Darwen, a small market town, is four miles south of Blackburn and boasts a central market area, redeveloped in 1973, which sits alongside the old Market Hall. Like many other Lancashire towns the traditional skills and industry of the people of Darwen in cotton manufacture has had to evolve and the town now includes paper making, engineering and paint manufacture as its major industries.

Darwen’s railway station opened in 1847 and stands perched on the hill overlooking the town. On the opposite side of the valley from the station sits the famous Darwen tower and there are well marked paths to this vantage point where panoramic views of the surrounding country side and moorland can be gleaned. The tower was completed in 1898 to jointly celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee and recently won free access to the moors. Another famous Darwen landmark is India Mill with its graceful Italianate chimney which was built by Eccles Shorrock in 1867.

Address

Darwen Station
Atlas Road
Darwen
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB3 0DE

Grid Reference

SD 693225 – for a map visit www.streetmap.co.uk and enter the grid reference.

Operator

Northern Rail Ltd.

Timetable

Manchester to Blackburn and Clitheroe

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Facilities

• Unmanned station
• Hourly service to Blackburn and Manchester Victoria (additional services in peak)
• Car park (30 spaces including disabled – owned by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council)
• Waiting shelters
• Additional seating on platforms
• Long Line Public Address (manual control from Blackburn station)
• CCTV (operated by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council)

To see National Rail’s new station facilities page for this station click here.

Other Information

• Limited bus service passes station entrance (JS2) - click here for bus timetable
• main bus station is a 5 minute walk from the station – click here for bus timetables
• Rail User Group – Ribble Valley Rail
• Friends of Stations group – RVR (contact Brian Haworth on 01772 533196)
• Darwen (Jubilee) Tower can be seen from the station – click here for more information and click here for a self-guide walk from the station to the tower

Weather for this station

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