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Brierfield
Looking northward, towards Nelson in 2008
General information
Location	Brierfield, Pendle England
Coordinates	53°49′30″N 2°14′13″W / 53.825°N 2.237°W / 53.825; -2.237
Grid reference	SD845365
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BRF
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 February 1849	Opened as Marsden
1 August 1857	Renamed Brierfield
Passengers
2019/20	37,688
2020/21	8,976
2021/22	27,308
2022/23	29,410
2023/24	29,958
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Brierfield railway station serves the town of Brierfield, Lancashire, England and is on the East Lancashire Line 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) east of Burnley Central railway station towards Colne (the terminus). The station is managed by Northern, who also provide all passenger trains serving it.

The station is unstaffed and only has basic facilities (no waiting room, just a shelter and a modern ticket vending machine), 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 Colne on 1 February 1849. It was 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) from Accrington, 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 (though this is now privately owned).

The signal box (which was built in 1876 and latterly only operated the adjacent level crossing) 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 (In-Situ) 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 a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through trains to Blackpool South.

References

1. Brierfield station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016]
2. Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 114–5. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 155, 44. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
4. End of the line for Brierfield Signal Box Marshall, Tyrone, Lancashire Telegraph article 30 September 2014; Retrieved 27 January 2016
5. Table 105 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

• Train times and station information for Brierfield railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Burnley Central		Northern East Lancashire Line		Nelson
	Historical railways
Reedley Hallows Halt Line open, station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway East Lancashire Railway		Nelson Line and station open

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