Notes: Withins Lane station was on the East Lancashire Railway’s (ELR) Clifton Junction to Accrington line which had opened in stages between September 1846 and August 1848. At first the idea was for a line between Clifton Junction and Rawtenstall via Bury which was discussed at a meeting on 24th September 1843, the outcome being the creation of the Manchester, Bury & Rossendale Railway (MB&RR). This company was formally incorporated on 4th July 1844. While the line was under construction another company, the Blackburn, Bury, Accrington & Colne Extension Railway (BBACER), proposed to build a line between Stubbins, which lay to the north of Ramsbottom, and Accrington. The aims of the two companies were so aligned that on 21st July 1845 the companies merged as the East Lancashire Railway.

Withins Lane Station, which was adjacent to the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal opened in August 1847 to serve a small community of houses called Withins Terrace on the north side of the line, which was built to house the workforce from Withins Works adjacent to the station. From the start, it was not well used and closed to passengers in May 1849, reopening in February 1850 when it was served by trains on Saturdays only. The ELR closed the station in December 1851. Withins Works had closed by the turn of the century. There are no known pictures of the station, nor does it appear on any maps. It is likely that it was situated on the south side of Withins Lane. As the line at Withins Lane double-track