Whalley railway station serves the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. The station lies on the Ribble Valley Line 7+1⁄4 miles (11.7 km) north of Blackburn. The station has two platforms, slightly offset from each other. It is unstaffed, with shelters on each platform.[1] Immediately beyond its eastern end, the line crosses the River Calder on a 678-yard (620 m) long, brick viaduct of 48 arches.[2]

Whalley
General information
Location	Whalley, Ribble Valley England
Grid reference	SD729365
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WHE
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	Original: June 22, 1850; 172 years ago (1850-06-22) Reopened: May 1994; 28 years ago (1994-05)
Passengers
2016/17	83,182
2017/18	78,720
2018/19	76,684
2019/20	86,134
2020/21	20,146
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened on 22 June 1850 by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway when it opened the line from Daisyfield, near Blackburn to Hellifield Junction, just south of Hellifield.[3][4] The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1934 to 1936.[5]

It was closed on 10 September 1962 by the British Transport Commission and reopened with the rest of the line on 29 May 1994.[3]

Facilities

There is a Ticket Vending Machine on the Manchester platform. However, there are customer help points on both platforms, automated train running announcements and timetable information posters are provided. Step free access is only available on the Manchester bound platform.[6]

Services

There is generally an hourly service daily (including Sundays) northbound to Clitheroe and southbound to Blackburn, and Manchester Victoria and on to Rochdale, with extra trains during peak hours.[7]

On Sundays in the summer, one or two 'Dalesrail' trains operate from Preston or Blackpool North along the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe to Hellifield, and onwards towards Settle and Carlisle. These also run in winter but terminate at Hellifield, where connections for stations to Carlisle can be made.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Whalley railway station.

• Train times and station information for Whalley railway station from National Rail
• The history of Whalley Railway Station - Ribble Valley Railway

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Clitheroe		Northern Trains Ribble Valley Line		Langho

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