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- Rawtenstall
Summerseat
(1846 - 1972 1987 - )
Summerseat station opened for public services on September 28 1846 when the line between Clifton Junction and Rawtenstall had been completed. The route at Summerseat was double-track so the station was
provided with two low platforms on an embankment. The main station building was east of the line on the southbound platform
A driveway led up to the station building and to a small goods yard that lay to the south of the station with three sidings, a large stone-built goods shed and a 1.5-ton crane
The station building was single-storey and contained booking and waiting facilities. A simple waiting shelter was provided on the northbound platform. Passengers wanting to access the northbound platform had to cross the lines by means of a barrow crossing
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
In 1890, the LYR constructed higher platforms at Summerseat which started in front of the station building and extended further north than the originals. Sections of the original platforms survived at the south end. The building had living accommodation added to it at this time
By summer 1932 the station had twenty-seven northbound services on weekdays and thirty-one trains travelled south from Summerseat on weekdays. By February 1956 the station was at its busiest with thirty-five trains in each direction
The goods yard at Summerseat closed on December 28 1964
After the closure of lines to Bacup and Accrington, 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
On March 4 1968, Summerseat became unmanned and from 1970 the line became single-tracked and the station building was demolished and the station finally closed on June 5 1972
The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) entered into negotiations with British Rail with a view to reopening the line from Bury to Rawtenstall as a heritage line and they were successful and opened the stretch of line from Bury to Ramsbottom on July 25 1987. The ‘new’ ELR refurbished the station at Summerseat with improvements to the former southbound platform and a waiting shelter erected
A driveway led up to the station building and to a small goods yard that lay to the south of the station with three sidings, a large stone-built goods shed and a 1.5-ton crane
The station building was single-storey and contained booking and waiting facilities. A simple waiting shelter was provided on the northbound platform. Passengers wanting to access the northbound platform had to cross the lines by means of a barrow crossing
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
In 1890, the LYR constructed higher platforms at Summerseat which started in front of the station building and extended further north than the originals. Sections of the original platforms survived at the south end. The building had living accommodation added to it at this time
By summer 1932 the station had twenty-seven northbound services on weekdays and thirty-one trains travelled south from Summerseat on weekdays. By February 1956 the station was at its busiest with thirty-five trains in each direction
The goods yard at Summerseat closed on December 28 1964
After the closure of lines to Bacup and Accrington, 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
On March 4 1968, Summerseat became unmanned and from 1970 the line became single-tracked and the station building was demolished and the station finally closed on June 5 1972
The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) entered into negotiations with British Rail with a view to reopening the line from Bury to Rawtenstall as a heritage line and they were successful and opened the stretch of line from Bury to Ramsbottom on July 25 1987. The ‘new’ ELR refurbished the station at Summerseat with improvements to the former southbound platform and a waiting shelter erected
