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Barnoldswick railway station
Disused railway station in Lancashire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barnoldswick was the only railway station on the Midland Railway's 1-mile-64-chain (2.9 km) long Barnoldswick Branch in the West Riding of Yorkshire in England (now in the Pendle District of Lancashire); it served the market town of Barnoldswick. The line left the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway at Barnoldswick Junction 55 chains (3,600 ft; 1,100 m) from Earby. The line through the junction was on a 20-chain (1,300 ft; 400 m) radius after which it converged to a single track and ran in a straight but undulating line to Barnoldswick. The passenger train that ran back and forth between Barnoldswick and Earby was known locally as the Barlick Spud or Spudroaster.[1] The real reason for the name is lost in time, but the two versions that were commonly recited are that the original branch locomotive was so small it looked like a portable potato roaster used by a local vendor or that the journey time was the same as that taken to roast a potato in the locomotive's firebox.
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Barnoldswick | |
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![]() Barnoldswick railway station in 1961 | |
General information | |
Location | Barnoldswick, Pendle England |
Coordinates | 53.9170°N 2.1867°W / 53.9170; -2.1867 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Barnoldswick Railway |
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
8 February 1871 (1871-02-08) | Station opened |
27 September 1965 (1965-09-27) | Station closed |