Spring Vale railway station
Spring Vale | |
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Location | |
Place | Spring Vale |
Area | Blackburn with Darwen |
Coordinates | 53°41′12″N 2°27′26″W / 53.6868°N 2.4572°WCoordinates: 53°41′12″N 2°27′26″W / 53.6868°N 2.4572°W |
Operations | |
Original company | Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
3 Template:MONTHNAME 1847 | Opened as Sough; terminus of line |
12 June 1848 | Line extended to Bolton |
November 1870 | Renamed Spring Vale and Sough |
1 March 1877 | Renamed Spring Vale |
5 Template:MONTHNAME 1958 | Closed to passengers |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
Spring Vale railway station was a railway station that served the community of Spring Vale, in Darwen, Lancashire, England. It was opened by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway on 3 August 1847, and was originally named Sough.Cite error: Invalid parameter in <ref>
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It achieved noteworthiness when, on the night of 25 September 1931, Mahatma Gandhi alighted from a train there to spend the night with a local family whilst visiting England to see the effects of his cotton making campaign on the British textile industry.[citation needed]
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- Welch, S. Lancashire Steam Finale, ISBN 1-870754-61-1
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Darwen Line and station open |
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway |
Entwistle Line and station open |
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