Spring Vale | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Spring Vale, Blackburn with Darwen |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.6868°N -2.4572°W |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway |
Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Events: | Opened as Sough; terminus of line |
Years1: | 12 June 1848 |
Events1: | Line extended to Bolton |
Years2: | November 1870 |
Events2: | Renamed Spring Vale and Sough |
Years3: | 1 March 1877 |
Events3: | Renamed Spring Vale |
Events4: | Closed to passengers |
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.[1] At first, it was the southern terminus of the line from Blackburn (Bolton Road); the line south of Sough to opened on 12 June 1848 and was just located south of the road bridge at the top off Cranberry Lane[2] The station was moved 150 yards north and 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 .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.