Place Huncoat Station code HCT DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SD772307 Managed by Northern 2011/12 18,974 | |
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Address Accrington BB5 6NH, United Kingdom Original company East Lancashire Railway 1844–59 Similar Hapton railway station, Pleasington railway station, Burnley Barracks railway st, Lostock Hall railway st, Salwick railway station | ||
Huncoat railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Huncoat, between Accrington and Burnley in Lancashire, England. The station is 8 miles (13 km) east of Blackburn railway station on the East Lancashire Line operated by Northern.
The village's first station was opened in September 1848 by the East Lancashire Railway slightly to the east, but it was relocated to its present site by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1902. A nearby colliery and power station were both served by the station and railway for many years, but the pit closed in 1968 and the power plant in 1984. The site is now a nature trail.
The distinctive tall signal box, that once supervised the colliery sidings, avoided closure when the line was re signalled in 1973, being retained to supervised the level crossing at the west end of the station. It was finally closed in November 2014, and subsequently demolished when the crossing was automated.
The station is unstaffed, with no ticket vending facilities, so passengers must buy their tickets in advance or on the train). There are shelters on each platform, and step free access to each one, along with passenger information screens, and a long line PA system.
Services
Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service from Huncoat to Burnley and Colne (eastbound) and Blackpool South via Accrington, Blackburn and Preston (westbound). On Sundays, there is a two-hourly service in each direction.
Between 14 May 2012 and 10 July 2013, Huncoat was a request only stop.