Trains to Burnley Manchester Road

Burnley Manchester Road train station is in Burnley, Lancashire, on the Calder Valley Line. It is one of four stations serving the town. Hourly services depart from Burnley Manchester Road, connecting the station to Blackburn, Manchester, Leeds, York and Blackpool. The fastest direct services to Blackburn take 17 minutes, and trains to Blackpool South take 1 hour 2 minutes.  Burnley Manchester Road to Manchester Victoria is a journey of 52 minutes.  

Burnley Manchester Road train station opened in 1866 as a replacement for the existing station at Thorneybank. It has two platforms, each accessed by a ramp from Manchester Road, and a staffed ticket office with toilets on platform two. The current platforms replaced the originals, which were demolished after the station closed in 1973. The station which stands today reopened in 1986.  

Burnley itself has a history of industry; it was a major producer of cotton and engineering and retains a reputation as an important manufacturing town. In 2013 it was named the most enterprising area in the UK by the UK government.  

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