1992

SD6827 : Blackburn station

taken 33 years ago, near to Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, England

This is 1 of 5 images, with title Blackburn station in this square
Blackburn station
Blackburn station
Blackburn was once a major junction station but is much less busy these days.

Since this photograph the old station buildings have been abandoned in favour of a more modest, contemporary station on an adjacent site SD6827 : Pacer at Blackburn .
Blackburn railway station

There has been a station on the current site since 1846, originally belonging to the Blackburn and Preston Railway. Ownership subsequently passed to the East Lancashire Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. London Midland & Scottish Railway, British Rail(ways) and now Northern Rail (a publicly owned company). The main station building, erected c.1886-8, is grade II listed (list entry 1261389). See the Wikipedia entry for a more detailed history.


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Geographical Context: Railways Place: Blackburn Category: Railway station other tags: Railway Station Diesel Multiple Unit Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Building [24] Other Photos: · Pacer at Blackburn Title Clusters: · Blackburn station [5] ·
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SD6827, 361 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 30 July, 1992   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 7 August, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 685 278 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:44.7369N 2:28.7467W
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