Baxenden railway station

Baxenden
Location
Place	Baxenden
Area	Hyndburn
Coordinates	53°43′37″N 2°20′24″W / 53.7270°N 2.3401°W / 53.7270; -2.3401Coordinates: 53°43′37″N 2°20′24″W / 53.7270°N 2.3401°W / 53.7270; -2.3401
Operations
Original company	East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
17 August 1848	Opened
10 September 1951	Closed to passengers
6 February 1961	Closed
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Baxenden railway station served the village of Baxenden in Hyndburn. It was situated on the line from Bury Bolton Street to Accrington, which was opened in August 1848 by the East Lancashire Railway. The station gave its name to the nearby Baxenden Bank - a two-mile section towards Accrington that included gradients as steep as 1 in 38.

In 1887 the Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company built a tramline from Accrington which terminated at the station.

The station was closed to passengers in 1951, some fifteen years before the line serving it suffered a similar fate.