Rose Grove railway station

Rose Grove railway station in Lancashire, England serves the Rose Grove area in the west of Burnley, and the nearby town of Padiham. It is served by both the Calder Valley Line and the East Lancashire Line. It was once the terminus of the Great Harwood Loop between Blackburn and Burnley via Great Harwood and Padiham. The station is now a junction station for both the Calder Valley and East Lancashire lines.

Rose Grove
Rose Grove railway station in 2012
General information
Location	Burnley, Burnley England
Grid reference	SD815322
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	RSG
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
18 September 1848	Station opened
Passengers
2019/20	73,584
2020/21	18,534
Interchange	667
2021/22	52,788
Interchange	1,566
2022/23	59,934
Interchange	2,190
2023/24	67,456
Interchange	3,329
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The railway reached Rose Grove in 1848, and the East Lancashire Railway Company built the station to serve the Rose Grove area together with the town of Padiham, a slight distance away. Rose Grove was formerly the site of an engine shed, which was one of the last to house steam locomotives on British Railways. The station became unstaffed in the 1980s, following the demolition of the station buildings.

The last remnants of the Great Harwood Loop towards Padiham have also disappeared, the line having been closed in 1993 with the end of oil traffic to the power station there. The site is now occupied by the M65 motorway, which runs beside the railway at this point. During the mid to late 1980s,^[1] Rose Grove was the starting point for an Inter City "Holidaymaker" Saturday service; in the 1989 timetable this ran as the 06:50 to Paignton via Preston and Birmingham New Street, leaving Paignton at 14:10 for the return journey.

Services

In the spring 2023 timetable, the station has two services per hour in each direction Mondays to Saturdays. One runs between Colne and Preston (the East Lancashire Line), whilst the other runs between Blackburn and Manchester Victoria via Burnley Manchester Road and Todmorden (this resumed in 2015, after an absence of 50 years). Many of the latter services continue west of Manchester to Wigan Wallgate and Kirkby.

On Sundays, the East Lancashire service drops to two-hourly (but running through to/from Blackpool South) while the service to/from Manchester remains hourly (and continues to Southport).^[2]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hapton		Northern Trains East Lancashire Line		Burnley Barracks
Accrington		Northern Trains Calder Valley Line		Burnley Manchester Road
	Historical railways
Hapton Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway East Lancashire Railway		Burnley Barracks Line and station open
		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Copy Pit Line		Burnley Manchester Road Line and station open
Disused railways
Padiham Line and station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Great Harwood Loop		Terminus

References

1. "Devon Memories" Derby Sulzers website; retrieved 16 August 2016
2. Table 105 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

• Train times and station information for Rose Grove railway station from National Rail

53.787°N 2.282°W / 53.787; -2.282