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Situated between Chorley and Bolton on the line to Preston, Blackrod station has been stripped of the importance it once had as a junction station on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Now, just a couple of platforms and "bus shelters", Blackrod Station was once much more.
To its inhabitants, it's still known as "the village", but Blackrod is probably too large to be accurately described as such. However, when the railway came, the station was named after Blackrod's larger neighbour, Horwich. The station went through a number of name changes, starting out as "Horwich Road" before being renamed "Horwich & Blackrod". In 1870, it became "Horwich Junction" to reflect the fact that the Horwich branch had opened, but just three years later, in February 1873, the station became "Horwich and Blackrod Junction". Finally, in April 1888, the station became simply "Blackrod".
Why have a web-
Simply because Blackrod is my home town and I spent many hours down at the station
with my spotter’s book. From the correspondence I’ve had since setting up this web-
If you have any questions, suggestions or corrections, please feel free to email
me .
Last Updated December 2009 -
Latest News
4th February 2010
Royal Train & Tornado
As part of their visit to the North-
As part of the movements between Preston and Manchester, the train passed through Blackrod...
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6th December 2009
Electrification is coming! ... but is it good news?
The government have finally given the green light to electrify the line through Blackrod.
Is it all good news?
More...
8th November 2009
Is Blackrod earmarked for closure?
Network Rail have identified a group of stations in the area which they have concluded are the most in need of investment. Guess what.... Blackrod isn’t included. The “Action Stations” list does include near neighbours Lostock and Adlington which in contrast to Blackrod, have modern buildings and live train information, despite having a much lower level of patronage.
What can we conclude from this? More...
