Church and Oswaldtwistle railway station

Church and Oswaldtwistle
Location
Place	Church
Local authority	Hyndburn
Coordinates	53°45′00″N 2°23′28″W / 53.750°N 2.391°WCoordinates: 53°45′00″N 2°23′28″W / 53.750°N 2.391°W
Grid reference	SD743283
Operations
Station code	CTW
Managed by	Northern
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	31,143
2006/07	33,107
2007/08	32,147
2008/09	32,692
2009/10	32,788
2010/11	39,554
2011/12	41,964
2012/13	40,460
2013/14	43,524
2014/15	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]
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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 5 ¹⁄₃ miles (8.6 km) east of Blackburn railway station, on the East Lancashire Line operated by Northern.

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

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

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 61. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
2. News: On the right tracks for rail revamp
3. Action stations

External links

• Train times and station information for Church and Oswaldtwistle railway station from National Rail