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Notes: Horwich station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on the 14th February 1870. It was located at the end of a one 1.4 mile branch that connected to the LYR Bolton to Preston line. The station was provided with one platform and a single storey brick built building which provided the usual facilities. Extensive goods sidings were also provided. |
| In 1884 the LYR chose Horwich as a suitable location for a railway works. In 1886 the works took in its first locomotives for repair but over the following decades it expanded until by the 1890' s it employed over 5000 men and boys. The opening of the works brought much custom to Horwich Station from which trains ran to Bolton and to Manchester, although outside of peak |
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hours most services ran as a shuttle to Blackrod on the main line.
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For a period up to 1943 the shuttle service was provided by a railmotor which became known locally ‘Blackrod Jerk’. By the 1950s most of the passengers using the station were employees of the railway works who travelled on privilege tickets. In 1961 the station was proposed for closure. It closed to regular passenger services on the 27th September 1965 the |
last train being the 12:05pm to Bolton.
The station remained in use for goods services until 1966 although from 2nd January 1966 it was reduced to a coal depot only. The railway works finally closed in 1983. Today a public park stands on the site of the railway station.
See also: Horwich Station web site. There are also further pictures of Horwich Station on the Blackrod Station web site. Tickets from Michael Stewart |
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