Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station

Ramsgreave & Wilpshire
National Rail
General information
LocationRamsgreave, Ribble Valley
England
Grid referenceSD685316
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeRGW
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
OpenedMay 1994
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.111 million
2020/21Decrease 37,484
2021/22Increase 96,952
2022/23Increase 0.104 million
2023/24Decrease 96,334
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire is a railway station on the Ribble Valley Line that serves the villages/suburbs of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, just north of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. The station is 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) north of Blackburn railway station.

The present station was built 400 yards (370 m) south of the original Wilpshire station which served the Ribble Valley Line until its closure just before the Beeching Axe in 1962. When the line was re opened in 1994 a new site had to be found, due to the construction of houses which blocked access to the old station. The platforms which served as the old Wilpshire Station (also known as "Wilpshire for Ribchester") can still be seen.[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but has a ticket machine on the south platform, as of 2020. There are waiting shelters and customer help points on each platform; automatic announcements also provide real-time train running information. The ramps to both platforms have steps, so no step-free access is available.[2]

Services

The station is operated by Northern Trains, and is served by a daily hourly service northbound to Clitheroe and southbound to Blackburn and Manchester Victoria, with extra trains during the morning peak.

On Saturdays (June 2024 onwards) two trains operate from Rochdale through Manchester Victoria and along the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe and Hellifield and onwards towards Ribblehead. (This replaces the previous Dales Rail service from Blackpool/Preston to Hellifield and Carlisle).

References

  1. ^ Wilpshire Station Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  2. ^ Ramsgreave and Wilpshire station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Langho   Northern Trains
Ribble Valley Line 		  Blackburn
Disused railways
Langho
Line and station open 		  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Blackburn Railway 		  Daisyfield
Line open, station closed

53°46′48″N 2°28′44″W / 53.780°N 2.479°W / 53.780; -2.479


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