Brierfield railway station


Brierfield railway station serves the small town of Brierfield, Lancashire, England and is on the East Lancashire Line east of Burnley Central railway station towards Colne. The station is managed by Northern, who also provide all passenger trains serving it.
The station is unstaffed and only has basic facilities, though there are passenger information screens, timetable posters and a long-line PA system in place to provide train running information. The platform has step-free access from the adjoining street.

History

The station, originally named Marsden, opened with the East Lancashire Railway's line between Burnley and on 1 February 1849. It was from, and on 1 August 1857 it was renamed Brierfield. The line through the station has been single track since December 1986, but the double track-bed and the disused down platform are still in place, as is the old station building.
The signal box was abolished and dismantled in September 2014, when the crossing was converted to automatic operation under the remote supervision of Preston PSB. The box structure has been donated to a local arts organisation and is to be rebuilt nearby at Brierfield Mills.
There is an active Rail user Group based here - "The Friends of Brierfield Station"

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Brierfield towards Burnley Central, Accrington, Blackburn and Preston westbound and Colne, eastbound. There is also now an hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through trains to.