield formerly Ewood Bridge
(1846 - 1972)
Ewood Bridge & Edenfield station was officially opened as Ewood Bridge on September 25 1846 and was situated on the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) company’s Clifton Junction to Rawtenstall
line which opened on the same date
At the time of opening, the line through Ewood Bridge was single track so the station was provided with one platform, on the east side of the line. A two-storey stone building stood on the platform, to which was attached a single-storey booking office at road-level. A small canopy gave some protection to passengers on the platform
At the time of opening five passenger trains ran on weekdays in each direction between Manchester and Rawtenstall and there were four trains on Sundays. Goods facilities, which included five sidings and a goods shed and a 5-ton crane, had been developed but the station did not handle livestock. There were also two private sidings nearby
In 1891/2 Ewood Bridge station was renamed Ewood Bridge & Edenfield
By summer 1932, the station had fifteen services travelling northbound on weekdays and in the southbound direction there were twenty weekday departures. When other nearby lines closed, northbound trains from Ewood Bridge & Edenfield terminated at Rawtenstall. The service became a shuttle between Bury Bolton Street and Rawtenstall and from March 4 1968 all stations north of Bury became unmanned. The March 1967 timetable showed fifteen services in each direction at irregular intervals, and two extra workings on Saturdays and no trains ran on Sundays
With effect from April 19 1970, the line through Ewood Bridge & Edenfield became a single-track and the station's buildings on the southbound platform fell out of use and became derelict. Freight trains serving a coal depot at Rawtenstall continued to pass through the station until 1980
On June 5 1972, the service was withdrawn and Ewood Bridge & Edenfield station closed completely
When the 'new' ELR was opened in 1991, trains continued to pass through the station but the station was not opened for use
At the time of opening, the line through Ewood Bridge was single track so the station was provided with one platform, on the east side of the line. A two-storey stone building stood on the platform, to which was attached a single-storey booking office at road-level. A small canopy gave some protection to passengers on the platform
At the time of opening five passenger trains ran on weekdays in each direction between Manchester and Rawtenstall and there were four trains on Sundays. Goods facilities, which included five sidings and a goods shed and a 5-ton crane, had been developed but the station did not handle livestock. There were also two private sidings nearby
In 1891/2 Ewood Bridge station was renamed Ewood Bridge & Edenfield
By summer 1932, the station had fifteen services travelling northbound on weekdays and in the southbound direction there were twenty weekday departures. When other nearby lines closed, northbound trains from Ewood Bridge & Edenfield terminated at Rawtenstall. The service became a shuttle between Bury Bolton Street and Rawtenstall and from March 4 1968 all stations north of Bury became unmanned. The March 1967 timetable showed fifteen services in each direction at irregular intervals, and two extra workings on Saturdays and no trains ran on Sundays
With effect from April 19 1970, the line through Ewood Bridge & Edenfield became a single-track and the station's buildings on the southbound platform fell out of use and became derelict. Freight trains serving a coal depot at Rawtenstall continued to pass through the station until 1980
On June 5 1972, the service was withdrawn and Ewood Bridge & Edenfield station closed completely
When the 'new' ELR was opened in 1991, trains continued to pass through the station but the station was not opened for use
