Church and Oswaldtwistle railway station

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Church and Oswaldtwistle National Rail
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Location
Place Church
Local authority Hyndburn
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SD743283
Operations
Station code CTW
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  27,608
2005/06 Increase 31,143
2006/07 Increase 33,107
2007/08 Decrease 32,147
2008/09 Increase 32,692
2009/10 Increase 32,788
2010/11 Increase 39,554
2011/12 Increase 41,964
2012/13 Decrease 40,460
2013/14 Increase 43,524
2014/15 Decrease 41,812
History
Original company East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
19 June 1848 Opened as Church station[1]
1 July 1895 Renamed Church and Oswaldtwistle[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations

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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Church and Oswaldtwistle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Church and Oswaldtwistle railway station serves both the Accrington suburb of Church and the small town of Oswaldtwistle, in Lancashire, England. The station is Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). east of Blackburn railway station, on the East Lancashire Line operated by Northern Rail.

Situated in the middle of Church's suburban streets, the station had fallen into disrepair, but was modernised in November 2005.[2][3]

Services

Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service from Church and Oswaldtwistle towards Blackburn, Preston and Blackpool South, westbound and Accrington, Burnley Central & Colne, eastbound. On Sundays, this service is two-hourly in both directions for this service. This is supplemented with the Sunday hourly service to Clitheroe via Blackburn westbound, and to Burnley Central and Manchester Victoria eastbound, which passes through, but does not stop, on Mondays to Saturdays.

Gallery

  • Church and Oswaldtwistle railway station from The Cotton Mill Express in 2008.jpg

    "The Cotton Mill Express". View from the station. (2008)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ News: On the right tracks for rail revamp
  3. ↑ Action stations

External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Rishton   Northern Rail
East Lancashire Line		   Accrington
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