Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station
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Ramsgreave & Wilpshire  | |||||
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| Location | Ramsgreave, Ribble Valley England | ||||
| Grid reference | SD685316 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | RGW | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | May 1994 | ||||
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| 2018/19 |  94,584 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.111 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 37,484 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 96,952 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.104 million | ||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Wilpshire Station Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 25 November 2016
- ^ Ramsgreave and Wilpshire station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
External links
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- Train times and station information for Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| 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
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