The Rawtenstall to Bacuprailway line opened in two stages, from Rawtenstall to Waterfoot in 1848, and from Waterfoot to the Bacup terminus in 1852. There were stations at Rawtenstall, Cloughfold, Stacksteads and Bacup. The line was doubled in 1880, at the same time as the line from Bacup to Rochdale was also opened (closed 1947). Passenger and freight services operated until the Beeching cuts in 1966, the last passenger train running on 5 December 1966 and the track being lifted in 1969. As the Irwell valley is quite narrow the line had many engineering features in its 5-mile length, including 14 crossings of the River Irwell alone, plus many over and underbridges, embankments and cuttings, and tunnels at Thrutch Gorge (The Glen) in Waterfoot. Most of the bridges have been demolished or infilled in the years since closure. A foot and cycle path now follows much of the route including the 1/8 mile Newchurch No. 1 Tunnel and 1/4 mile Newchurch No 2 Tunnel.
However, there are proposals to reopen the line as part of the Governments strategy to reopen old rail lines in the country which have been closed in the 1960s or later cuts under British Rail.[1]
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^"Valley rail link hopes boosted by new government study". 9 December 2017.
rawtenstall, bacup, line, vterailways, rossendalelegendbacupstacksteads, britanniawaterfoot, shawforthclough, fold, facitwhitworthto, rochdaleto, accrington, rawtenstallhaslingden, ewood, bridgeand, edenfieldhelmshore, irwell, valeeast, lancashire, railwaystub. vteRailways in RossendaleLegendBacupStacksteads BritanniaWaterfoot ShawforthClough Fold FacitWhitworthto Rochdaleto Accrington RawtenstallHaslingden Ewood Bridgeand EdenfieldHelmshore Irwell ValeEast Lancashire RailwayStubbinsto BuryThe Rawtenstall to Bacup railway line opened in two stages from Rawtenstall to Waterfoot in 1848 and from Waterfoot to the Bacup terminus in 1852 There were stations at Rawtenstall Cloughfold Stacksteads and Bacup The line was doubled in 1880 at the same time as the line from Bacup to Rochdale was also opened closed 1947 Passenger and freight services operated until the Beeching cuts in 1966 the last passenger train running on 5 December 1966 and the track being lifted in 1969 As the Irwell valley is quite narrow the line had many engineering features in its 5 mile length including 14 crossings of the River Irwell alone plus many over and underbridges embankments and cuttings and tunnels at Thrutch Gorge The Glen in Waterfoot Most of the bridges have been demolished or infilled in the years since closure A foot and cycle path now follows much of the route including the 1 8 mile Newchurch No 1 Tunnel and 1 4 mile Newchurch No 2 Tunnel However there are proposals to reopen the line as part of the Governments strategy to reopen old rail lines in the country which have been closed in the 1960s or later cuts under British Rail 1 References edit Valley rail link hopes boosted by new government study 9 December 2017 Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ISBN 1 85306 801 2 External links editBritish Railways in 1960 Ramsbottom Stubbins Jn to Bacup nbsp This England rail transport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rawtenstall to Bacup Line amp oldid 1056534801, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
