Burnley Manchester Road railway station

Burnley Manchester Road is a railway station serving the town of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is situated on the Calder Valley Line 24+1/2mi east of, near to the route's junction with the East Lancashire Line.HistoryOn 12 November 1849, the Manchester and Leeds Railway opened a single line branch – doubled in 1860 – from Todmorden to Burnley. The first station in the town, which was at Thorneybank, was replaced by Burnley Manchester Road in 1866. It had two stone platforms, a modest single-storey main building on the eastbound ("up") side and a smaller waiting room with toilets on the opposite side.This closed to passenger traffic on 6 November 1961, and to goods in April 1973. The platforms were subsequently demolished, but the main building was retained and used as industrial premises. It was reopened (with new timber platforms) in September 1986, two years after the successful re-introduction of year-round services between Leeds and Preston/Blackpool North. The old station building was eventually demolished in 2013.The town currently has three other railway stations, and, on the East Lancashire Line which diverges from the Caldervale Line at Gannow Junction west of the town centre.ServicesOn weekdays, the station is served by Northern semi-fast services from Blackpool North to Leeds and York via the Caldervale Line. Currently (December 2016) there is an hourly service in each direction each weekday. On Sundays there is now also an hourly service (from mid-morning onwards) each since the May 2009 timetable change.