View NE, towards Burnley and Hellifield. Major ex-L&Y station, served by lines from Manchester and Bolton, also Wigan via Chorley, to Hellifield, and to Burnley and Colne (via Accrington or via Padiham). The Padiham Loop had been closed to passengers 12/57 (goods 2/11/64), from Chorley 4/1/60 (goods 25/1/65). The Ribble Valley line to Hellifield was closed to regular services on 10/9/62 (goods 1/9/69), although the route remained until later available for some freight and diverted passenger trains. In 1986 it was acquired by the Ribble Valley Railway and in 5/94 a passenger service began again between Blackburn and Clitheroe, and the intermediate stations have been restored).