Earby railway station

Earby railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Earby
gridref =


caption =
manager = Midland Railway
owner = London, Midland and Scottish Railway
locale = Earby
borough = Pendle, Lancashire
platforms = 3
years = October 1848
events = Opened
years2 = 1970
events2 = Closed to passengers
years3 =
events3 =
latitude = 53.9126
longitude = -2.1478

Earby railway station was a railway interchange station serving the small town of Earby in Lancashire, England. It was built by the Midland Railway.The main line continued towards stnlnk|Skipton to the north. South of Earby, in the direction of stnlnk|Colne, there was a junction with a short branch towards stnlnk|Barnoldswick. [cite book | title=Lost Railways of Lancashire | last=Suggitt | first=Gordon | year=2003 | publisher=Countryside Books | location=Newbury, Berkshire ] . The station closed to passengers on 2 February 1970, when passenger trains between Colne & Skipton were withdrawn [cite book | title=Railways Around Skipton | last=Binns | first=Donald | year=1981 | publisher=Wyvern Publishing | location=Skipton, North Yorkshire ] and was demolished in 1975.

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