Mill Hill railway station serves Mill Hill in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. It is 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) west of Blackburn railway station. It is an island platformed station managed by Northern. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1884, almost forty years after the line itself.
Mill Hill (Lancashire)  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Mill Hill, Blackburn with Darwen England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°44′06″N 2°30′07″W / 53.735°N 2.502°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SD670266 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | MLH | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | East Lancashire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 December 1884 | Opened[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  56,492 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  72,962 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 23,692 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 61,612 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 59,824 | ||||
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It is unstaffed, with no permanent buildings other than basic shelters on the platform. Digital information screens and a P.A system are installed to give intending passengers train running information.
As of January 2018, along with other stations on this line, a new touch screen ticket machine was added to the Station.
It has no step-free disabled access, with an entrance down a single flight of stairs from street level.[2] From the street level above there are also direct bus services to Blackburn town centre.
Services
editMonday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Mill Hill towards Preston westbound and an hourly service to Blackburn, Burnley Central and Colne eastbound. A single morning peak service from York to Preston also calls, along with a corresponding evening peak train to Leeds.
There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.[3]
References
edit- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Mill Hill (Lancs) station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
- ^ Table 105 National Rail timetable, May2023
External links
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- Train times and station information for Mill Hill railway station (Lancashire) from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Cherry Tree | Northern (East Lancashire Line) |
Blackburn | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Cherry Tree | L&YR / LNWR joint Lancashire Union Railway |
Blackburn | ||