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Spring Vale railway station

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Spring Vale
Location
PlaceSpring Vale
AreaBlackburn with Darwen
Coordinates53°41′12″N 2°27′26″W / 53.6868°N 2.4572°W / 53.6868; -2.4572Coordinates: 53°41′12″N 2°27′26″W / 53.6868°N 2.4572°W / 53.6868; -2.4572
Operations
Original companyBolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
Template:MONTHNAME 1847 (1847-08-03)Opened as Sough; terminus of line
12 June 1848Line extended to Bolton
November 1870Renamed Spring Vale and Sough
1 March 1877Renamed Spring Vale
Template:MONTHNAME 1958 (1958-08-05)Closed to passengers
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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> tag At first, it was the southern terminus of the line from Blackburn (Bolton Road); the line south of Sough to Bolton opened on 12 June 1848.Cite error: Invalid parameter in <ref> tag The station was renamed Spring Vale and Sough in November 1870,Cite error: Invalid parameter in <ref> tag and Spring Vale on 1 March 1877. It was closed on 5 August 1958,Cite error: Invalid parameter in <ref> tagCite error: Invalid parameter in <ref> tag two days after nearby Lower Darwen.Cite error: Invalid parameter in <ref> tag 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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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Darwen
Line and station open
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway
  Entwistle
Line and station open