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Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whalley
Whalley
General information
Location	Whalley, Ribble Valley; England
Grid reference	SD729365
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WHE
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	Original: June 22, 1850; 174 years ago; Reopened: May 1994; 30 years ago
Passengers
2019/20	86,134
2020/21	20,146
2021/22	73,962
2022/23	84,176
2023/24	77,862
Location
Location
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whalley railway station serves the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. The station lies on the Ribble Valley Line 7+1⁄4 miles (11.7 km) north of Blackburn. The station has two platforms, slightly offset from each other. It is unstaffed, with shelters on each platform.^[1] Immediately beyond its eastern end, the line crosses the River Calder on a 678-yard (620 m) long, brick viaduct of 48 arches.^[2]

History

The station was opened on 22 June 1850 by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway when it opened the line from Daisyfield, near Blackburn to Hellifield Junction, just south of Hellifield.^[3]^[4] The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1934 to 1936.^[5]

It was closed on 10 September 1962 by the British Transport Commission and reopened with the rest of the line on 29 May 1994.^[3]

Facilities

There is a Ticket Vending Machine on the Manchester platform. However, there are customer help points on both platforms, automated train running announcements and timetable information posters are provided. Step free access is only available on the Manchester bound platform.^[6]

Services

There is generally an hourly service daily (including Sundays) northbound to Clitheroe and southbound to Blackburn, Bolton, and Manchester Victoria; and on to Rochdale, with extra trains during peak hours.^[7] On Saturdays (June 2024 onwards) two trains operate from Rochdale through Manchester Victoria and along the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe and Hellifield and onwards towards Ribblehead. (This replaces the previous Dales Rail service from Blackpool/Preston to Hellifield and Carlisle).

References

^ Whalley Station (looking east) Heaton, Chris Geograph.org; Retrieved 25 November 2016
^ "Whalley Viaduct" Engineering Timelines; Retrieved 25 November 2016
^ ^a ^b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 478. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
^ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
^ Whalley (Lancs) station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
^ Table 103 National Rail timetable, May 2023