Place Spring Vale Original company Ribble Valley line | Area Blackburn with Darwen Platforms in use 2 | |
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway 3 August 1847 (1847-08-03) Opened as Sough; terminus of line 12 June 1848 Line extended to Bolton Similar Shawforth railway station, Shirdley Hill railway station, Simonstone railway station, Heathey Lane Halt railway st, Banks railway station | ||
Spring vale railway station top 5 facts
Spring Vale railway station was a railway station that served the community of Spring Vale, in Darwen, Lancashire, England. It was opened by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway on 3 August 1847, and was originally named Sough. At first, it was the southern terminus of the line from Blackburn (Bolton Road); the line south of Sough to Bolton opened on 12 June 1848. The station was renamed Spring Vale and Sough in November 1870, and Spring Vale on 1 March 1877. It was closed on 5 August 1958, two days after nearby Lower Darwen. It achieved noteworthiness when, on the night of 25 September 1931, Mahatma Gandhi alighted from a train there to spend the night with a local family whilst visiting England to see the effects of his cotton making campaign on the British textile industry.